Shizuoka University of Welfare (静岡福祉大学, Shizuoka Fukushi Daigaku?) is a private university in Yaizu city, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, established in 2004.
The university specializes in social welfare programmes, and current has five departments:
- Department of Psychology in Social Welfare
- Department of Medicine in Social Welfare
- Department of Health in Social Welfare
- Department of Informatics in Social Welfare
- Department of Care and Welfare
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