Yamanashi
Prefectural University1,130 students
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campuses3

faculties

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departments

21

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universities

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Iida Campus

・Faculty of Glocal Management and Communications
・Faculty of Human and Social Services

Ikeda Campus

・Faculty of Nursing
・Graduate School of Nursing

Yamanashi Prefectural University
Yamanashi Prefectural University (YPU) is a public university established in 2005; Yamanashi Women’s JuniorCollege and Yamanashi Prefectural Nursing University are the predecessors of the present Yamanashi PrefecturalUniversity. YPU is located in the central region of Yamanashi Prefecture where is about 90 minutes west of Tokyo.
YPU is proud of being a small size campus which enable to supervise closely to each students and provide tons ofabundant education. YPU has approximately 1,130 students and 103 faculty members, which brings 11:1 of theratio of student to faculty. YPU is consisted of three faculty: Glocal Policy Management and Communications,
Human and Social Services and Nursing for undergraduate program, and Nursing for graduate program.

Global + Local = GlocalYPU has the unique curriculums which aim for developing the globalized human resources in cultural knowledge
and understanding by collaborating with regional communities, in which resolving depopulation, the promotion of
our communities to overseas, and analyzing the welfare and nursing issues of our communities by utilizing global
ideas and technic. Our motto is “Think globally, act locally”.

Abundant Opportunities for Practical Training
YPU provides the abundant opportunities and experience of training in hospitals , schools, nursery schools, healthcenters, nursing homes and other welfare facilities for students. These opportunities and experiences would begreatly beneficial for students to become a professional personnel in their career.

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Faculty of Glocal Management
and Communications
 Department of Policy Management
 Department of International Studies
and Communications

Encouraging tobe anIntellectual Cosmopolitan

MISSION Acquiring the global knowledge andconsideration to solve the local issues
 Cultivating critical and creative thinking
 Developing communication skills for theglobal society Acquiring the cooperative and practical skills
for the diversified society

Department of Policy Management
In the Department of Policy Management, students willcomprehensively learn about the social sciences as ameans of solving problem in the various organization,such as the municipalities, the private sectors and NPOs.
Moreover, this department focuses on studies such asaccounting, public administration, environmentalsociety, regional policy and regional revitalization froma practical perspective.

Department of International Studies
and Communications
Since Mt. Fuji was registered as one of World Cultural
Heritage Sites in 2013, the number of international
tourists to Japan has been increasing. The Departmentof International Studies and Communications, we expect
students can more proactively get involved with people
from around the world, and achieve success globally.
We seek students who are willing to improve
themselves through their own strength by focusing onpractices and experiences utilizing their knowledge, inaddition to their basic and specialized studies.

Faculty of Glocal Management and Communications
Department of Policy Management
Department of International Studies and Communications

3 Courses in 2 departments
The Faculty has introduced the course system. In the Department of Policy Management,
students can select the Regional Management Course or the International Business and Tourism
Course. In the Department of International Studies and Communications, students can select theInternational Communication Course or the International Business and Tourism Course.

 Regional Management
Aim to cultivate talented people who can solve local issues such as reginal revitalization and towndevelopment.

 International Business and Tourism
Aim to cultivate people who can widely succeed in international business situations, mainly in theinternational tourism field.

 International Communications

Aim to cultivate bearers of multicultural symbiosis and people who can widely communicate theappealing aspects of regions.

Qualifications can be obtained
Department of Policy Management
Class 1 Teaching Certificate for Junior High School (English)
Class 1 Teaching Certificate for High School (English, Civics)
Completion Certificate for Japanese Language Teacher Training Program (Minor)
Social Welfare Officer (Qualification for Appointment)

Department of International Studies and Communications
Class 1 Teaching Certificate for Junior High School (English, Japanese)
Class 1 Teaching Certificate for High School (English, Japanese)
Completion Certificate for Japanese Language Teacher Training Program (Major or Minor)
Yamanashi Designated Local Guide Program
Social Welfare Officer (Qualification for Appointment)

Faculty of Human and SocialServices
 Department of Social Work andCommunity Services
 Department of Human Development
and Educare

Cultivation of
Human Resources
Independently andPractically for theCommunityMISSION Cultivating practical skills based on the sophisticatedexpertise and techniques.
 Nurturing of human resources who can contribute to
the community with empathetic understanding.
 Cultivating an intellectually inquisitive attitude toproblem solving while understanding the reality.
 Building skills for compassionate communication andstrengths to cooperate with various people.

Department of Social Work and Community Services
To achieve the mission statement, this department, which aims
to cultivate human resources, that can succeed in the actual
field of regional welfare, welfare administration, welfare
services, and welfare education, focuses on developing practicalskills through field training in regional societies such as atwelfare facilities, nursing care facilities, hospitals, in addition tolearning activities at university.

Department of Human Development and Educare
Regional contribution as a part of the program in thisdepartment, students learn about various forms of artistic
expression such as piano, formative expression, dance, play,
and the creation of picture books. As a compilation of allstudies, all senior students produce and perform an operettain the Comprehensive Expression Seminar. In addition,students conduct various regional contribution activities
including planning and operating playrooms for child-care
support at preschool children’s education centers.

Faculty of Human and Social Services
Department of Social Work and Community Services
Department of Human Development and Educare

Possible Qualifications
Department of Social Work and Community Services※Qualifications for the Candidacy for the National ExaminationSocial Worker
Psychiatric Social Worker
Care Worker
Social Work Officer and After School Child-Care Workers (Qualification for Appointment)

Department of Human Development an Educare

Class 1 Teaching Certificate for Preschool
Class 1 Teaching Certificate for Elementary SchoolChild Care Worker
Social Worker Qualification for the National Examination for Certificate Social Worker
Social Work Officer and After School Child-Care Worker (Qualification for Appointment)

Faculty of Nursing
 Department of Nursing

Cultivate human resources
with the wealth science thoughtfrom the nursing studies pointof view.

Department of NursingMISSION
The department cultivates human resources that have the skills to explore human beings and society
from a nursing science point of view, as well as ethical judgment, scientific intellect, and rich humanity
as professionals that can contribute to the community through excellent practical nursing.

Characteristics of the Curriculum
The curriculum is designed in order for students to deepen their understanding of each area and connect andintegrate what they have learned in the nursing studies as the grade level increases.

Possible Qualifications
Department of Nursing※Qualifications for the Candidacy for the National Examination
Registered Nurse
Public Health Nurse
Registered Midwife
Class 1 Teaching Certificate for School Nurse
Class 2 Teaching Certificate for School Nurse
Social Worker (Qualification for Appointment)

Graduate School of Nursing
MISSION
The purpose of the school is to contribute to the progress of culture by teaching, researching, andplumbing the depths of nursing theories and applications; to foster highly-specialized professionals,nursing educators, and nursing researchers; and accordingly, to contribute to the improvement of publichealth and welfare.

Characteristics of the Curriculum
In order to foster highly-specialized professionals in each specialized area of nursing, nursing educators, andnursing researchers, the school has organized the curriculum by providing two courses: the specialized nurse
course and the research course. Students can acquire highly-sophisticated practical and research skills inpractical fields and explore nursing philosophy and establishment of the philosophy.

Introduction to Specialized Fields
 Community Nursing: To clarify the health needs of all individuals, families, and groups in all life stage

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and at all health levels in the community, as well as the overall community itself, and to cultivate advanced
public health nurse practitioners who can practice health promotion on a scientific basis.
Pediatric Nursing: To cultivate human resources that can be pediatric nurse practitioners andeducational researchers who can independently solve problem in nursing practice based on logical thinking
by connecting the pediatric nursing practices they have learned and various theories to promote the healthof children and their families.
Elderly Nursing: To cultivate human resources who can support the maintenance and the enhancementof the quality of life (QOL) for the elderly, ranging from those who are healthy and live in the community tothose who are recuperating at home or facilities due to impairment in daily living activities as a result ofaging or disease.
Midwifery: To cultivate midwives who can promote the maintenance and the improvement of the mental
and physical health of women for their entire lives and provide women, babies, and families with advanced
support for safe and comfortable childbirth and childcare in stages from the pregnancy and postpartum
periods to the prenatal period to early childhood, and researchers and educators who can contribute to thedevelopment and advancement of midwifery techniques and care.
Infection Control Nursing: To cultivate advanced nurse practitioners who can respond to
emerging/reemerging infections and issues of hospital-acquired infections, and can be engaged as
professionals in providing care to infected people and compromised hosts, as well as in promoting infections
control and infections measures in nursing activities conducted in regions and facilities.
Acute Care Nursing: To cultivate human resources that can accurately judge the health problems ofpatients who receive invasive treatment in a short period and are in critical conditions, as well as theproblems of their families, and have advanced practical abilities for the maintenance of their lives, theirrecovery, and improvement in the quality of life.
Cancer Nursing: To cultivate highly-skilled individuals who can provide cancer prevention, cancer
treatment, continuous treatment, rehabilitation care, and palliative care through evidence-based practices
by utilizing the latest and advanced knowledge and technologies regarding cancer nursing.
Home Care Nursing: To cultivate highly-qualified home care nurse practitioners who can accurately
grasp the current situation and needs of home care patients in various stages and their families, as well associal trends, and can contribute to the establishment of advanced practical skills for home care nursing
with the aim to improve the quality of life of people, care management skills, and home care systems withan eye on the future.
Psychiatric Nursing: To cultivate advance nursing care specialists who can promote the assessment ofpatients to whom it is difficult to provide care and the enhancement of the mental health of the overall
medical team.

The Center for Research and Exchange was established as an organization to put the principle of being“university that is open to the community and faces local society” into practice in 2005 when Yamanashi
Prefectural University was founded as 4-year university. The purpose of this center is to contribute to
the community through the utilization of teaching staff with expertise, networks, research capabilities,
and practical skills, students with challenging spirits and vitality, and university resources such as
facilities and materials.

Roles of University Center for Researchand Exchange Provision of lifelong learning opportunities by offering open lectures and seminars.
 Implementation of research projects related to regional issues and revitalization.
 Efforts toward the industry academia government cooperation and the establish of regional
networks.
 Efforts toward consigned investigations and research.
 Efforts toward regional exchanges and support such as visiting lecturers.
 Provision of assistance to students’ activities.

Previous Projects
 Regional Exchange (called Mirai (Future) Salon): Students, faculty and local communities share

the problems and concerns, then discuss together to solve these problems.
 Consignment Business for the Municipal PR Magazine: Students work with the local communities
as writers and editors to publish the Community Journalisms.
 University-High School Collaboration: Providing the educational programs related with the social
welfare or nursing for high schools in Yamanashi.
 Comprehensive Emergency Drill in the Communities: Students and faculty members participate
in the emergency drill with the local residents around the campuses.

Extracurricular Activities: Student Clubs and Circles
Extracurricular activity groups can be divided into two forms.

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Club: University official-official and authorized group, and receive the financial support from the university,and often involve sports activities and competitions and games. The members of clubs tend to train
frequently.
Circle: In the universities in Japan, “Circle” is defined as “unofficial groups run by students”. In most cases,
circles do not receive any financial supports from universities and cover a wider variety of activities thanclubs. Circles tend to place more emphasis on having fun than taking their activities seriously. Moreover,
the age-based hierarchical relationships in circles usually are less strict than in clubs.

There are more than 20 clubs and circles, in both sports and cultural, at Yamanashi Prefectural University. Joining
the clubs and circles gives students the opportunities to get irreplaceable friends and enrich personality throughthe group life experience. In most clubs and circles, their activities are reflected the department the members
belong to and what they learn.

The Student Body
Each campus (Iida and Ikeda) has its own student body, which is responsible to provide all students theproductive and healthy campus life by organizing the annual general meeting and the students mingling, such as
sport and cultural activities.

Health Center
The Health Center supports students for a better campus life
by making efforts for the prevention and early detection ofdiseases and offering emergency treatment for illness andinjuries through consultations on mental and physical healthand health checkups.

PCs on Campus
Students can use PCs which are installed at the several locations on campus for writing reports, working on theprojects, doing internet research and other activities. The PCs installed in the cafeteria of Iida Campus areavailable from 8 am to midnight.

University

Exchange
Agreement

CountryRegion

USAIOWADes Moines Area Community CollegeUSAIOWA

University of IowaUSATEXAS

Texas A&M University-KingsvilleUSA

CALIFORNIAUKNORICHUKSTAFFORDSHIRE

CHINA

BEIJING

Tourism College of Beijing Union
University

CHINA

SHANGHAI

Shanghai Normal University, College of
Humanities and Communications

CHINA

QINGDAO

Center for Japanese Studies, Ocean
University of China

CHINA

BEIJING

Peking University, School of Chinese as a
Second Language

TAIWANMIAOLI

National United University✔

TAIWANNEW TAIPEI CITY

Fu Jen Catholic University✔

SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL

Sahmyook University✔

SOUTH KOREADAEJEON

Hanbat National University✔

SOUTH KOREAINCHEON

Incheon National University✔

INDONESIADEPOKUniversitas Indonesia✔

THAILANDKORAT

Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University✔

VIETNAM

HANOI

Vietnam National University, University ofSocial Sciences and Humanities

AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE

Swinburne University of Technology

NEW ZEALAND

CHRISTCHURCH

Ara Institute of Canterbury

PHILLIPINESQUEZON✔

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Middlebury Institute of International
Studies at Monterey
University of East Anglia
Keele University

Southern Luzon State University✔

By courtesy of Yamanashi Tourism Organization
やまなし観光推進機構

https://www.yamanashi-kankou.jp/english/index.html

Yamanashi Prefecture is located near the center of Honshu (about 90 minutes west of Tokyo), the mainisland of Japan. The population of Yamanashi is approximately 800,000. Surrounded by 6,560-9,840 ft highmountains and rich in nature, and 78% of the prefecture is covered by forests-including three national parks andone quasi-national park, such as the famous Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.
The scenery of Mt. Fuji, the World Cultural Heritage Site, and surrounded the 5 beautiful lakes is definitely
breathtaking scenery, and there are many climbing or hiking sites including Mt. Fuji with beautiful ravines andpanoramic views in Yamanashi Prefecture. After hiking and other outdoor activities, why not try one of ourdelicious local specialties? Hoto made of thick noodles and vegetables in a rich miso soup will warm you up on
even the coldest winter day.

HotoAmong the various products of Yamanashi, the fruits grown in rich soil of Yamanashi is well known in agriculturalindustries. Yamanashi Prefecture is one of the largest producers of, especially, grapes, peaches and plums, whichmakes the reason why there are so many wineries in Yamanashi.
Only produced in Yamanashi, Inden are goods made from deerskin with designs in Japanese lacquer. Inden has
its origin in the leather accessories that were brought from India in the early Edo period. By late Edo, production
had begun on coin purses, waist sashes, cigarette holders and so on. Nowadays, modern items such as purses,wallets, card holders, handbags and belts have been added to the variety of goods available. Inden production
still uses its traditional methods. In addition, Kaiki (traditional weaving of silk textiles), crystal crafting and theproduction of washi, or Japanese paper, are also traditional handicrafts which are great as gifts for manyoccasion.

IndenYamanashi is an inland prefecture, holding no ocean coast. People in this area have learned to overcome thesevere elements of inland climate over a long period of time. This is said to have built a character of patienceand endurance in the populace. You will find people warmhearted, caring and conscientious.

Access from the airport*Please confirm the accurate timetables in advance

From Narita International Airport【Train】
・Narita Terminal → Tokyo or Shinjuku (about 60 mins to 100 mins)
・Tokyo/Shinjuku → Kofu (Azusa or Kaiji Express about 100 mins)【Bus】
・Narita Terminal → Kofu (about 4 hours)

From Haneda Airport【Train】
・Haneda Terminal → Hamamatsu Cho (Tokyo Monorail about 15 mins)
・Hamamatsu Cho → Shinjuku (Yamanote Line about 26 mins)
・Shinjuku → Kofu (Azusa or Kaiji Express about 100 mins)【Bus】
・Haneda Terminal → Kofu (about 3 hours)

Contact
Yamanashi Prefectural University
Iida Campus (Faculty of Glocal Management and Communications,
Faculty of Human and Social Services)
5-11-1 Iida, Kofu-City Yamanashi, 400-0035 Japan
TEL: +81-55-224-5260
FAX: +81-55-224-5386
Ikeda Campus (Faculty of Nursing, Graduate School of Nursing)
1-6-1 Ikeda, Kofu-City Yamanashi, 400-0062 Japan
TEL: +81-55-253-7780
FAX: +81-253-7781
http://www.yamanashi-ken.ac.jp/