In the Medical Science Program, students acquire specialized knowledge in medical science, gain research experience, present results, and write a thesis. Students who complete the required curriculum, obtain necessary credits, receive research supervision, and pass the master’s thesis review and final examination—and who have achieved the four competency domains below—will be awarded the degree of Master of Medical Science.

Fundamental Ability

• Achievement Goals:
  Acquire a rich foundational knowledge and a broad, macroscopic perspective.
• Performance Indicators:
  Enroll in graduate common courses and elective subjects selected from broad specialized areas. In labs or courses, students should be able to discuss research background and paper contents. Students should have ability to gather information, discuss, and disseminate in specialized conferences.

Specialized Knowledge

• Achievement Goals:
  Acquire research ability in the specialized area and the high level of expertise needed for advanced professions.
• Performance Indicators:
  Acquire specialist knowledge. Be able to practically implement solutions to research problems. Present research outcomes in specialized academic conferences.

Sense of Ethics

• Achievement Goals:
  Develop awareness of research ethics norms.
• Performance Indicators:
  Enrollment and passing of the graduate common course “Research Ethics”, completion of e-learning in research ethics, and attendance in required trainings (e.g. clinical research, recombinant DNA, animal experiments, radiation use). The thesis and presentation must pass evaluation standards.

Creativity

• Achievement Goals:
  Develop ability to generate new knowledge and from that produce additional value.
• Performance Indicators:
  Ability to write a thesis and engage in scientific discussion. Must pass the master’s thesis review and final examination.

In order to become advanced professional personnel in medicine and medical sciences, students acquire systematic, broad knowledge related to medicine and healthcare. Through personal supervision in the laboratory to which students belong, they learn the fundamental specialized knowledge and techniques of medical research. They are also guided in the creation and presentation of an academically novel and significant master’s thesis.

Centered on the student’s home laboratory, active learning is encouraged. In the first year, students take graduate-common courses, department-common courses, a wide range of required and elective subjects to acquire foundational ability, advanced specialized knowledge, and ethics. In the second year, guidance is given for writing and presenting the master’s thesis.

Fundamental Ability

• Learning Content:
  Acquire knowledge via common and specialized courses; read and present English papers.
• Learning Methods:
  Active study to collect information and read related papers.
• Evaluation of Learning Outcomes:
  Enrollment in required and elective courses evaluated per grading standards. The thesis and oral presentation are evaluated per thesis criteria.

Specialized Knowledge

• Learning Content:
  Enroll in specialized subjects, collect knowledge, conduct investigation and experiments to solve problems in the specialized field.
• Learning Methods:
  Course work, presentation in lab, reading and discussions of papers, presenting results in specialized conferences.
• Evaluation of Learning Outcomes:
  Course credit evaluation per grading standards. The thesis content and oral presentation are evaluated by thesis criteria.

Sense of Ethics

• Learning Content:
  Study cases of research misconduct, prevention methods.
• Learning Methods:
  Take the graduate common course “Research Ethics”. Take necessary trainings for clinical research, recombinant DNA, animal experiments, radiation experiments, etc.
• Evaluation of Learning Outcomes:
  Passing the “Research Ethics” course, passing the e-learning research ethics module, completing necessary trainings, and thesis evaluation per standard.

Creativity

• Learning Content:
  Prepare and conduct research that forms the basis of the thesis; produce and prepare for conference presentations.
• Learning Methods:
  Active learning in creating the thesis, preparing for presentations.
• Evaluation of Learning Outcomes:
  Evaluation of thesis content and oral presentation per criteria.

• We seek candidates who have interest in life sciences, have acquired basic knowledge in basic and clinical medicine, and who wish to engage with advanced knowledge to become high-level professionals in various fields.
• Also sought are working professionals in healthcare who wish to deepen advanced medical knowledge and upgrade their careers.

To accept diverse students, admission is allowed in April and October, with selection twice per year. We also conduct special entrance exams for working professionals and international students.

General Entrance Examination

Selection is based on essays, aptitude tests, foreign language (English) exam, oral exam, statement of purpose, and academic transcripts. We evaluate abilities, motivation, and competence equivalent to a 4-year undergraduate graduate.

Special Entrance Examination for Working Professionals

Selection is based on evaluation of achievements, English exam, oral exam, statement of purpose, and transcripts, assessing abilities, motivation, and competence equivalent to a 4-year degree.

Special Entrance Examination for International Students

Selection is based on essays, aptitude test, English exam, oral exam, statement of purpose, and transcripts, similarly assessing competence equivalent to a 4-year bachelor’s degree.

Fundamental Ability

• Candidates should have intellectual interest in medical science, practice active study, have elementary English paper reading skills, and interest in logical discussion with others.

Specialized Knowledge

• Candidates should have proactive study habits and interest in knowledge of related specialized fields.

Sense of Ethics

• Candidates should have a general sense of ethics and moral reasoning.

Creativity

• Candidates should have broad intellectual interest and interest in creativity.