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Humankind, despite repeated acts of creation and destruction, has succeeded throughout its long history in enhancing an understanding of nature and various social phenomena and has thereby developed a highly public culture. Universities, which have e the responsibility of carrying out academic research, have served to bind generations together by creating knowledge and fostering talent and, consequently, contributing to the formation and development of a diverse society. Now a new era has dawned, in which numerous people cross national boundaries to cooperate on a global scale. Kanazawa University, inheriting the tradition of its predecessor school, was established in 1949. After coming through the turbulent postwar period, the University has undoubtedly contributed to Japan and the world's development. However, with its new start as a National University Corporation, the time has come to inquire once again into the true meaning of being "a university dedicated to society." Kanazawa University aims to become "a research university dedicated to education while opening its doors to both local and global society." With this objective, the University will work on reform, believing that its activities will contribute to 1) the opening up of a new 21st-century era and 2) promoting world peace and the sustainable development of humankind. Kanazawa University shall, at this moment, establish its charter based on the above ideology and objectives. Kanazawa University shall accept motivated students with various talents and competencies, considering collaboration with various educational institutes, recurrent education for adults, international student education, and lifelong learning. The University will implement a quality educational program with clearly defined objectives at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Kanazawa University shall respect the individuality of students and their right to learn, having self-study as the basis of education. Organized faculty development activities geared towards educational reform will be enhanced to foster the ability to acquire specialized knowledge and the capability to pursue problems. Furthermore, our faculty members are adaptable to international society, have high moral character, and have personalities rich in human qualities. Kanazawa University shall provide its members with an environment suitable for carrying out research, independently guaranteeing academic freedom and healthy competition, regardless of the field of study, i.e., whether it be humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, or medicine, and regardless of the type of research, i.e., whether it be fundamental or applied research. Furthermore, the University shall promote future research and train young researchers, thereby maintaining a structure capable of challenging the status quo at all times and bringing out its distinct characteristics. Kanazawa University shall use its resources to promote academic culture development and lay the foundations for the educational, medical, and welfare systems of the region. Serving as a stronghold of intellect in East Asia, it shall continue to disseminate information to the globalizing world. Kanazawa University shall fulfill its responsibility as "a research university dedicated to education, open to both the local and global community," by extending student education from the pre-entrance to post-graduation period, by utilizing and managing intellectual property resulting from academic research to contribute to society actively, and by promoting the development and popularization of advanced medical services. Kanazawa University shall apply an independent and self-reliant administrative policy. All departments shall work organically while developing their characteristics based on their respective specialties and roles. Kanazawa University shall utilize grants from the government and funds raised independently judiciously and systematically. While paying respect to human rights, the University will provide its members with a secure environment suitable for devotion to their duties. Furthermore, as a National University Corporation serving the public, it shall fulfill its duties in social accountability. Kanazawa University published 150th Anniversary History of Kanazawa University in 2012 as part of its 150th-anniversary celebrations. This compact book describes university history with many pictures. We prepare an English version in addition to a Japanese version. We recommend this book to those who are interested in the history of Kanazawa University. View full university

Kanazawa Seiryo University is a private university in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, located in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Formerly known as Kanazawa College of Economics (a college with only the Faculty of Economics), it was founded in 1967 by Inaoki Educational Institution. The name was changed to Kanazawa Seiryo University in 2002, and the graduate school was established the same year. With the creation of the Faculty of Human Sciences in 2007 and the Faculty of Humanities in 2016, Kanazawa Seiryo University is now a university with a Faculty of Economics, a Faculty of Human Sciences, a Faculty of Humanities, a graduate school. Kanazawa Seiryo University has been making steady steps forward as one of the top universities in the Hokuriku region specializing in humanity. The wide variety of activities available both in and outside the university include study and academic research seminars throughout students' four years at Seiryo University. Seiryo University offers long- and short-term overseas study programs, language training, and overseas internship programs that provide students with excellent opportunities to expand their knowledge and experience. We also have international exchange study programs for overseas students. Through these seminars and overseas education programs, students achieve outstanding results that allow them to find meaningful employment further or move up to graduate school to improve themselves and their future further. We have focused on enhancing this innovative system of "Student-teacher - administrative staff" cooperation, and we continue improving to give our students the best chance to realize their potential. The most crucial point is that our system is enhanced by sharing and creating a shared awareness among faculties, departments, schools, and communities. We also emphasize liaison and cooperation beyond national borders and attempt new cooperative combinations by fostering this everyday awareness. Kanazawa Seiryo University currently has around 2,430 undergraduate students and 27 graduate students. This includes 19 international students. In 50 years since its founding, Kanazawa Seiryo University has become rooted in the Hokuriku region and grown tremendously, with roughly 19,000 students have graduated from the university already. To cultivate global human resources, a new Faculty of Humanities and Department of International Culture (tentative name) will be established in 2016. View full university

As the economy grew in the 1970s, there was an increasing demand for doctors. In particular, sending doctors to areas where there were none was an important goal for the government. Therefore, the government established a plan to set up 34 new medical universities, including 17 public, 16 private, and one university medical college. Kanazawa Medical University was set up in Uchinada, near Kanazawa City, in June 1972, as the first private medical university on the Sea of Japan side of the country. Kanazawa City is an academic city with a long history and tradition of medical education, which started in the feudal era. Since the university's establishment, we have been committed to the development of good doctors with high ethical standards and compassion. This approach starts with Albert Schweitzer's idea of Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben (respect for life), and the university crest bears this motto in Latin, Reverentia Vitae. The mission of Kanazawa Medical University is: "to develop good doctors and nurses, to advance medical knowledge and skills, and to contribute to mankind." By good doctors and nurses, we mean skilled physicians and nursing professionals who are also compassionate and have high ethical standards. To achieve this, we build a foundation with a focus on developing ethics and compassion. Our university's educational goal is to develop health care professionals with a strong sense of ethics and compassion and the resilience to handle adverse conditions. Medicine as science, medical and nursing skills, and empathy with patients are the cornerstones of our educational philosophy. Students at our university have the opportunity to fully utilize an excellent environment with well-regulated facilities, surrounded by a wealth of nature, where they can meet great mentors, make long-lasting friendships, and learn from experienced teachers. Kanazawa Medical University enables you to develop into the right physicians and nurses and become a character. Come and enjoy university life with us. The mission of Kanazawa Medical University: To educate students to become healthcare professionals with high ethical standards and compassion. To develop excellent medical techniques through the mastery of medicine. To contribute to the healthcare and wellbeing of all people through respect for life. View full university

KIT is a place where students challenge themselves to develop technology that is useful for society by understanding others' standpoints, collaborating, and testing their ingenuity. Its most characteristic feature is project-based practical education, referred to as "Project design education." This type of education allows students to identify problems of social value and explore measures to solve them. Now that science and technology have become diversified, and it is difficult to predict what will happen in the future, there is a demand for personnel with a talent for "technical innovation" that will enable Japan to continue to develop as a world leader in science and technology. In response to this societal demand, KIT provides education based on our policies of "Ideal character building," "Further technical innovation," and "Superb academic-industrial cooperation" to produce engineers who have strength both as human beings and as innovators, and who will think and act for themselves. We incorporate "Intergenerational, interdisciplinary, and intercultural co-creation education" into our lessons, projects, and research, which involve researchers, engineers, residents, and people from other countries. Students study, research, and carry out their projects with people of different generations, fields, and cultures. They gain the following advantages: The research skills to take on the challenges of the future. A combination of academic skills and human strength creates overall competence. Readiness for a globalized society. KIT features Project Design education, in which students identify and solve problems in teams. In 2011, we became the first Japanese university to join the CDIO Initiative (Conceive, Design, Implement, and Operate). It is the universal standard for engineering education and is adhered to by more than 130 organizations in 36 countries, including MIT and Stanford University. Students are requested to find what users need and to embody their solution as a prototype. Through experiments, validation, and evaluation, they acquire the "innovation skills" required of personnel who will play an essential role in a global society. In 2016, we launched an e-syllabus to combine more than 100 extracurricular projects and the regular curriculum to build overall competence. In April 2017, our new "Yume-kobo" building, which houses a workshop with various equipment types and a spacious work area for embodying ideas, was opened. We are promoting CDIO in both our regular curriculum and our extracurricular activities. KIT was the first Japanese university to introduce IBM Watson, an AI-assisted education service. An academic adviser with artificial intelligence referred to as "KIT COG," searches over one million items in KIT graduates' archival records to select a student with a similar academic background and give appropriate advice to the student based on the data taken from the record. It is possible to provide students with timely advice concerning their curriculum and extracurricular activity choices. Active learning is becoming increasingly popular. Finding out the opinions and ideas of different types of people is fundamental to the creation of innovation. KIT's co-creation education involves promoting intergenerational communication with engineers and researchers, interdisciplinary communication with people in different fields, and intercultural communication with people from abroad, including international students, to cultivate a multifaceted viewpoint and create innovation. KIT emphasizes the fundamental idea that teaching is learning, derived from the Chinese "Book of Rites." To teach someone, one must have several times more knowledge than the learner to teach in a way that is easy to understand. Teaching is the best way to deepen one's learning. KIT's students are taught so that they gain the ability to teach what they have learned. Active learning that involves students teaching each other has been incorporated into all subjects since 2016. Students teach their areas of expertise to each other in self-learning sessions at "learning squares" located all over the campus, which are available for use at night and in the daytime. At KIT, we believe it is through the integration of various scientific disciplines that we can achieve the innovations to transform the way we lead our lives in the future. Such innovations can only emerge once we have truly understood and reflected on the fundamentals of our scientific traditions. KIT has collected 2,000 seminal works of scientific inquiry in their original editions. Education and research using original editions will start at Challenge Labo. Galileo looked up at the sky and asked himself, "Why don't the stars fall from the heavens?" Reflecting on such fundamental questions led him to design and manufacture the first telescope to observe the sky. View full university

In respect to the fine and applied arts, the college's manifested ideals are to educate creative talents, develop an artistic mind and decadent humanity while bringing national and international cooperation into fruition, and consequently contribute to the development of art culture in our society. Kanazawa is located in the middle of the Japanese archipelago. Kanazawa College of Art embodies a blending of rich Japanese tradition dating back hundreds of years with harmonious natural surroundings. In the late 17th century, Kanazawa functioned as the capital of Kaga Han, which was the local government. It exploited a policy of culture, including various arts, to avoid confrontation with the central government. This history led to the foundation of culture in Kanazawa, which flourishes even today. For the past few centuries, Kanazawa has been the center of art and science along the Sea of Japan coast. Many universities, cultural institutions, and hospitals are located in this city with a population of 450,000. One more significant reason is that the city has cherished its own rich culture and is heralded as a center of art and traditional crafts. Kanazawa was one of a few historical places undamaged during World War II. Thus, we can learn from important heritage sites such as old houses and streets, not merely works of art. With this rich and valued historical background, Kanazawa residents show their support for Kanazawa College of Art (the school is locally known as Bidai). Bidai brings together students from across Japan and overseas and gives a new vista to the future's artistic city. Due to its location in such a historical city like Kanazawa, Bidai has attracted much attention from the art and culture community abroad. The college was established in 1946, immediately after the end of World War II. Some artists yearning to create a peaceful country by art started the school by working on the Kanazawa municipal authority, which led to the foundation of Bidai. The movement was supported by citizens who were proud of the cultural climate of appreciating arts and crafts. Bidai is blessed with an ideal study environment. There is a high teacher to student ratio, which means the feasible fostering of student and teacher communication, interaction, and mentoring. Enrollment in programs is opened annually to 145 undergraduates, 32 for the master's program and 7 for doctoral program participants. Students enjoy their lives in historical Kanazawa. For instance, galleries and performance spaces are available for students at inexpensive rates. There are studios run by artists (Bidai graduates themselves), craft museums, and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art affiliated with Bidai. This artistic atmosphere in Kanazawa is unique to Bidai when compared to other art schools in Japan. People appreciate the variety of arts, including music and performing art. From classical ensembles to live jazz, and from theater to Japanese traditional performance art such as Noh plays, Kanazawa is truly a haven for the arts. Local residences offer great hospitality and encourage students to put forth their potential ability. Housing is also inexpensive, and the Ishikawa prefecture dorm for international students is one of the lodging choices. Daily living costs are lower than in other big cities. Geographically, Kanazawa is bordered by mountains and the Sea of Japan to the west. The city is built upon a hilly landscape, bisected by two rivers Sai and Asano, both of which host various wetland plants and songbirds. Kanazawa enjoys dramatic seasonal weather. Gorgeous are the spring blooms, while the fall foliage season features brilliant colors and comfortable temperatures. The most extreme is winter because the scenery of the city landscape is blanketed in snow. A cold air mass from Siberia delivers snow and thunder along the seacoast. Although it snows a lot, the temperature does not go low. The temperature rarely dips below 0 degrees Celsius. Thanks to the climate, winter sports in nearby mountain areas are popular. It is easy to reach Kyoto and Nara from Kanazawa by bus or train so that you have a great chance to learn from Japanese historical sites. View full university