Admissions Policy

Our Vision

At the Graduate School of Health Sciences, we aim to produce advanced healthcare professionals and healthcare instructors who possess cutting-edge knowledge and practical technique. We are also committed to developing advanced healthcare professionals, educators and researchers who can forge the health sciences of the next generation. Through the provision of education, we strive to produce quality graduates who will play leading roles in global healthcare research across disciplines.

Educational Objectives

To address the growing demand for health sciences from healthcare and society, the Graduate School of Health Sciences has determined that the Graduate School produce advanced healthcare professionals who improve their expert skills and knowledge gained from undergraduate education and work experience, develop advanced and professional decision-making skills and practical skills in medical technology and play a key role in the evidence-based advancement in healthcare sciences as well as the educators and researchers who undertake a leadership role in healthcare sciences research.

Students We Are Seeking

In the Graduate School of Health Sciences, we seek students who:

Enhance their expertise in health sciences and aim for academic development through the integration of and collaboration between various disciplines. We seek to identify not only the students with undergraduate education in healthcare but also with diversified academic backgrounds regardless of region, culture and nationality.
Demonstrate a drive to learn, academic skills, creative mind, logical thinking and leadership which are vital for human resources development in accord with the aforementioned “Our Vision”.

Basic Admissions Policy

Master’s Degree Programs (Home Student/Working Adult/Overseas Student)

A. Home Student/Working Adult applicants shall be holistically screened through a set of a written admissions exam, an interview and an application document review.

B. Overseas Student applications shall be screened with a comprehensive result of an interview and an application document review.

Admissions Slots, Assessment Methods, Desired Applicants and Levels of Significance applied to the Master’s Degree Program Admissions

The below table describes how the “Students We Are Seeking” 1) and 2) factors are associated with, and how much they are weighed by the “Assessment Methods”.

◎ = highly significantly weighed 〇 = significantly weighed

Admissions Slot	Assessment Method	Students We Are Seeking
Admissions Slot	Assessment Method	1)	2)
Home Student Working Adult	Specialized subject exam	◎	◎
	Language exam	◎	〇
	Interview	〇	◎
	Application document review	〇	〇
Overseas Student	Interview	◎	◎
Overseas Student	Application document review	◎	◎

Doctoral Degree Programs (Home Student/Working Adult/Overseas Student)

A. Home Student/Working Adult applicants shall be holistically screened through a set of an oral exam and an application document review.

B. Overseas Student applications shall be screened with a comprehensive result of an application document review.

Admissions Slots, Assessment Methods, Desired Applicants and Levels of Significance applied to the Doctoral Degree Program Admissions