Founded in Yokohama, the port city that has become a gateway to the world, Kanagawa University is an institution open to the world. To fulfill our commitment to today's society, we provide education backed by exceptional research that contributes to people and communities' development. In so doing, we cultivate independent, intelligent citizens who have acquired an international sensibility along with the decision-making ability and practical skills needed to prosper in the twenty-first century.
In recent years, the university has adopted "Promising Growth—Supporting Development First" as its core concept, inspired by the school principles set forth by our founder, Yoneda Yoshimori: "Simple and Sturdy," "Forward-Thinking," and "Balanced and Steady." This concept embodies our tradition of prioritizing education and being a student-oriented university. At Kanagawa University, we aim to do all we can to support students to achieve personal growth based on what they learn and their thinking and go out into society with confidence in themselves as an independent, intelligent citizen.
Kanagawa University was founded as Yokohama Academy in 1928 (Showa 3). In 1949 (Showa 24), based on post-war reforms to the educational system, Yokohama College, known under the old system, became a university under the new system. We have now been serving students for 88 years. We are a comprehensive university with seven faculties, 20 departments, two programs, and nine graduate schools. There are more than 18,000 undergraduate students and around 442 graduate students studying at the Yokohama Campus and Shonan-Hiratsuka Campus.
Furthermore, since the Yokohama College era, we have produced around 220,000 graduates, which places us 15th among Japan's more than 780 public and private national universities. We have thus contributed many talented people to society, and our graduates are active both in Japan and other countries.
We will be celebrating our 100th anniversary in 2028. With the Minato Mirai Campus opening, we will start afresh as a comprehensive university of "YOKOHAMA" with all departments brought to the Yokohama area, allowing for new research and creation of education taking advantage of the integration. All departments will relocate to the Yokohama area for the prosperous future of Kanagawa University. This campus concept aims to make us a university that will attract the world and lead future societies with the "capacity to open an era" by drawing on its superiority in research and education oriented for the future.
Our students come from regions all over Japan, not just the Tokyo area. We encourage them to take full advantage of the benefits we offer as both a comprehensive university and a national university and to make as many friends as possible while studying here.
At Kanagawa University, to fulfill our commitment to people and society during this confusing time of diverse beliefs and values, we go back to our founding principles, emphasize the interaction between people and harmony of cultures, and develop skilled individuals who will actively create new value. In this way, we contribute to people's well-being and the stability of our future society.
Following the school's founding principles, we will contribute to a prosperous and stable society by talented individuals who will create new value in a self-directed way, guided by a constant desire for the truth, by a worldview marked by self-discipline and a commitment to coexistence, and by a deep, globally-oriented awareness of the challenges and missions that face our society in the new era.
As befits a university founded in Yokohama, the port city that became Japan's point of contact with the world, Kanagawa University will aim to recognize its attractive learning environment and its distinctive approach. In an era in which diverse values coexist, our campuses offer personal interaction and cross-cultural rapport, the interplay between knowledge and practice, and a melding of education and research, thus providing learning that is genuinely attuned to the real world of the 21st century, and solutions to problems both local and global.
Kanagawa University seeks excellence in both education and research. In keeping with its founding principles, "Simple and Sturdy," "Forward-thinking," and "Balanced and Steady," and with its tradition of providing learning that is genuinely attuned to the real world, the university aims to equip students with powers of judgment, practical skills, international awareness, communication abilities, specialized knowledge, and eagerness for self-development as responsible and sensible citizens. As a university that is open to the local community and the world, the school researches to contribute to the advancement of humankind and society in light of the times' needs and then invests the findings of that research back into society.
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