Kanagawa University

Key Highlights

• Private, independent university officially listed in Japan’s Study in Japan directory
• Founded as Yokohama Gakuin in 1928 and renamed Kanagawa University in 1949
• Degree education is based at the Yokohama and Minatomirai campuses
• Awards bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees

Student Life & Environment

Student experience depends substantially on campus. Yokohama Campus serves eight faculties and combines teaching facilities with a large library, dining, and sports-related facilities. Minatomirai is a high-rise urban campus for business, languages, and Japanese and intercultural studies. Its facilities include a library, learning commons, global lounge, arena, student dining, halls, and a meditation room. Students may therefore find different rhythms and facilities at the two sites, and cross-campus travel should be considered when choosing activities or electives. The official Study in Japan directory reports that the university provides international students with dormitory accommodation support and other housing assistance. It also records scholarship and tuition-reduction systems for international students, though eligibility, selection, duration, and award value are not specified on that directory page and should not be assumed. Housing is not included in the database record’s costs, so prospective students should request current residence charges and compare them with private accommodation in Yokohama. The university recognizes extracurricular groups and campus services, but availability can vary by site. International students should also plan for Japanese-language administration and daily life, even where exchange support or multilingual spaces are available. Campus visits are particularly useful because Yokohama offers a more conventional campus setting, while Minatomirai places students in a dense commercial and waterfront district.

Location & Surroundings

Both main campuses are in Yokohama, but they occupy different urban settings. Yokohama Campus is at 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi in Kanagawa Ward. It sits beyond the Rokkakubashi shopping area and serves most science, engineering, social-science, and human-science faculties. Students based there should check the university’s route guidance when estimating daily travel, rather than assuming that proximity to central Yokohama means a short walk from Yokohama Station. Minatomirai Campus is at 4-5-3 Minatomirai in Nishi Ward, within Yokohama’s modern waterfront center. The university lists approximate walks of four minutes from Shin-takashima Station, six minutes from Minatomirai Station, eleven minutes from Yokohama Station, and twelve minutes from Sakuragicho Station. It asks visitors not to travel by private car because no visitor parking is available. Program location matters: business administration, foreign languages, and cross-cultural and Japanese studies are based at Minatomirai, while the other eight undergraduate faculties are based at Yokohama Campus. Applicants should budget for transport according to their assigned campus and should not treat the two sites as immediately adjacent.

Costs & Career Outcomes

For students entering undergraduate study in academic year 2026, the university’s official English fee table gives first-year totals that vary by faculty. Law and economics cost JPY 1,259,800, human sciences JPY 1,260,300, business administration, foreign languages, and cross-cultural and Japanese studies JPY 1,376,300, science, engineering, chemistry and biochemistry, and informatics JPY 1,743,300, and architecture JPY 1,746,300. These totals include a JPY 200,000 admission fee and listed ancillary charges. They apply specifically to 2026 enrollees and should not be presented as confirmed 2027 fees. Course materials may cost extra where identified in the syllabus. The official Study in Japan directory records scholarship and tuition-reduction systems for international students, as well as accommodation support. It does not establish that every applicant will receive funding, so students should verify application timing, academic conditions, renewal rules, and whether an award can be combined with other aid. Living, transport, visa, and personal costs are separate from the published tuition totals. Career support includes a university employment portal, adviser appointments, career and recruitment guidance, industry events, and support tailored to groups including international students, public-service applicants, prospective teachers, students seeking work outside the region, and students with disabilities. In 2026 the university advertised year-specific orientations, industry events, and a joint company briefing for students graduating in March 2027. No salary or placement-rate claim is included here because the reviewed current sources do not provide a sufficiently comparable figure.