横浜市立大学 | |
Motto | 教育重視・学生中心・地域貢献 |
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Motto in English | Emphasis on education, student-centeredness, and local contribution |
Type | Public |
Established | 1882 |
President | Michiko Aihara[1] |
Academic staff | 687 [2] |
Undergraduates | 4232 [3] |
Postgraduates | 966 [3] |
Location | , , Japan |
Campus | Urban |
Mascot | Yochy (Ginkgo)[4] |
Website | www |
Yokohama City University (YCU) (横浜市立大学, Yokohama Shiritsu Daigaku) is a public university, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.[5] As of 2013, YCU has two faculties with a total of around 4,850 students, 111 of whom are foreign.[6] 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),[7] and a core member of the Japanese University Network in the Bay Area (JUNBA).[8] In 2017, YCU has been ranked #16th among "world's best small universities" in 2016-2017 (Times Higher Education),[9] ranked at 23rd among life sciences institutes in Japan (Nature Index 2016).[10]