Saitama University (埼玉大学 Saitama Daigaku abbreviated 埼大 Saidai) is a Japanese national university located in a suburban area of Sakura-ku, Saitama City capital of Saitama Prefecture in Tokyo Metropolitan Area. The University has five faculties (schools) for undergraduate education -Liberal Arts, Education, Economics, Science, and Engineering- and four graduate schools -Cultural Science, Education, Economic Science, and Science and Engineering-, all offering programs leading to doctorates as well as master’s degrees. The total enrollment in the university is more than 8,500 with more than 500 overseas students pursuing undergraduate and postgraduate studies . It was chartered in 1949 by the merger of Urawa Higher School (浦和高等学校, Urawa Kōtō Gakkō), Saitama Normal School (埼玉師範学校, Saitama Shihan Gakkō), and Saitama Youth Normal School (埼玉青年師範学校, Saitama Seinen Shihan Gakkō). Okubu campus is the main campus in Saitama university and can be accessed by bus from, Minami-Yono Station, Kita-Urawa Station, or Shiki Station.