The City of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture has been a hub of industry and driver of Japan’s development since the 19th century, when Yokohama was the touchstone of Japan’s modern-era enlightenment. This city is also a part of Japan where various global issues are felt most acutely. Yokohama National University (YNU), Kanagawa Prefecture’s only national university, is medium in scale, gathering faculty members with diverse specialties such as humanities, social sciences, sciences, and engineering at One Campus.
The Institute of Advanced Sciences (IAS) was founded in 2014 to promote research focused on the fields of quantum technology and energy. In 2023, the Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences (IMS) was established to undertake interdisciplinary research. The two institutes aim to build international research networks, as well as to realize knowledge integration which combines innovation with diversity, and to create value for society
