Master’s Program – Admission Policy

-The Health Sciences course is looking for the following applicants –

Objectives of human resource development

1. People who understand holistic medicine and have sophisticated expertise and skills.
2. People who have the basic literacy to practice education and researches in the specialized field.
3. People who can engage in community-based activities as health care/welfare professionals.
4. People who can engage in international health care and welfare activities.

Capabilities and qualities required for enrolled students

1. People who have required bachelor’s level of knowledge and skills for studying master’s program.
2. People who have logical thinking, communication skills, and language skills which are required for research activities.
3. People who are willing to contribute to society as highly-skilled professionals in the fields of health care and welfare.
4. People who strive to proceed to study in doctoral program (Ph.D.) of the Health Sciences course after finishing the master’s program and aspire to be health sciences’ researchers, educators, or highly-skilled professionals.

Basic policy for selecting enrollment

This major will conduct the following entrance examinations for selecting students with the grounding listed above and make a comprehensive judgment by the results of the essay, foreign language (English), oral examination, transcript, study plan, and application documents.

○General entrance examination, Entrance examination for working people
The academic ability test (essay and foreign language) will be imposed to evaluate “general knowledge and thoughts of the health and medical care” and “ability to read and comprehend literature in English” (Capabilities and qualities required for enrollment students 1, 2). Moreover, an oral examination will be imposed to evaluate “specialized knowledge, research ability and research plan, and the aptitude and motivation as a researcher or a professional with advanced expertise” (Capabilities and qualities required for enrolled students 1-4). Furthermore, the application documents will be added for a comprehensive judgment.

○Entrance examination for international students
The foreign language (English) examination will be imposed to evaluate “ability to read and comprehended literature in English” (Capabilities and qualities required for enrolled students 2). Moreover, the oral examination will be imposed to evaluate “specialized knowledge, research ability and research plan, and the aptitude and motivation as a researcher or a professional with advanced expertise” (Capabilities and qualities required for enrolled students 1-4). Furthermore, the application documents will be added for a comprehensive judgment.

Doctoral Program – Admission Policy

-Our Doctoral Program is recruiting for the following applicants-

Objectives of human resource development

1. People who can practice creative or interdisciplinary researches in the health care and welfare fields.
2. People who can practice a high degree of education in the health care and welfare fields.
3. People who have a high level of expertise and technique in health sciences and will become a leader in the health care and welfare fields.
4. People who can engage in guidance, education and research in the international health care and welfare fields.

Capabilities and qualities required for enrolled students

1. People who have the master’s level of health care and welfare expertise and research experience.
2. People who have the communication and language skills necessary to promote research from a global perspective and disseminate the results widely.
3. People who are willing to contribute to society as researchers, educators, or highly-skilled professionals in the fields of health care and welfare.

Basic policy for selecting enrollment

This major will conduct the following the entrance examinations for selecting students with the grounding listed above and make a comprehensive judgment by the results of an academic examination (foreign language (English)), achievements including a thesis submitted at the end of the master’s program or an academic paper published as the first author, an oral examination, and academic achievements. In the oral examination, questions regarding expertise knowledge and research skills will be asked individually.

○General entrance examination, Entrance examination for working people, and Entrance examination for international students
The foreign language (English) examination will be imposed to evaluate “ability to read and comprehend literature in English” (Capabilities and qualities required for enrolled students 2). Moreover, an oral examination will be imposed to evaluate “expertise knowledge, research ability, research plan, and the aptitude and motivation as a researcher or highly-skilled professional” (Capabilities and qualities required for enrolled students 1-3). Furthermore, the application documents will be added for a comprehensive judgment.