Our Academic Policies

1. Policy on Graduation Certification and Degree Conferment

We confer degrees to students who have learned the following competencies:

Students who have acquired the necessary professional knowledge, skills, and ethics to be a medical professional.
Students who possess the ability to contribute to society in the fields of welfare and healthcare.
Students who have acquired the mindset and skills for scientific thinking and lifelong autonomous learning, and who possess the basic ability to disseminate their findings, thus contributing to the advancement of medicine.
Students who have acquired the necessary number of credits as outlined in the university’s graduation requirements.

We design and implement our curricula to fulfill the following goals:

To foster the ability to actively learn about various issues in the constantly advancing field of medicine, detect and solve problems, and cultivate an attitude to continue lifelong learning.
To impart systematic knowledge of medicine and cultivate discernment as healthcare professionals based on a deep understanding of diseases, while refining communication and collaboration skills.
To provide hands-on training in actual clinical settings, cultivate a sense of professionalism as healthcare providers, and foster feelings of empathy, patientawareness, and bedside manner.
To teach the current situation of local medicine in Fukushima Prefecture, as well as the methodology by which public health can be maintained and enhanced.
To develop motives to pursue high-quality research based on the spirit of scientific inquiry and creativity, and to carry this spirit into the world, beyond education.

We seek students who meet the following criteria:

Students who have high ethics and a deep sense of humanity, and who respect human life.
Students who possess sufficient basic academic abilities, and who aim to acquire a high level of specialized knowledge and techniques regarding healthcare.
Students with excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Students who are enthusiastic about contributing to the development of the local community and the revitalization of Fukushima Prefecture after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Students who have a spirit of scientific curiosity and creativity, and with the will to take their skills and knowledge to the global stage.