Academics

A Wide Range of International Exchange

We have been engaging in multilateral international exchange for many years. The four-week or longer clinical training scheduled for School of Medicine students in their sixth year will be conducted at overseas universities, institutions, hospitals, and so on, based on the university's international cooperation agreements.
We have created revolutionary cooperative relationships with Southeast Asian countries, and our international exchange activities with countries in the region involves not only personnel exchange involving teaching staff, technicians, students, and so on, but also a large number of other projects in which personnel from our university have managed to demonstrate their resourcefulness.
With the scheduled opening of our School of Medicine we have concluded agreements concerning the intake of international students with governments and universities in Vietnam, Myanmar, Mongolia, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Laos.

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  The “TAO (Telecommunications Advancement Organization) Nasu Distance Rehabilitation Research Center" established to engage in research and development of satellite communications-based remote rehabilitation systems in the Asia region (June 1998).

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  The opening ceremony of a training program for core technicians in JICA's “Kenya Medical Training College Project" (November 1998). In this photo: Kenya's Health Minister Jackson Kalweo and President Boyd of Kenya Medical Training College.

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  Concluding an academic exchange agreement with South Korea's Konyang University (October 2009).

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  The Japan-China Rehabilitation Symposium held to deepen mutual understanding of rehabilitative medicine in Japan and China (December 2009).

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  Agreement on medical cooperation with Vietnam's Cho Ray Hospital (June 2011).

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  Signing ceremony with Myanmar's University of Medicine 1, Yangon; University of Nursing, Yangon; and University of Medical Technology, Yangon (December 2013).

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  Talks with the Laotian deputy health minister/International Affairs Department director regarding medical cooperation with Laos (November 2014).

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  An academic exchange agreement with Australia's Griffith University (January 2015).

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  Medical cooperation agreement with Vietnam's Bach Mai Hospital (March 2015).

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  A conference with Mongolia's State Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Sport, Ganchimeg Gombosuren (July 2015).

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  Signing ceremony for an academic exchange agreement with the Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences (July 2015).

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  An academic exchange with the University of Health Sciences, Laos (November 2015).

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  An agreement with Myanmar's health ministry concerning cooperation in the fields of rehabilitation and medicine (February 2016). Myanmar's health minister Than Aung is standing in the center in the second row.

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  Signing ceremony for academic exchange agreement with Malaysia's Management & Science University (February 2016).

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  Conclusion of an agreement with Hanoi Medical University and Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University concerning the intake of international medical students attended by Vietnam's Minister of Health, Nguyen Thi Kim Tien (May 2016).

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  Signing of a memorandum with Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences concerning the intake of international medical students attended by Mongolia's Minister of Health and Sports, Enkhbold Sereenen (June 2016).

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  Talks with Myanmar's education minister Myo Thein Gyi concerning the intake of international medical students (July 2016).

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  Talks with Cambodia's health minister, Mam Bun Heng (July 2016).

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  Conclusion of academic exchange agreement with Cambodia's University of Health Sciences (July 2016).

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  Conclusion an academic agreement with the University of the Philippines Manila (August 2016).

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  Talks regarding the intake of international medical students with Indonesia's Minister of Research and Technology and Higher Education, Muhammad Nasir (September 2016).

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  Conclusion of a memorandum concerning the intake of international medical students with Myanmar's health minister, Myint Htwe (September 2016).

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  Conclusion of a memorandum concerning the intake of international medical students with Indonesia's Udayana University (November 2016).

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  An international medical symposium attended by government officials and presidents of national universities and hospitals from Vietnam, Myanmar, Mongolia, Cambodia, Laos, and China (October 2016).

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  Talks with Semmelweis University, Hungary (September 2017).

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  The 1st IUHW International Symposium on Medical Education. About 30 participants from 10 countries, including Professor John F. Mahoney (Associate Dean, Medical Student Education) of the University of Pittsburgh, USA, and presidents and deans of medical schools and government officials of partner medical universities in Asia, discussed the state of medical education in the world and issues and approaches to medical education in Asia. (April 2018)

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  Vietnam Health Checkup Center. The first health checkup facility in Vietnam, which provides Japanese-style human health checkup services, was established in Ho Chi Minh City as a joint project with Cho Ray Hospital. The center provides high-quality health checkups using the latest medical equipment under the guidance of Japanese doctors who belong to our School of Medicine and IUHW Mita Hospital. (October, 2018)