Yokohama City University offers courses in economics and business administration, global urban and regional studies, liberal arts and international studies, sciences, medicine, nursing. Its graduate schools also teach urban social and cultural studies, international management, nano-bioscience, medical life science and medicine.

The university premises are spread across four campuses. Kanazawa-Hakkei Campus in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama - a port city of 200,000 inhabitants - is known for its gingko trees, which also feature on the university’s symbol.

The medical school is situated on the Fukuura Campus in the same city port. There are also beaches in Kanazawa-ku.