Yokohama City University
| 横浜市立大学 | |
Kanazawa-Hakkei Campus
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| Motto | 教育重視・学生中心・地域貢献 |
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Motto in English
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Emphasis on education, student-centeredness, and local contribution |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1882 |
| President | Yoshinobu Kubota |
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Academic staff
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687 |
| Undergraduates | 4152 |
| Postgraduates | 703 |
| Location | Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | Yochy (Ginkgo) |
| Website | www |
Yokohama City University (YCU) (横浜市立大学 Yokohama Shiritsu Daigaku?) is a public university, in Yokohama, Japan. As of 2013, YCU has two faculties with a total of around 4,850 students, 111 of whom are foreign. YCU also has four campuses (Kanazawa-Hakkei, Fukuura, Maioka and Tsurumi) and two hospitals (YCU Hospital and YCU Medical Center). YCU is a member of the Port-City University League (PUL), and a core member of the Japanese University Network in the Bay Area (JUNBA).
The predecessor of YCU, the Yokohama School of Commerce (橫濱商法學校 Yokohama Shōhō Gakkō?), was founded in 1882, initially maintained by an association of local merchants. In 1888, the school was renamed Yokohama Commercial School (橫濱商業學校 Yokohama Shōgyō Gakkō?), a five-year school for boys (ages 14–19 or above). In 1917, Yokohama Commercial School was municipalized and in 1921 it became a seven-year commercial school (for ages 12–19 or above). The Ministry of Education urged the school to shorten the curriculum by two years, as Japanese Commercial School Regulations (1921) did not specify a seven-year course for commercial schools. In 1924, it became a five-year school with a two-year specialized course. In 1928, the specialized course became the Yokohama City College of Commerce (橫濱市立橫濱商業專門學校 Yokohama Shiritsu Yokohama Shōgyō Gakkō?). In 1949, it was renamed Yokohama City Economics College and reorganized into Yokohama City University under Japan's new educational system.
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