is a

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headquartered in

Shinagawa is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The Ward refers to itself as Shinagawa City in English. The Ward is home to ten embassies. , the Ward had an estimated population of 380,293 and a population density of 16,510 persons per km2. The total are ...

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. The university offers

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education programs in undergraduate and graduate levels.

History

The predecessor of the university, Aobagakuen Junior College, was established as a women's two-year junior college in 1966. It became coeducational in 2001 and it was reorganized into a four-year university in 2005.

Campuses

Gotanda is a district in the Shinagawa ward of Tokyo, Japan. The district straddles the Meguro River, and is located between the Meguro and Ōsaki stations on the JR Yamanote Line. The district is centered on Gotanda Station, which is served by the To ...

Campus: Higashigotanda, Shinagawa, Tokyo * Setagaya Campus:

Setagaya is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative district within the ward. The ward calls itself Setagaya City in English. Its official bird is the azure-winged magpie, its flower is the fringed orch ...

, Tokyo * Campus:

Meguro is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Meguro City. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947. Meguro is predominantly residential in character, but is also home to light industry, corporat ...

, Tokyo * National Hospital Organization Tachikawa Campus:

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, Tokyo * Funabashi Campus: Funabashi City,

Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to t ...

* Onominato Campus:

Wakayama City Wakayama City Hall is the capital city of Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 351,391 in 157066 households and a population density of 1700 persons per km². The total area of the city is ...

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* Campus: Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture

Organization

Undergraduate schools

The university has five divisions of nursing. Their entrance examinations and educations are conducted separately. * Faculty of Healthcare: Gotanda and Setagaya Campus ** Division of

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** Division of Medical Nutrition ** Division of Healthcare Informatics * Higashigaoka Faculty of Nursing: National Hospital Organization Campus ** Division of Nursing * Tachikawa Faculty of Nursing: National Hospital Organization Tachikawa Campus ** Division of Nursing * Chiba Faculty of Nursing: Funabashi Campus ** Division of Nursing * Wakayama Faculty of Nursing: Onominato and Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center Campus ** Division of Nursing * Department of

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(one-year program): Gotanda Campus

Graduate schools

* Postgraduate School of Healthcare: Gotanda Campus * Postgraduate School of Nursing: National Hospital Organization Campus * Wakayama Postgraduate School of Nursing: Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center Campus * Chiba Postgraduate School of Nursing: Funabashi Campus

External links

TOKYO HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY

References

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