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General Information : Yokohama National University
Yokohama National University (YNU) was established in 1949 under the National School Establishment Law as one of the new national universities after WWII. Although a relatively new university in Japan, YNU has grown to be one of the prestigious universities in Japan with a remarkable history and a number of talented graduates who have made distinguished contributions in academics, politics and the business community.
photoThere are currently four undergraduate faculties: Education and Human Sciences, Economics, Business Administration, and Engineering; and four graduate schools: the Graduate Schools of Education, Social Sciences, Engineering, and Environment and Information Sciences. Additionally, there are over a dozen common facilities for research and education, such as the Cooperative Research and Development Center, International Student Center, Information Technology Service Center, Instrumental Analysis Center, Health Service Center, etc., and two affiliated elementary schools and two junior high schools. As of May 2008, there are 711 full-time faculty members and more than 10,362 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate courses. YNU also has 772 overseas students from 62 countries.
photoIn April 1999, four graduate schools in social sciences (Economics, International Development Studies, Business Administration, and International Business Law) were merged into one body, and named the International Graduate School of Social Sciences (IGSSS). The purpose of this new union is to articulate the international aspects of our graduate programs through their fundamental restructuring of doctoral programs for coping with the rapid expansion of ‘globalization' in all fields. In particular, the Department of Economics of the IGSSS has been one of the leading institutions in the field of applied economics, international economic law and legal research, and international education in Japan. There are more than 35 full-time faculty members whose fields cover a wide range of economics.

To further expand the international dimension of the university program, four Master's programs conducted in English have been launched successively since 1995, which are: Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program in Infrastructure Management, Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program in Public Policy and Taxation, Japan/IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (at YNU, Transition Economy Program), and YNU/JDS Law and Public Policy Program. YNU also accepts graduate students under the Indonesian Government Scholarship Program and Indonesia Linkage Master Program. These special programs in English are a distinctive feature of IGSSS and demonstrate how Yokohama National University is a leader of university globalization in Japan.
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