1888 the school was renamed as yokohama commercial school, a five-year school (14- 19 years old), which enrolled boys exclusively.
19 17 yokohama commercial school was changed into a municipal school.
192 1 became the only seven-year business school in Japan (12- 19 years old). The Ministry of Education requires schools to shorten the academic system to two years, but in the regulations of Japanese business schools (192 1 year), seven-year business schools are not allowed.
1924 yokohama business school has become a five-year plus two-year special education system.
1928 the special academic system of yokohama commercial school was changed to yokohama commercial college (y college).
After being renamed Yokohama Municipal College of Economics, 1949 Y majored in yokohama city university under the new Japanese education system. Shiquan Hospital, since its establishment 1874.
This hospital 189 1 was changed to the municipal government.
1940, the hospital plans to set up an affiliated medical college; Japan's participation in World War II (194 1) strengthened its determination to establish it.
Yokohama City Medical College was established in 1944, and Shiquan Hospital became a university hospital.
1947 after the war, yokohama municipal medical college was transformed into yokohama medical university, a city university. 1947 establish a three-year preparatory course, 1949 establish a four-year formal class.
Yokohama Medical University was merged into yokohama city university on 1952.
1949, there was only one department in yokohama city university: business. 1952 established two departments (medical department and arts department). The recent situation in yokohama city university is listed as follows:
1984- Muhara Institute of Biology was established.
1995- the department of arts and sciences was changed into two departments: the department of international culture and the department of science.
2005-Three departments (Business Department, International Culture Department and Science Department) merged into one department: International General Science Department.