Yokohama National University

Not to be confused with Yokohama City University.
Yokohama National University(YNU)
横浜国立大学
Other name
Yokokoku
MottoJapanese: グローバルな学術の共創
Motto in English
Initiative for Global Arts & Sciences
TypeNational
Established1876 (chartered 1949)[1][2]
PresidentIzuru Umehara
Undergraduates7,298 as of 1 May 2020[2]
Postgraduates2,302 as of 1 May 2020[2]
Location
Yokohama, Kanagawa
,
Japan

35°28′26″N 139°35′24″E / 35.474°N 139.59°E / 35.474; 139.59
AffiliationsPort-City University League (PUL)
Websitewww.ynu.ac.jp

Yokohama National University (横浜国立大学, Yokohama Kokuritsu Daigaku), abbreviated to Yokohama Kokudai (横浜国大), Yokokoku (横国) or YNU, is a national university located in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Founded in 1876, it became a national university in 1949, and currently comprises five graduate schools and four undergraduate faculties.

The university has been evaluated highly from the business world and was ranked first in Kantō (including Greater Tokyo Area) and Kōshin'etsu region and second in Japan by personnel departments of leading companies in Japan in 2020.[3][4] The university was also ranked tenth in Japan according to the ratio of the number of officers and managers produced to the number of graduates.[5]

  1. ^ "History of the university - Yokohama National University (大学の沿革 - 大学案内 - 横浜国立大学)". www.ynu.ac.jp. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  2. ^ a b c Yokohama National University / UNIV. IN JAPAN
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