Hiroshima City University

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Hiroshima City University (HCU) opened in April 1994 to become a higher education institution appropriate for an international city of peace and culture, which is the ideal of Hiroshima City.
In addition to the three Faculties of International Studies, Information Sciences and Arts, with which the University commenced its history, three associated Graduate Schools were also opened in April 1998 to offer internationally acknowledged and advanced specialized education at the graduate level.
Hiroshima City University holds, as its Founding Principle, to become an international university that contributes to the realization of world peace and the prosperity of local communities through taking advantage of its strength in the sciences and the arts. This corresponds with the spirit of Hiroshima City. The founding principal assigns the University the mission of pursuing education and research in specialized academic fields, nurturing future generations with a future-oriented sensibility and creativity, contributing to local communities through education and research, and thus contributing to the development of culture and society.
As a university established in Hiroshima City, which aims to be an international city of peace and culture, the University has the Faculties and the Graduate Schools of International Studies, Information Sciences, and Arts. It also has the Hiroshima Peace Institute, which was established as a think tank to pursue world peace and all humanity's happiness.
Through special education and research, our University is focused on responding to the needs of the contemporary world, working and living together with local communities, and establishing itself as a hub of wisdom in Hiroshima and a source of pride for the city's people.
Hiroshima City University guides students to develop a profound sensibility and a passion for truth-finding, appreciate and respect various cultures and senses of value, and pursue peace. The students are also expected to contribute to society with a wide range of knowledge, reliable expertise, and high ethical standards.
The University also has an affiliated research institute, Hiroshima Peace Institute, to conduct academic research and pass on research outcomes to society to step forward towards nuclear abolition and a feeling of perpetual global peace, which is the mission of the A-bombed city, Hiroshima. This academically advantaged environment and the unique combination of four areas of study – International Studies, Information Sciences, Arts and Peace Studies – are the attractive features of HCU.
The campus of HCU is full of art and beauty. On the campus, which is surrounded by nature and in an open atmosphere, three buildings with a unique, creative design of the three Faculties are located in a radial form. The information network and Internet access with wireless LANs are available throughout the campus. The Library stores approximately 300,000 books, 470 journals, and 1,150 audio-visual resources, all of which are registered in the centralized searching system.
The Language Center has the CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) system installed in all classrooms. The Student Study Room provides a comfortable self-study environment, with approximately 4,600 audio-visual materials and journals for language learning. The Faculty of Arts has well-equipped studios of the country's most enormous scale for various types of fine art, such as a sculpture of stone and metal, to offer an ideal environment for creative work.

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