Type Public Chairman Masachika Suzuki Acceptance rate 39.9% (2015) Total enrollment 2,937 (1 May 2015) | Established 1987 President Naohide Kinae Undergraduate tuition and fees 535,800 JPY (2012) Phone +81 54-264-5102 | |
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Former names Shizuoka College of Pharmacy (静岡薬科大学), Shizuoka Women's College (静岡女子大学), Shizuoka Women's Junior College (静岡女子短期大学) Motto Creativity, Knowledge, Cooperation and Diligence (創知協働, Sochi Kyodo) Address Japan, 〒422-8002 Shizuoka Prefecture, Shizuoka, 駿河区谷田52−1 Similar Shizuoka University, University of Shizuoka, Aichi Prefectural University, Nagoya City University, Shizuoka University of Art and | ||
University of shizuoka campus tour
The University of Shizuoka (静岡県立大学, Shizuoka Kenritsu Daigaku), is a public university in Shizuoka, Japan.
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Interview with seijiro takeshita of university of shizuoka on putin in japan
Overview
The Japanese name of the university is Shizuoka Kenritsu Daigaku (静岡県立大学), which translates literally as "Prefectural University of Shizuoka." Since the English version of the Japanese term prefecture is unfamiliar to many English speakers, the university's English name was simplified to the "University of Shizuoka." This leads to some confusion, in English at least, since another nearby national university has a very similar name in English (that institution is Shizuoka University (静岡大学)).
The University of Shizuoka is located in the prefectural capital of Shizuoka. The Yada main campus is near Kusanagi Station on the JR Tōkaidō Main Line, six minutes from Shizuoka Station. It is roughly halfway between the town centers of the former cities of Shimizu and Shizuoka (which were merged to form a single city in 2003). It forms an important part of a major cultural and educational complex which also includes the Shizuoka Prefectural Library and the Shizuoka Prefectural Art Museum.
The University of Shizuoka was created through the amalgamation of three former public colleges in 1987 and was expanded to comprise five colleges. These are the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, the Faculty of International Relations, the School of Administration and Informatics and the School of Nursing. In addition to the undergraduate programs offered in the various departments of these colleges, the university also maintains graduate schools in each of the five colleges, as well as a variety of research institutes, inter-disciplinary centers and other research centers. The university also operates a two-year junior college, which is on a separate campus from the main university.