Graduate Programs

The explosive growth in life sciences research in recent years has caused the traditional boundaries between the fields of medical and pharmaceutical research to be substantially reduced. Due to that, and to the striking development of research in the area of interdisciplinary studies, we are now in an era where the integration of the two fields has become essential. In order to respond to these developments, the former Graduate School of Medical Sciences and Graduate School of Pharmacy were integrated. As result, a graduate school with a new system that has a separate research department (faculty-only organization) and education department (education organization) was established in April 2003. The faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences is composed of 3 divisions, 11 major departments, and 72 departments of research, and is one of the largest research-oriented organizations with medical and pharmaceutical university staff in Japan. In the Division of Integrated Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, research is conducted with the aim of deepening the understanding of basic knowledge and theory in the fields of medicine and pharmacy. In the Division of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, advanced research in the field of life sciences is conducted in such areas as transplantation therapy and new drug development. In the Division of Environmental and Sociomedical Sciences, along with scientifically investigating the link between both society and medicine/pharmacy as well as between disease and the environment, leading research related to life theory is conducted. The mission of the Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences is to contribute to the health and well-being of mankind through research and education related to life science and medical care.

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