University of Shizuoka

Infobox University
name = University of Shizuoka
native_name = 静岡県立大学;
Shizuoka Kenritsu Daigaku


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caption = Yada Campus, the University of Shizuoka
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motto = Creativity, Knowledge, Cooperation and Diligence (創知協働; "Sochi Kyodo")
established = 1987
(1916 Shizuoka Women's School of Pharmacy)
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type = public university
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president = Masaru Nishigaki
vice-president = Naohide Kinae
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dean = Naoto Oku
Tsutomu Nakayama
Kimio Yatsuki
Hideo Koyama
Masato Kimura
Yasuyuki Imai
Hirokazu Kobayashi
Katsunori Nishiyama
Keisuke Iwahori
Masakuni Degawa
Kunihiko Kawamura
director = Hiroaki Fukawa
So Obata
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staff = 322 (undergrad)
73 (junior college)
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undergrad = 2333
postgrad = 447
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other = 534 (junior college)
city = Shizuoka City
state = Shizuoka Prefecture
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country = JPN
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campus = urban
former_names = Shizuoka Women's School of Pharmacy (静岡女子薬学校), Shizuoka Women's College of Pharmacy (静岡女子薬学専門学校), Shizuoka College of Pharmacy (静岡薬学専門学校), Shizuoka Prefectual College of Pharmacy (静岡県立薬学専門学校), 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)
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nickname = 静岡県立大 ("Shizuokakenritsudai"), 静県大 ("Shizukendai"), 県大 ("Kendai"), US
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website = http://www.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp/

footnotes = The nihongo|University of Shizuoka|静岡県立大学|Shizuoka Kenritsu Daigaku, abbreviated to 静岡県立大 "Shizuokakenritsudai") is a public university in Shizuoka, Japan.

Overview

The Japanese name of the university is Shizuoka Kenritsu Daigaku (静岡県立大学), which translates, literally, the "Prefectural University of Shizuoka." Since the English version of the Japanese term for province (prefecture) is unfamiliar to many English speakers, the university's 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 main (Yada) campus is near Kusanagi Station on the JR Tokaido Main Line, six minutes from Shizuoka Station. It is roughly half-way 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 1986 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.

Organization

Undergraduate

* School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
** Division of Pharmacy
** Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences
* School of Food and Nutritional Sciences
** Department of Food Life Sciences
** Department of Nutritional Life Sciences
* Faculty of International Relations
** Department of International Relations
*** International Politics and Economics Course
*** International Behavioral Science Course
** Department of International Languages and Cultures
*** British and American Culture Course
*** Japanese Culture Course
*** Asian Culture Course
*** European Culture Course
* School of Administration and Informatics
** Department of Administration and Informatics
* School of Nursing
** Department of Nursing

Graduate school

* Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Doctral Program)
** Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences
** Division of Medicinal Sciences
** Division of Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences
* Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences (Doctral Program)
** Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences
** Department of Environmental Health Sciences
* Graduate School of International Relations (Master's Program)
** Program of International Relations
** Program of Comparative Cultural Studies
* Graduate School of Administration and Informatics (Master's Program)
** Division of Administration and Informatics
* Graduate School of Nursing (Master's Program)
** Division of Nursing

Research institute

* Institute for Environmental Sciences
* Institute of Sciences of Living
* Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine
* Medicinal Plant Garden
* Center for Drug Discovery
* Center for Korean Studies
* Center for Regional Management Studies

Junior colleage

* Department of Nursing
* Department of Dental Hygiene
* Department of Social Welfare
** Division of Social Welfare
** Division of Care Welfare

See also

* Shizuoka University - a national university in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
* Shaolin Girl

External links

* [http://www.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp/ 静岡県公立大学法人 静岡県立大学] - Japanese Website.
* [http://eng.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp/ UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA] - English Website.