Shizuoka Prefecture is located close to the center of Japan, with easy
access to metropolitan areas such as Tokyo and Osaka. Shizuoka is
blessed with a temperate climate and rich natural surroundings. It
ﬂourished during the Edo Period (17th to 19th centuries) as a location
along the Tōkaidō road, the main route between Tokyo and Kyoto.
Shizuoka still has many historic sites, traditional festivals, andbreathtaking scenic views.

UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKAGUIDE 2024-2025

The campus is surrounded by lush green natural
surroundings. With museums, libraries, and theatres
nearby, the environment oﬀers excellent opportunities
for learning and communicating about culture, the arts,and education.

Sapporo Okadama
105 minFukuoka
105minShin-Chitose
105minIzumo Enmusubi
75min

Train times based on JR Central Railway timetable.
Times given for the Shinkansen are for Hikari express trains. Transfer time not included.

Aso Kumamoto
100minKagoshima
95min

Naha
145minBus from the airport to
Shizuoka Station, 50min.

15 minutes on foot from Kusanagi Station on the JR Line, or from Kenritsu Bijutsukan Mae(Prefectural Museum) Station or Kusanagi Station on the Shizutetsu Line.
10 minutes by bus from Kusanagi Station. Take a bus bound for Kusanagi Danchi on the
Miho-Kusanagi Route to Kenritsu Daigaku Mae (on weekday mornings) or to Kenritsu
Daigaku Iriguchi (on weekday afternoons and weekends).

20 minutes on foot from Higashi-Shizuoka Station on the JR Line.

Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport opened in 2009. It is Shizuoka's international
gateway, providing domestic and international air connections linking tomajor cities across Japan and throughout Asia.

Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations “The Frightful Satta Pass”

15 minutes by bus from Shizuoka Station on the JR Line. Take a bus on the Miwa Ohya
Route (No. 8) at the station’ s north entrance or the Minami Route (No.21) at the south
entrance to Oshika-Kyoku Mae Stop. The campus is a 3-minute walk from the bus stop.

52-1, Yada,Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan

https://www.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp/
July.2024

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo)) 1797-1858
静岡市東海道広重美術館

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The University of Shizuoka is located in Shizuoka Prefecture, whichlies in the center of Japan and is home to Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest
mountain. The mountain has long been considered a symbol of Japanand has been revered as a sacred site since ancient times. Mt. Fuji isalso one of the most popular motifs in Japanese poetry, painting, andother art forms, attesting to the prominent place it occupies in the

Yasuyuki
IMAIhearts and minds of the Japanese people. It was registered as a World
Cultural Heritage site in 2013, a signiﬁcant source of pride for thepeople of Shizuoka. As the prefectureʼs own university, the goal of the
University of Shizuoka is to be valued by the citizens of the prefecture
and to be a source of pride for them.
The University oﬀers a wide range of courses in ﬁelds that
respond to the various needs of modern society, including

President of
the University of Shizuoka

those related to health, medicine, nursing, globalization,and the information society. These ﬁve ﬁelds of researchand education are taught according to stringent academic
standards, and students are oﬀered practical, specialized

A well-known feature of the University of Shizuoka is that you can easily see Mt. Fuji from our campus.
And on clear days, you can even see the unique proﬁles of Mt. Daimugen and Mt. Shomugen in the
distance as you descend the slope from the monument in front of our main lecture halls. These mountains, which are around 2,300 meters tall, are part of the Southern Alps and are known for their advanced
hiking routes. I often think of these inspiring views when I consider the mission of our university.
What is the proper role of a university? In secondary education like high school, the objective is forstudents to develop the ability to do what they've been taught. University education in Japan has become
increasingly "universalized," with 58% of high school students now going on to university. Under suchconditions, I believe that the objective of the university is to help students develop the ability to identify
problems, develop methods for addressing them, conduct research using those methods, and thenexpress their own opinions about how such problems can be solved or answered. They can also make animportant contribution to society by sharing the creation of this knowledge with people of diverse backgrounds through dialog.
Recently, there have been major improvements in the performance of artiﬁcial intelligence (AI), and weare encouraged by experts to focus on how AI can be used to contribute to society. However, the way AI
works has not yet been communicated in a way that is clearly understandable to non-specialists. It issymbolic that Professor Geoﬀrey Hinton of the University of Toronto in Canada, one of the inventors
of ChatGPT, has mentioned scientist and novelist as occupations that will not be superseded by AI.
Even in Silicon Valley, the part of California that has led the world in developing computer technology,
it is well recognized that key roles in AI development have been played by people with an extremely
diverse range of abilities.
I want the University of Shizuoka both to fulﬁll its planned goals and to go beyond them, to foster graduates who are capable of truly ﬂexible thinking—and who also feel truly happy to have attended ouruniversity. I want them to experience an education that is as inspiring as the beautiful views from ourcampus.

course curricula. Drawing upon its diverse strengths, theUniversity ensures that students studying in diﬀerent
departments have ample opportunities to interact with eachother, promoting cooperation across educational andresearch areas.
The monument at the center of the Kusanagi Campus symbolizes the
openness of the University. This openness is one of the Universityʼs core
principles. It is open to the local community, including to administrativeand local industry groups, to collaborative research projects, tocommunity revitalization projects driven by students and community
residents, and to continuing education for citizens. The University also
conducts research and education in accordance with international
standards, thus contributing to the global community.

Undergraduate & graduate schools
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

School of Management and Informatics

School of Food and Nutritional Sciences

Graduate School of Management,
Informatics and Innovation

Pharmaceutical science is the only academic ﬁeld that systematically covers a comprehensive
range of studies related to human life and health, including organic chemistry, physicalchemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology, pharmacognosy, molecular toxicology and public health,pharmaceutics, and clinical pharmacy. The School of Pharmaceutical Sciences is composed of
two divisions. The Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences is a 4-year program that fosters
researchers and technical experts. Most graduates of the Division proceed to the Graduate
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, where they acquire a research-oriented perspective. The
Division of Pharmacy is a 6-year program that fosters pharmacists with advanced technicalexpertise and a strong ethical outlook. Fifth-year students receive practical training at hospitals
and pharmacies, and graduates are qualiﬁed to take the National Pharmacist Examination. The
Schoolʼs highly qualiﬁed faculty members provide students with a comprehensive education
based on a rich curriculum.

In recent years, there is increasing interest in issues related to diet and health, such as
f o o d s a f e t y, t h e s p r e a d o f l i f e s t y l e - r e l a t e d d i s e a s e s , a n d c o m p l e x e n v i r o n m e n t a l
problems. The School of Food and Nutritional Sciences is founded on principles ofsystematic education in the life sciences, and it also oﬀers comprehensive courses inscientiﬁc English and information education. This educational program fosters scientists,
highly skilled technicians, and registered dietitians who have the communication skills
required to work in an international workforce and address food, environmental, andhealth issues on a global scale. The School oﬀers students the opportunity to engage incomprehensive study and research in the ﬁeld. Topics covered in the Department of Food
Science and Biotechnology include the development and analysis of foodstuﬀs, and in the
Department of Nutrition and Life Sciences include the improvement of health andmedical treatment through nutrition. In addition, the Department of Environmental andLife Sciences fosters technical experts who address food-related environmental issues.

Graduate School of Integrated Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Sciences

The people of Shizuoka Prefecture have one of the longest healthy life expectancies in the world. To understand and enhance thehealth and lifestyle factors underlying this remarkable life expectancy, the University of Shizuoka combined its research programs inpharmaceutical sciences and food and nutritional sciences in 2012, creating the Graduate School of Integrated Pharmaceutical andNutritional Sciences — the ﬁrst graduate school of its kind in Japan. To advance this research agenda in Shizuoka and worldwide, theSchool has also established three associated research centers: the Center for Pharma-Food Research, the Tea Science Center, and the
Food and Environment Research Center. The School has an excellent research record, and has ranked in ﬁrst place for three funding
categories in Japanʼs national Grants-in-Aid for Scientiﬁc Research program: “Eating habits (Dietary sciences),” “Environmental andhygienic pharmacy,” and “Integrated nutrition science.” It also collaborates with a large number of universities worldwide. The
mission of the School is to contribute to society by extending healthy life expectancy through research and education in thepharmaceutical, food, nutritional, and environmental sciences.

School of International Relations

The rapidly increasing complexity of modern-day societies makes the challenges tosmooth international relations now greater than ever. As such, in todayʼs world,
successful promotion of peaceful co-existence and maximal human ﬂourishing requires
both a comprehensive view of global issues and intimate knowledge of diverse languages
and cultures. To this end, the School of International Relations connects students toexperts and peers of various national and cultural backgrounds and positions them toview problems from multiple disciplinary perspectives and to think critically regarding
possible solutions. In this way, students are encouraged to broaden their understandings
and deepen their insights into the complex dynamics of global networks and ultimately
develop as individuals who can conﬁdently cooperate to make the world a better place.

Graduate School of International Relations

In the present age, when connections among the worldʼs peoples only continue to growstronger and stronger, it is more important than ever to foster the development ofinternational perspectives and professional know-how. To this end, the Graduate Schoolof International Relations, with its carefully designed interdisciplinary curriculum anddiverse 60-member collaborating faculty, distributed across its Divisions ofInternational Relations and Comparative Culture and dedicated to fostering
individualized learning, challenges students to explore a wide range of essential issues
aﬀecting our global and local communities and, thus, prepares them to play an activerole in their chosen ﬁelds.

Japan is currently facing numerous challenges stemming from domestic and internationalpressures, including economic and social globalization, a low birth rate, and an aging population,
among other issues. The School of Management and Information fosters individuals who caninnovate and solve problems by integrating the specialized knowledge of four ﬁelds: Business
Administration, Policy Studies, Data Science, and Tourism Management. Students acquire basic
knowledge in their ﬁrst year and then hone their expertise in one or more of these areas, thus
becoming experts in a particular ﬁeld who are at the same time familiar with related ﬁelds.
Graduates of the School are highly regarded by employers, as reﬂected in their high employment
rate, and future graduates are expected to go on to even greater accomplishments.

To respond to newly emerging needs for social innovation, it is necessary both to develop
comprehensive strategies that incorporate extensive knowledge of the local circumstances of
Shizuoka Prefecture and to provide a center for training individuals capable of making
innovation a reality. As such a center, the Graduate School of Management and Informationof Innovation aims to maximize the advantages of Shizuoka Prefectureʼs local characteristics
and location, and to foster graduates who can contribute to the local community bygenerating and utilizing knowledge shoulder to shoulder with the people of the community.

School of Nursing

The Japanese healthcare landscape is changing at an astonishing rate, driven by factors
such as low birthrate and an aging society, increased health consciousness among the
public, technological advances and increased specialization in medicine, the impact ofbioethics, and the increasing frequency of large-scale disasters. Nursing professionals,
including public health nurses, midwives, and registered nurses, must not only have theexpertise, skills, and problem-solving ability to navigate this landscape appropriately,
but must also work with clients with sincerity and humility. To meet these social needs,
the School of Nursing fosters public health and registered nurses with the knowhow andexpertise to take on any challenges they may face by providing a curriculum of
specialized nursing subjects, including clinical practice at a variety of healthcare andmedical institutions, as well as by oﬀering a wide variety of liberal arts courses to foster
well-rounded nurses.

Graduate School of Nursing

The profession of nursing plays multifaceted roles in support of human health. The Graduate
School of Nursing draws on the expertise of other departments at the University of Shizuoka
and integrates various life science-related ﬁelds into its graduate programs. These programs
hone the knowledge and practical skills of students and allow them to specialize further invarious areas of the nursing profession. The Graduate School of Nursing also fosters nursing
science researchers specializing in health, medical treatment, welfare, and education, as well as
providing advanced education to nursing practitioners, which contributes to the improvementof human health. The Masterʼs Program in Midwifery was established in 2010, and a Doctoral
Program in Nursing was established in 2020. The doctoral program fosters researchers,
educators, and nurse leaders who engage in high-quality research and education.

Junior College
The University of Shizuoka Junior College is located at the Universityʼs Oshika Campus in
Shizuoka Cityʼs Suruga Ward. The College trains students to be healthcare and welfare
professionals in the three-year Dental Hygiene Program, the two-year Child Care and
Education Program, and the two-year Social Welfare Program, which oﬀers specializations in
Social Work and Care Work. The College follows four main educational principles: training
students in practical skills needed for professional competence, supporting all students until
graduation, emphasizing professional qualiﬁcations, and balancing that emphasis withhumanistic general education. Through these principles, the College fosters professionals
who strive to serve the communities in which they work.

Research activities
Education and research for longer, healthier lives
While Shizuoka Prefecture is facing local problems such as a rapidly aging population, the departure ofyounger people, and a decline in local industry, one of its advantages is that its citizens lead the nation in
healthy longevity. As the Prefectureʼs top educational institution, the University of Shizuoka promotes
the systemization of “health and longevity science,” a new discipline combining the pharmaceuticalsciences and the food and nutritional sciences through programs sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) such as the 21st-Century Center of
Excellence (COE) Program and the Global COE Program. The University has also created a center for
research on healthy longevity. In 2014, the MEXT Center of Community（COC) program sponsored the Universityʼs program called “Center ofCommunity for Healthy Longevity －Promoting Physical, Mental andCommunity Health.” The COC program coordinates with local
municipalities and helps universities both to engage in community-oriented
education and research and to contribute to the community. The Universityof Shizuoka is the only university in the prefecture selected to participate in
the program.
In 2019, the University implemented the Program to Promote Innovations
in Healthy Eating. A key element of this program is the Health-Related
Data Repository and Living Lab. The project is funded by a subsidy from
Shizuoka Prefecture to promote the health food industry. The University
established this project to assist with eﬀorts to re-examine the lifestyles of
the Prefectureʼs residents in terms of their health, diet, etc., and residents
are actively involved in these eﬀorts. The project collects data on the healthof residents and has created a framework to advise residents individually ondiet and health. It also recruits participants for validation studies
conducted by companies and research institutions, helps to create newindustries, and helps the public to lead long and healthy lives.

The University of Shizuoka has cooperative arrangements with universities throughout the world.
It is actively engaged in collaborative research and student academic exchange programs withthese overseas institutions.

RussiaUnited Kingdom
Newcastle University

Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Mongolia

Germany

Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences

Bremen University of Applied Sciences
Institute Certificated by the Government of Germany(Goethe-Institut)

China
Zhejiang University (formerly Hangzhou University)
Zhejiang Academy of Medical Sciences
Donghua University
Yanbian University
Institute for East Zhejiang Culture Studies

Belgium
Free University of Brussels

South Korea

Moldova

Yonsei University
Dongseo University
Seoul National University
Daegu Health College

Foreign Policy Associationof the Republic of Moldova

TurkeyResearch on tea
Italy

Thanks to its temperate climate and rich natural surroundings, Shizuoka Prefecture has a long
history of thriving agriculture and ﬁsheries industries. Tea cultivation in the prefecture accounts
for about 40 percent of all tea produced in Japan. The University of Shizuoka conducts researchon tea across its departments, covering topics such as the biological functions of tea, its
potential to slow aging and prevent illness, and sales strategies and product development.

Bogazici University

Vietnam

University of ParmaContributing to the community, collaborating withindustry and government
A key role of the University of Shizuoka is contributing to the community and collaborating with industry and government. In 2019, theUniversity created its “Innovation Promotion System from Fuji-no-kuni” in order to foster promising personnel through education and training
in conjunction with the local community and to contribute to community growth by sharing the results of academic research. Planning is carriedout by the Committee for Community Contribution and Collaboration with Industry and Government, which is chaired by the President of the
University. The “Fuji-no-kuni Center for Future Education” implements projects that contribute to the community. The Headquarters toPromote Collaboration between Industry and Academia implements projects involving collaboration with industry and government. The
creation of this new organization has further promoted interdisciplinary research in the humanities and sciences within the university, has
fostered personnel who are sharing the results of research and training with the community, and has promoted eﬀorts to contribute to thecommunity and to collaborate with industry and government.

The Ohio State University
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
University of California, Berkeley
California State University, Northridge
The University of Arizona
California State University, Sacramento
University of California, Davis
Roger Williams University
Portland State University

Philippines

Rajshahi University

University of the Philippines

Lille Institute of Political Studies
Lyon Catholic University
Institute Certificated by the Government of France(Campus France)

Indonesia
Universitas Padjadjaran
Bandung Institute of Technology

Malaysia

Spain

Malaya University

University of Valladolid
Institute Certificated by the Government of Spain(Instituto Cervantes)

United States

University of Shizuoka

Hue University

Bangladesh
FranceCanadaUniversity of Victoria

New ZealandAustralia

Riddet Institute
New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research
Massey University

Griffith University

ThailandKhon Kaen University
Chulalongkorn University
Mahidol University
Thammasat University
Suranaree University of Technology
Mae Fah Luang University

Inter-university agreements
Inter-departmental agreements
Language study abroad programs

Number of international students by country [As of May 2024]
BrazilCanada

Iran

India

Sri Lanka

Cambodia

Algeria

Total

Total

Nepal

Practical synthesisof nobiletin

Myanmarwooden medical play kit

Bangladesh

Izu venison mince
cutlets

Research Students

Malaysia(sweet jelly made from yam bulbs)

Shizuoka Guidebook for
Muslim Food

Korea

Mukago yokan

Indonesia

Amela tomato
marketing strategy

Vietnam

Graduate Students

China

Undergraduate Students

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1

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35

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1

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1

20
33

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6

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7

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2

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