University of Shizuoka

University of Shizuoka

静岡県立大学 Shizuoka Kenritsu Daigaku
Yada Campus, the University of Shizuoka
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)
Type	Public
Established	1987
Chairman	Masachika Suzuki
President	Naohide Kinae
Vice-president	Masakuni Degawa Hiroaki Fukawa
Dean	Naoto Oku Tsutomu Nakayama Hisao Tomizawa Hideo Koyama Masato Kimura Yasuyuki Imai Hirokazu Kobayashi Yoshiki Hayashi Akihiro Okumura Haruko Shikimori Masahiro Sakata
Administrative staff	339 76 (junior college)
Undergraduates	2432
Postgraduates	465
Other students	599 (junior college)
Location	Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture,  Japan
Campus	urban
Nickname	県大 (Kendai)
Website	http://www.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp/

The University of Shizuoka (静岡県立大学, Shizuoka Kenritsu Daigaku), is a public university in Shizuoka, Japan.

Overview

Yada Campus

Yada Campus

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.

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Chairman of Shizuoka Prefectural University Corporation
	Name		From	To	Notes
1		Masachika Suzuki	April 1, 2007	March 31, 2011
2		Hiroshi Takeuchi	April 1, 2011	March 31, 2012
3		Tasuku Honjo	April 1, 2012	April 30, 2017
-		(Hiroshi Kitō)	(May 1, 2017)	(January 31, 2018)	(Acting)
4		Kazuo Oike	April 1, 2018	(now)

President

President of the University of Shizuoka
	Name		From	To	Notes
1		Kōji Uchizono	April 1, 1987	March 31, 1993
2		Takeshi Hoshi	April 1, 1993	March 31, 1999
3		Masaaki Hirobe	April 1, 1999	March 31, 2005
4		Masaru Nishigaki	April 1, 2005	January 31, 2009
-		(Naohide Kinae)	(February 1, 2009)	(March 9, 2009)	(Acting)
5		Naohide Kinae	March 10, 2009	March 31, 2015
6		Hiroshi Kitō	April 1, 2015	(now)

See also

• Shizuoka University - a national university in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

External links

• 静岡県公立大学法人 静岡県立大学 - Japanese Website.
• UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA - English Website.

Coordinates: 34°59′42″N 138°26′43″E / 34.99500°N 138.44528°E / 34.99500; 138.44528