Kobe

Kobe (Japanese: 神戸市; kōbe-shi) is a city in Japan, located on the island of Honshu. Kobe is the capital of Hyogo Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with the ports of Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, and Tokyo. It is in the Kansai region of Japan, in Hyogo Prefecture to the south-west of Osaka. It was one of the first cities to open for trade with the West, as of 1868. The cosmopolitan port city has a population of 45,500 foreign residents from more than 100 countries.

Universities in Kobe city

Public Universities

• Kobe University
• University of Hyogo (Prefectural university) http://www.u-hyogo.ac.jp/
• Kobe City University of Foreign Studies http://www.kobe-cufs.ac.jp/
• Kobe City College of Nursing http://www.kobe-ccn.ac.jp/

Private Universities

• Konan University http://www.konan-u.ac.jp/
• Konan Women's University http://www.konan-wu.ac.jp/
• Kobe Kaisei College (Women's university) http://www.kaisei.ac.jp/
• Kobe Gakuin University http://www.kobegakuin.ac.jp/
• Kobe Design University http://www.kobe-du.ac.jp/
• Kobe International University http://www.kobe-kiu.ac.jp/
• Kobe Shoin Women's University http://ksw.shoin.ac.jp/~kshome/
• Kobe Women's University http://www.yg.kobe-wu.ac.jp/info/yondai/
• Kobe Shinwa Women's University http://www.kobe-shinwa.ac.jp/
• Kobe Pharmaceutical University http://www.kobepharma-u.ac.jp/
• Kobe Yamate University http://www.kobe-yamate.ac.jp/
• University of Marketing and Distribution Science http://www.umds.ac.jp/

International Schools

• Marist Brothers International School (Montessori-12), located in Suma-ku http://www.marist.ac.jp/
• Canadian Academy (K-12), located on the man-made island of Rokko Island http://www.canacad.ac.jp/
• St. Michael's International School (PreK-6), a small British elementary school located in Sannomiya http://www.smis.org/
• Deutsche Schule Kobe - European School, located in Nada-ku http://www.dskobe.org/