Faculty of Medicine Campus, Kyoto University 2018 a

Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine (京都大学大学院医学研究科・医学部) is one of the schools at the

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. The Faculty and the Graduate School operate as one. According to the

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for Medicine 2020, Kyoto University is ranked second in Japan after

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. Professor

Shinya Yamanaka is a Japanese stem cell researcher and a Nobel Prize laureate. He serves as the director of Center for iPS Cell (induced Pluripotent Stem Cell) Research and Application and a professor at the Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences at Kyoto ...

received the

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in 2012 for his work on

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. Also, Prof. Emer.

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, who is also a graduate of Kyoto University, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2018 for his discovery and theory of immune checkpoint inhibitors.

History

In 1899, College of Medicine (医科大学) and its hospital (now ) was established

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. In 1919, The college is renamed Faculty of Medicine (医学部). Established in 1939, the School of Medicine's Department of Pharmacy became an independent Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1960. In 2003, the Health Sciences (now Human Health Sciences) Department was added.

Organization

The Faculty has two undergraduate courses and four graduate courses.

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty of Medicine has two undergraduate courses. * Medicine (医学科) - 6-year Undergraduate

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* Human Health Sciences (人間健康科学科) - 4-year undergraduate course in health sciences

Graduate School of Medicine

Graduate School of Medicine has 4 graduate courses. * Medicine and Medical Science (医学・医科学専攻) - Master's and Doctor's * Public Health (社会健康医学系専攻) -

Master of Public Health The Master of Public Health or Master of Philosophy in Public Health (M.P.H.), Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH), Master of Medical Science in Public Health (MMSPH) and the Doctor of Public Health (Dr.P.H.), International Masters for Healt ...

and Doctor's * Human Health Sciences (人間健康科学系専攻) - Master's and Doctor's * Kyoto-

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International Collaborative Program in Genomic Medicine (京都大学・マギル大学ゲノム医学国際連携専攻) - Doctor's

Kyoto University Hospital

(京都大学医学部附属病院) is a Clinical Research Core Hospital designated by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

Kyoto University School of Public Health

Kyoto University School of Public Health (SPH, 京都大学大学院医学研究科社会健康医学系専攻), established in

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, is Japan's oldest public health

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. It is a division of the Graduate School of Medicine. SPH has

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agreements with

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and

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in Thailand,

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in Malaysia, and

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in Taiwan.

College of Medical Technology

College of Medical Technology, Kyoto University (京都大学医療技術短期大学部) was a junior college of

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physiotherapy Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is one of the allied health professions. It is provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through physical examination, diagnosis, management, prognosis, patient ...

occupational therapy Occupational therapy (OT) is a global healthcare profession. It involves the use of assessment and intervention to develop, recover, or maintain the meaningful activities, or ''occupations'', of individuals, groups, or communities. The field of ...

, and

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. The college was absorbed into the Faculty and Graduate School in 2007.

Alumni association

* Shirankai (芝蘭会) - Medical Student Alumni * Shiryokai (紫緑会) - Health Science Student Alumni

References

External links

* https://www.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University

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