With the westernization during the Meiji era, Yokohama began to change dramatically. Yokohama has always been a center of commerce. At the time, the city was the first location where a railroad was founded and was the birthplace of a daily newspaper and photographs. Even today, Yokohama never ceases to attract attention as a pioneer in business, design, and tourism due to development in the Minatomirai district. Our educational foundation is based on nurturing human beings who sincerely make relentless efforts in academics and research and devote themselves to their formation and growth as human beings.
Our college opened in 1966 as the predecessor Yokohama Shoka Junior College and shifted to the current three-department system in 1974. Over the half-century since its establishment, our college has consistently aspired to complete commerce education and endeavors to create graduates ready to function as valuable human resources.
The founding spirit when the university was first established in 1966—growing into trustworthy human beings—has been passed down till today, where we recently celebrated our 50th anniversary. Our university endeavors to nurture human resources who acquire “sophisticated expertise” and the “spirit to contribute to society” through practical learning. This is intended to complete commerce education and nurture human resources with a “sense of mission” and “responsibility” who can fulfill delegated responsibilities.
What kind of lifestyle will people have twenty or thirty years later, where you play a significant role in society? Robots with artificial intelligence may be operated everywhere instead of human beings. Even in such a world, the business will not be disappeared, but instead will keep expanding. Business is one of the cutting edge social sciences that quickly catches and takes in things needed in society and spreads them to make people happy. At the Faculty of Commerce, you can learn knowledge and skills directly linked to a business that expands with the times in a broader field than the Faculties of Economics and Management.
At Yokohama College of Commerce, the curriculum was redesigned in 2015 and reconstructed into educational programs where students can further nurture primary education and improve social skills, such as communication skills, to acquire the expertise to make their dreams come true enjoy a meaningful life. We are confident that studying at our college will help your personality shine and bloom with better talent than others to become trustworthy individuals who can play an active role in the globalized world. Let us take a flight to the future filled with infinite possibilities.
Based on the Fundamental Law of Education and School Education Law, Yokohama College of Commerce will certify graduation and confer the Degree of Commerce to students who understand the founding spirit of “Grow into trustworthy human beings” and have acquired the following qualities, skills and completed required credits.
Based on the founding spirit, Yokohama College of Commerce offers Commerce, Tourism Management and Management and Information Departments in the Faculty of Commerce to nurture business persons who possess skills and expertise mentioned in the graduation certification and degree conferment policy (Diploma Policy). Our college forms and implements an educational curriculum following the policies as below.
