Since its incorporation in 2005, Yokohama City University (YCU) has undertaken transformation with its gaze fixed on the future. Looking back at recent years, we established the Tokyo metropolitan area's first School of Data Science in 2018, reorganized the International College of Arts and Sciences into the School of International Liberal Arts, School of Economics and Business Administration, and School of Science in 2019, and opened the Graduate School of Data Science in 2020. We also opened a satellite campus within Yokohama Landmark Tower in the Minato Mirai 21 district, with the aim of encouraging industry-academia collaboration.
Over the course of three years from 2020, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic spread across the globe. Amid the building of a new world, university education and international exchanges, too, have been pressed to undergo a major rethinking. To fulfill our mission as an institution of higher education, YCU has also strived to maintain and enhance the quality of its education, all while enacting measures including on-campus infection control, improvement of the online class environment, education-related digital transformation (DX), and international exchanges conducted online. In the areas of research and contribution to the community, we are making focused efforts in the development of domains that are strengths of YCU. These include research into COVID-19 and the application of its outcomes to society using data science; research into life sciences, medicine including cancer and intractable diseases; and research into urban problems and proposals for addressing them, contributing to policy-based healthcare in Yokohama and in Kanagawa Prefecture.
As the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, we will make a return to pre-pandemic conditions that include in-person classes and international exchanges, while also making use of our experiences over the past three years to advance education and research that make use of online environments.
As President of YCU, I aim to present a vision under which we can play a leading role in the fields of education, research, and healthcare, advancing together with the international city of Yokohama to achieve our institution’s mission through its activities.
Leading the creation of a new society and pioneering the future:
Yokohama City University
Through collective intelligence that fuses diverse fields of knowledge, YCU aims to create new value. By becoming a base for the creation of innovation through academic research, YCU seeks to contribute to the sustainable development of our community and of the world, and to the achievement of diverse forms of well-being for people.
Education
Cultivation of human resources who will lead the future of communities and society and who will make contributions to the world
- Cultivation of human resources who possess abundant education and advanced expertise backed by high ethical standards
- Provision of an environment that nurtures the capabilities for taking action at the global level
- Cultivation of human resources who are able to create new value and work toward solutions to societal issues
- Creation of an environment and learning that respect diversity
Research
Advancement of cutting-edge research that opens up the future
- Promotion of creative and innovative research that contributes to solving global issues
- Promotion and transmission of world-class research
- Creation of innovation through leading interdisciplinary research
- Collaborative creation of a base for knowledge that connects to both our community and the world
Social contribution
Contribution to the sustainable development of both local and international communities
- Contribution to the building of a healthy and vibrant society through the cultivation of outstanding human resources and the return of research achievements to society
- Provision of high-level and safe healthcare that adheres to the highest standards
- Promotion of industry-academia-government co-creation as a platform for solving issues in local and international communities
- Preparation of an environment that enables lifelong learning and cultivation of diverse human resources who support local communities
University operations
Operation that responds flexibly to social change and leads advancement
- Autonomous and sustainable management through the strengthening of management foundations
- Strategic industry-academia-government collaboration and development planning
- A collaborative structure for academic and administrative staff who are capable of responding quickly to social changes
- Construction of an environment in which diversity is respected and all academic and administrative staff can play active roles
In 2028, YCU will celebrate its 100th anniversary, counting from the founding of Yokohama City College of Commerce. YCU Hospital celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2021, counting from the opening of the Yokohama provisional hospital. Drawing on the traditions of these, YCU will continue contributing in wide-ranging ways to the advancement of society, seeking to always be a source of pride for the citizens of Yokohama.
(April 1, 2023)
