Kanazawa University


Kanazawa University is a national university of Japan in the city of Kanazawa, the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture.
Kanazawa University is divided into two main campuses: Kakuma and Takaramachi. University enrollment is about 11,000 students, including 630 international students in 2018.

History

The roots of Kanazawa University can be traced to 1862 when the Kaga Domain established Hikoso Vaccination Center. Ishikawa Normal School, Kanazawa Higher Normal School, Ishikawa Youth Normal School, Kanazawa Medical School, Kanazawa Technical College, and the Fourth Higher School were integrated in May 1949 to form Kanazawa University.
Since then, Kanazawa University has been the leader of universities on the Sea of Japan. It has continuously and substantially contributed to the development of higher education in Japan as well as global promotion of research by offering undergraduate and graduate courses.

Organization

Faculties (former undergraduate programs)

Kanazawa University has eight faculties.
Kanazawa University has three colleges and 16 schools for undergraduate programs.

Kakuma Campus

Experimental school attached to the College of Human and Social Sciences