Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems (Doctor's Course)
Admission Policy
Our graduate school seeks candidates who possess the following attributes:
Profile of Prospective Students
We are seeking individuals from both inside and outside of our university who have a rich education, specialized skills, high ethical sense, and the implementation ability to act in collaboration with diverse stakeholders to address issues in the health system.
Abilities Expected of Prospective Students
【Implementation Ability】
The ability to take action to create things and ideas for resolving various issues in the health system; examining and understanding them from multiple perspectives
【Inquiry Ability】
The ability to understand the issues through multi-faceted consideration; the ability to explain these issues in a way that stakeholders from diverse backgrounds can understand.
【Communication Ability】
The ability to support and understand each other through interactions with diverse stakeholders
【Specialized Ability】
While deepening knowledge and skills in a specialized field, the ability to learn and integrate the thought processes and research methods of other fields
【Liberal Arts Ability】
The ability to strengthen one's own abilities by learning more broadly and deeply.
Screening Process
Basic Policy for Student Selection
We ensure opportunities for diverse students from various backgrounds to enter our university by conducting two types of entrance examinations six times a year, with successful candidates entering in April and October. In the entrance examinations, through oral examination and document review, we evaluate a diverse range of students with various abilities, specialties, and different backgrounds for their rich culture and knowledge that they have cultivated so far.
General Entrance Examination
The faculty members of the desired research department comprehensively evaluate knowledge of specialized subjects, understanding, concreteness of research plans, motivation, academic specialty, and human trustworthiness, through document review and oral examination.
Overseas Selection for International Students
The faculty members of the desired research department comprehensively evaluate knowledge of specialized subjects, understanding, concreteness of research plans, motivation, academic specialty, and human trustworthiness, through document review.
Prior to Enrollment
It is necessary to fully understand the research content at the master's level in the candidate’s own specialized field. In addition, a basic understanding of the health system and integrated science is expected.