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Yamagata University is one of the largest comprehensive national universities in eastern Japan, with six faculties: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Regional Education and Culture, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Engineering, and Faculty of Agriculture. With the theme of "coexistence of nature and humans," we will enter a new era based on the three missions of "regional revitalization, next-generation formation, and multicultural coexistence" and the educational philosophy of "cultivating human resources with rich humanity." We aim to cultivate appropriate human power and produce human resources in harmony with knowledge, virtue, and body in society.A three-year integrated basic education program that develops a wide range of liberal arts education that takes advantage of general universities, acquisition of learning skills, knowledge, and abilities necessary for academic practice, and the ability to live powerfully when entering society. It is expanding.

List of faculties / departments
Faculty of Humanities and Social SciencesDepartment of Humanities and Social Sciences Capacity 280
Faculty of Regional Education and CultureDepartment of Regional Education and Culture Capacity 165 people
Faculty of ScienceScience Department Capacity 200
Faculty of medicineMedical department capacity 113 people
Nursing Department Capacity 60 people
Faculty of EngineeringDepartment of Polymer and Organic Materials Engineering Capacity 140 people
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology Capacity 140 people
Department of Information and Electronics Capacity 150 people
Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering Capacity 140 people
Department of Architecture and Design Capacity 30 people
Department of System Creation Engineering (Flex Course) Capacity 50 people
Faculty of AgricultureDepartment of Food, Life and Environment Capacity 165 people
Social Co-Creation Digital StudiesNo department organization Capacity 30 people

Contact information, address, etc.
Zip Code990-8560
Address1-4-12 Kojirakawa, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture
DepartmentEnrollment Management Department
Phone023-628-4141

Other
Official pagehttps://www.yamagata-u.ac.jp/jp/

Yamagata University Article List

Yamagata University Faculty of Engineering Department of Systems Innovation Engineering to add female quota for comprehensive selection from 2026 entrance exam

 Yamagata University has decided to create a new female quota for the comprehensive selection process from the 2026 entrance exam. Details such as the number of students to be recruited will be announced in the admission selection guidelines in June.

Yamagata University Nasca Institute and IBM Research's "Nazca Lines Paper" wins Cozzarelli Prize

 A paper on the Nasca Lines in Peru, South America, jointly published by Yamagata University's Nasca Institute and IBM Research, has been recognized by the National Academy of Sciences as a co-author of the paper.

Yamagata University plans to open its Faculty of Education in 2026 with only teacher training courses and no zero-exempt courses

 Yamagata University, which plans to open a "Faculty of Education" in 2026, is running a school education teacher training course (120 students required to obtain teaching licenses) and a regional education co-education course.

Yamagata University plans to establish a faculty specializing in teacher training; Faculty of Regional Education and Culture to be reorganized in 2026

 On October 2024, 10, Yamagata University announced that it will reorganize its Faculty of Regional Education and Culture into a Faculty of Education specializing in teacher training from the 31 academic year.

303 new Nazca Lines discovered: Yamagata University accelerates research using AI

 A joint research group from Yamagata University's Nasca Institute and IBM Research has uncovered three new cases in just six months of field work using AI-accelerated research.

Yamagata University Article List