The history of Kanazawa University begins with the Kaga Domain’s Hikoso Vaccination Center, which was founded in 1862. It is a comprehensive university that inherits the history and traditions of its predecessor schools, including the Fourth Higher School, Ishikawa Normal School, Ishikawa Youth Normal School, Kanazawa Higher Normal School, Kanazawa Medical College, and Kanazawa Industrial College. It is located in the wonderful environment of Kanazawa city, a university town, where a rich traditional culture has been fostered. Over its long history it has contributed to the rise of higher education and academic research in Japan, and has developed into a key university representing the side of the country facing the Sea of Japan. To this day, we continue to tirelessly innovate to contribute to the region and the world through education, research, and contributions to society based on these activities.
　On the research front, under the Interfaculty Institute for Frontier Science, we are engaging in a variety of initiatives to accelerate our contribution to society through future-oriented intelligence with basic, applied, and empirical research.
　With regard to education, under the Interfaculty Institute for Future Education, we are working to establish an educational environment that will realize learner-oriented education (development of human resources who teach and nurture themselves).
金泽大学的历史始于1862年加贺藩设立的彦种痘所。作为一所综合性大学，它继承了第四高等学校、石川师范学校、石川青年师范学校、金泽高等师范学校、金泽医科大学和金泽工业专门学校等前身院校的历史与传统。大学坐落于文化底蕴深厚的金泽市，这座大学城拥有得天独厚的环境，孕育了丰富的传统文化。在其悠久历史中，本校为日本高等教育与学术研究的崛起作出了重要贡献，并已发展成为代表日本面向日本海一侧地区的核心大学。直至今日，我们仍基于教育、科研及社会贡献活动，持续不懈地创新，致力于为地区乃至世界作出贡献。　在研究领域，通过跨学科学院前沿科学研究所，我们正推进多项举措，以基础研究、应用研究及实证研究相结合的未来导向型智慧，加速对社会作出贡献。

　在教育方面，依托跨学科学院未来教育研究所，我们致力于构建实现学习者本位教育（培养能够自我教授与成长的人才）的教学环境。