Name of the University: Kochi University
Program Name: Medicine Program
Type of Degree: PhD
Major Field: Medicine
Application Period: July, December, February
Period of Enrollment: April
Program’s Website:
http://www.kochi-u.ac.jp/kms/en/doctornal/
Contact Information: ia40@kochi-u.ac.jp
Program Overview:
The Medicine Program (Doctoral Course) has educational mission in cultivating ethics deeply, enriching human nature and providing sophisticated medical knowledge and skills. Establishing system of education and research adopting paradigm of natural science and human science, the program aims to develop high level of medical research and medicine which covers wide range of subjects and therefore can flexibly address diverse social demands. In addition to development of such medical research and medicine, the course aims to grow human resources contributing promotion of medicine and medical science characterized by features of community in Kochi Prefecture, excellent medical researcher contributing internationally, and clinically specialized doctor (good doctor) having research mindset.