Shizuoka University of Art and Culture

Hamamatsu's city has long flourished as a town devoted to manufacturing products that include textiles, musical instruments, and transportation equipment (vehicles and motorcycles). In recent years, new businesses in the industries such as optical technology and electronic technology have also opened their doors in Hamamatsu. The city has also become known for its commitment to music in hosting various international competitions, one of which is the Shizuoka International Opera Competition, which SUAC is involved in.
Located in downtown Hamamatsu, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture was launched in the year 2000 as a university founded and operated with the local industries of Shizuoka prefecture Hamamatsu city. The institution became a public university of Shizuoka prefecture in 2010. Just as Hamamatsu's city has opened itself to the world, SUAC aims to be an open university.
Hamamatsu's population includes many non-Japanese, which makes it an advanced urban center in which multiple cultures reside in harmony. It is a very coexistence model, with residents transcending the boundaries of language, customs, and culture that might otherwise divide. We have on our faculty unique professors who are successfully active inside Japan and overseas, and we strive to provide education with practical applications.
Shizuoka University of Art and Culture (SUAC) upholds two ideals that we strive to achieve in education, research, and local and international exchange. We educate students to possess a rich sense of humanity and a keen awareness of society and the times. Graduates will join the workforce prepared to engage in many fields in international society actively. We will contribute to developing the local and international communities as an open university that functions as a place for education and research, bridging the local and international communities and multiple generations.
SUAC offers two faculties: Japan's first-ever Faculty of Cultural Policy and Management and the Faculty of Design, based on Universal Design principles. Through close interactions between the two, both faculty strive for education and research that nurture a broad perspective. With a student body of over 1,500, our learning arena has been extended to foreign countries through international exchange programs.
SUAC is providing research and education activities that make it possible for students to contribute to an enriched future society. All people can accept their differences and respect each other for the comfort of all.
Students can learn the rationale for Universal Design, which seeks to create a society and objects that are easy to use for all people, regardless of age, gender, physical ability, and language ability. The principles of Universal Design have even been incorporated into the university's facilities' design and details. Students are actively engaged in activities independently, such as participation and acquisition of awards in Universal Design competitions.
The principle of multi-cultural coexistence is that people of diverse nationalities and ethnicities accept their mutual cultural differences and strive for equality. SUAC has a team of specialist professors who are proceeding forward with research, student education, and contributions to the community. Learning activities go beyond lectures and include learning support projects for children of foreign nationalities and volunteering in community events.
Art management refers to the management of bands, dramatic troupes, halls, theaters, art museums, etc. This study's characteristic is that it is for the management of non-profit organizations devoted to the public good. As a member in full standing of the AAAE (Association of Arts Administration Educators), the faculty and graduate schools of SUAC provide curricula that meet international standards. Graduates of our undergraduate and graduate schools are currently active in art management at cultural facilities and other venues nationwide.