Educational Policy of Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmaceutical Sciences Major) (Master's Course)
Fundamental Educational Goals
The Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master's Course) aims to nurture individuals who have completed a four-year undergraduate program and possess foundational knowledge in drug discovery and development. We are committed to fostering professionals who acquire specialized knowledge in pharmaceutical sciences with a focus on drug creation, possess rich creativity and research capabilities highly valued in international society, and contribute to problem-solving in fields such as educational/research institutions, industries, and public health administration.
Exemplary Students
Advanced researchers who utilize their expertise in drug discovery and development to ensure the health of all residents
We are leading the fields of drug discovery and development and related areas, promoting research and education meeting the global standard that broadly contributes to human health. Through these research and educational activities, we aim to develop individuals with problem-solving abilities who possess the liberal arts skills and scholarship necessary to excel in the field of drug discovery and development, professional competence, practical abilities to respond to societal needs, a quest for self-growth, and communication ability to disseminate the obtained results to society.
We will foster individuals to develop the following five abilities:
○Implementation ability to logically devise solutions
○Inquiry ability to judge objectively and logically
○Communication ability to articulate and debate
○Ability to understand individual knowledge in an integrated manner
○Broad perspectives and rich liberal arts skills
Degree Policy
In the Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master's Course), we are leading the fields of drug discovery and development and related areas and promoting research and education of international standards that broadly contribute to human health. Through these research and educational activities, we aim to develop individuals with problem-solving abilities who possess the liberal arts skills and scholarship necessary to excel in the field of drug discovery and development, professional competence, practical abilities to respond to societal needs, a quest for self-growth, and communication ability to disseminate the obtained results to society. Therefore, we require our students to acquire the following qualities and abilities.
Abilities acquired: Implementation Ability, Inquiry Ability, Communication Ability, Specialized Ability, Liberal Arts Ability
【Implementation Ability】Implementation ability to logically devise solutions
The ability to scientifically and logically devise solutions to various problems that society faces.
【Inquiry Ability】Inquiry ability to judge objectively and logically
The ability to tackle problems with specialized ability and judge the results objectively and logically.
【Communication Ability】Communication ability to articulate and debate
The ability to analyze acquired insights and results appropriately and communicate and discuss them interactively with laboratories, academic societies, and society.
【Specialized Ability】The ability to understand individual pieces of knowledge in an integrated manner
The ability to acquire the specialized knowledge and skills necessary to conduct pharmaceutical science research and understand individual pieces of knowledge in an integrated manner.
【Liberal Arts Ability】Broad perspectives and rich liberal arts skills
The ability to acquire a broad perspective and rich international liberal arts skills and utilize them widely.
In the Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Master's Course), in addition to the aforementioned qualities and abilities, we require students to acquire the basic ability to appropriately solve given research problems. The Master's degree will be conferred on those who have acquired the prescribed credits and whose research achievements compiled in the degree thesis meet the standard for degree conferment.
Curriculum Policy
In order to develop individuals who have mastered the abilities set out in the Policy for Graduation Certification and Degree Awarding (Degree Policy), the Master’s Course of the Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences organizes and implements curricula based on the following educational policies and principles.
Education Implementation Policy and the Principles of Educational Content and Methods
【Education Implementation Policy】
We provide education that helps students develop the ability to continue to learn independently in order to contribute to the implementation of sustainable societies.
・As common education to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to consider their own issues from various angles and collaboratively solve problems with those with different perspectives, we offer courses in the first year that cover introductory subjects on the overview and learning objectives of the Pharmaceutical Sciences Degree Program, research ethics, and information security in the common subjects of the Graduate School. Also, we provide subjects that nurture cross-disciplinary thinking and leadership abilities. Additionally, we offer liberal arts subjects at the graduate level as common subjects of the Graduate School in the first year. These subjects nurture the 〔Liberal Arts Ability〕 of the students. Subsequently, as specialized education to acquire knowledge and skills that can be gained by integrating related fields in addition to their own specialized fields, we offer program-specific subjects that enable students to systematically acquire specialized knowledge and information related to pharmaceutical research and apply them to research work, by selecting necessary subjects according to the students' specialties from specialized subjects in the fields of basic pharmaceutical sciences (physics, chemistry, biology), life sciences, and clinical pharmaceutical sciences. In addition, to accommodate interdisciplinary specialties, we offer subjects for mutual enrollment in other majors and subjects in the field of drug discovery and data science. These subjects foster the 〔Specialized Ability〕 of the students.
・As research guidance subjects for research work, we provide practical subjects to conduct information collection, planning, implementation, and recording of research, and exercise subjects to logically and critically examine, contemplate, and present about one's own research process, results, and related thesis reports. We also provide integrated exercises to connect learning in each specialized field to social implementation. These subjects foster 〔Implementation Ability, Inquiry Ability, Communication Ability, and Specialized Ability〕. Furthermore, envisioning research activities and field work in multiple languages, we offer class subjects that encourage presentations at international conferences, promoting opportunities to present and interact in various languages, not just in Japanese. These subjects nurture 〔Implementation Ability, Inquiry Ability, and Communication Ability〕.
・As extracurricular education, we provide opportunities to enroll in social implementation subjects and activities in research laboratories to allow students to experience personal growth beyond classroom learning.
【Principles of Educational Content and Methods】
From the perspective of proactive and interactive deep learning, with an emphasis on what students have become able to do, rather than simply what has been taught, the Master’s Course of the Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences organizes the following educational curriculum and provides the following educational content and methods in order to realize the Degree Policy. In addition, we are committed to continuous improvement of teaching methods, centered on the Academic Affairs Committee.
・In coursework, we provide subjects in lecture and exercise formats. In exercise format subjects, we provide opportunities for active learning, where students can learn proactively and actively.
・In conducting research work, students submit their own research plans to their supervisors at the beginning of each academic year, and the supervisors create research guidance plans based on these plans and issue them to the students, sharing the research guidance plans and advancing the research work. In addition, professors from fields other than the student's main academic field are selected as co-supervisors, establishing a multi-teacher guidance system. As research work, we provide practical subjects, exercise subjects, and integrated exercise subjects.
Assessment Policy for Learning Outcomes
We evaluate learning outcomes based on the acquisition of the prescribed number of credits and the review of a thesis based on research results of research work, as well as the final examination.