Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences

Modern-day medical settings witness a wide variety of health professionals working together as teams. These situations are often described using terms such as inter-professional collaboration, inter-professional cooperation and team-based medicine . But a common requirement of all professionals in such settings is advanced skills, and such skills and professional knowledge are learned by students in the Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Radiological Science departments of our School of Health Sciences. A thorough grounding in science is also a prerequisite to building this professionalism, combined with the ability to understand and communicate with professionals of other disciplines in the medical workplace. In addition, a generous sense of humanity is called for to understand the ill and infirm. The Center for Humanities and Sciences and Center for Medical Sciences provide the foundations that support the acquisition of a broad understanding of liberal arts and science that underpins medicine. A practical education is also of vital importance, and the University Hospital supports this from an early stage in the undergraduate curriculum.

After graduation, as they build their experience in medical settings, various questions will arise for these health professionals, and they will have a mind to resolve those questions through research and applying the latest knowledge. The university’s Graduate School of Health Sciences provides a two-year Master course and 3 year Doctorate course where those with such experience can pursue research in a wide variety of fields under the expert tutelage of their advisors.

More than 3,000 students have graduated from the School of Health Sciences, the Graduate School of Health Sciences and the Graduate Program in Midwifery, and are active as health professionals in Ibaraki and throughout Japan. In this low birth rate, rapidly ageing society, the role of well-qualified medical practitioners with leadership skills becomes increasingly important. As your first step to a purposeful and fulfilling career we invite you to follow their footsteps and pursue your studies at Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences.