47 Best Health Sciences Master's Degree Programs in Japan for 2024

Graduate program courses consist of the 3 areas of 'The Field of Basic Nursing', 'The Field of Common Foundation', and 'The Specialized Fields'. 'The Field of Basic Nursing' is made up of 5 compulsory subjects, and in order to cultivate specialist practical nursing skills, they form the foundation of each of the specialized fields. 'The Field of Common Foundation' constitutes 10 elective subjects, providing students with a wide range of insights and offering multi-disciplinary perspectives and learning opportunities that can be put to use in nursing practice. 'The Specialized Fields' consist of the 9 domains of Nursing Management, Basic Nursing, Maternity, and Child Health Nursing, Pediatric Nursing, Adult Health Nursing, Oncology Nursing, Gerontological Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing, and Community Health Nursing, each of which is studied through between 4 to 8 taught courses and practical seminars. In regard to assignments and research in each domain, students are able to deepen both their practical and theoretical understanding by choosing to explore their own particular areas of interest.

Enrollment limit: 8 people Course term: 2 years Degree: Master’s (Nursing) * Cultivates human resources who will serve as practical instructors that engage in in-hospital education and management at places like medical institutions

The Course of Food Science and Nutrition is an integrative discipline, in which the principles of biological and physical science are used to study the nature of foods and the consumption and utilization aspects of food and its constituents. Students enrolled in this program are encouraged to study subjects from the molecular level to health and environmental issues relating to food. Through the programs offered in the Food Science and Nutrition course, students are expected to understand the roles of nutrients in supporting vital functions or life functions, the principles underlying the processing and preparing of food, and toxicology. They are also to gain the laboratory disciplines and application skills in biotechnology, toxicology, microbiology, biochemistry, and nutritional sciences. Such knowledge and skills prepare them to work in the food industry in research and development of food products and processes, to serve in government regulatory agencies as food specialists and health advisors, and to find positions in academic institutions as teachers and researchers. Graduates find employment in food and health-related industries and in governmental agencies and laboratories. Those who are certified as junior and senior high school teachers find positions in schools as a teacher of home economics. Some graduates enter the Ph.D. course of food science, nutritional science, and biological sciences.

Focusing on specific issues in nursing practice, we will develop problem-solving abilities and develop human resources who can demonstrate the following abilities in practice. 1. Ability to carry out highly specialized nursing practices 2. Ability to implement reforms to improve the quality of nursing 3. Ability to coordinate and manage for enhanced care among diverse stakeholders 4. Ability to reform nursing services based on a comprehensive perspective and high ethical standards 5. Ability to take charge of guidance for juniors in various specialized fields This graduate school has three specialized nurse courses, "Chronic Nursing", "Pediatric Nursing", and "Cancer Nursing". Each course has the ability to carry out activities such as outstanding nursing practice in the field of nursing, education for nurses, consultation with care providers, coordination of stakeholders, research in practice, and ethical coordination. Nurture. We have set a group of subjects required for studying each of the three specialized nurse courses, and by taking these courses, we have taken courses equivalent to the specialized subjects of each specialized area.

Specialized Theory: Veterinary Infectious Disease, Wildlife Medicine and Conservation, Physiology for Veterinary Technician, Molecular Genetics, Public Health, Veterinary Microbiology, Animal Ecology – Specialized Seminar: Bioscience for Veterinary Nursing – Specialized Study: Bioscience for Veterinary Nursing – Special lecture: Veterinary Nursing and Technology

The study, analysis, and research of; the relationship between humans and environmental and social factors; infection and immunity; ontogenesis, development, growth and reproduction of an individual organism

Professionals who deliver appropriate health and social services in integrated form while possessing extensive expertise on specific fields are in high demand to respond to Saitama residents' needs towards health and medical welfare that are becoming increasingly complicated and diversified.

This department aims to nurture specialists who can contribute to medical care, as well as researchers in the field of clinical pharmacy. During the first semester, students are required to take specialized subjects in clinical pharmacy. During the next six months, they learn and practice the work performed by pharmacists on hospital wards at affiliated hospitals. During their second year, students work on a research topic at SPU or a teaching hospital under the guidance of their advisor and write a master's thesis.

The goal of our master's program is to train future pioneers in the health, healthcare, and welfare fields, professionals who are broad-visioned, ethical-minded, and are ready to promote the kinds of research and education that emphasize the value of human dignity while working hand-in-hand with various health-related institutions.

This program will offer an opportunity to study an evidence-based scientific approach to analyze the impacts of foods and nutrition on the human mind and body.

Public health nursing is an independent nursing occupation in Japan. All public health nurses (PHNs) are educated as nurses and public health nurses and have licensure as a registered nurse and separate licensure as a PHN. The minimum length of education and training required to receive licensure in Japan is three years for nurses and one year for PHNs. There are various PHN educational programs in Japan, such as graduate school Master’s courses; undergraduate courses; junior college non-degree courses; four-year special training college courses for nurses and PHNs; and one-year PHN schools. Our faculty believes that PHNs should be educated and trained at the graduate level to improve the quality of their practice, so OUNHS was the first school in Japan to establish a Master’s degree PHN course in 2011.

The Master’s Programs mainly intend to develop human resources who can play active roles as researchers or advanced practice nurses* in various medical fields. (highly skilled nursing specialists)

The Rehabilitation Sciences Course shall establish appropriate courses to enable students to learn the necessary knowledge, techniques, and research capabilities in order to contribute practically to the participation of people with disabilities in society and to the support of regional lifestyles.

The aim of this faculty is to develop human resources who can contribute to regional healthcare and become responsible for the comprehensive healthcare system, and also bridge health, medical care, and welfare, while appropriately utilizing ICT. Also, it is to pave the way for students’ future careers and contribute to the development of academics related to healthcare information. Therefore, the keyword of our faculty is “Self-reliance” and “Co-creation” based on our educational principle, “Modern Practical Sciences”. This faculty provides an education that fuses “Nursing” and “Informatics” and that centered on three core competencies: “ability to learn from practice”, “basic abilities required for professionals” and “ability to utilize ICT”.

Nursing education with research ability by further deepening the specialized knowledge and abilities acquired in undergraduate education regarding nursing science and nursing practice and acquiring the ability to set research subjects and develop research activities by oneself. The purpose is to train nurses who play a central role in supporting nursing practice.

The Graduate School of Nursing provides training aimed at those who qualify as a health nurse, midwife, or clinical nurse (including future qualification of these), as a nursing practitioner with advanced nursing skills and investigative thinking ability in clinical practice, nursing administrators with a high level of management skills, and educators and researchers specializing in nursing science.

In order to respond to the changing needs of local communities and of an increasingly complex society, while keeping pace with the ever-evolving specialization of nursing, UoM's Graduate School of Nursing Science aims to foster researchers, educators, and practitioners who can develop their potential and play an active role in the field of health and medical welfare. The graduate school comprises the Training Course for Researchers and Training Course for Advanced Practice Nurses, as well as a special course for midwife candidates preparing for the examination in Training Course for Advanced Practice Nurses.

The Sports and Health Science Master's Program offered by the Graduate School of Sports and Health Science provides the sports-related major (which consists of courses in the sports science and applied sports science areas) and the health-related major (which consists of courses in the health science and health information science areas) and conducts cross-sectional and interdisciplinary education and research regarding sports, physical activities, health, and medical care. Based on the above, and as the goal of its education and research, the program aims to produce teachers with a broad perspective and high-level knowledge and skills who have senshuu-menkyo jo (a specialized teacher's license that requires a master's degree), specialized instructors in their respective fields, and professionals.

The educational philosophy of the occupational therapy major is to acquire the attitude and ability to provide occupational therapy from the standpoint of the target person based on rich humanity, high ethical standards, keen sensitivity, and diverse expressiveness, and people. The purpose is to develop human resources who can support the health promotion of occupational therapy and contribute to the development of clinical, educational, and research occupational therapy. We will develop human resources who can have a basic attitude and way of thinking that respect the target person. We will develop human resources who have a wide range of basic academic abilities and have the ability to think logically and objectively. We will develop human resources who are motivated to contribute to people's healthy lives through occupational therapy. We will develop human resources who have high cooperation and collaboration ability and can play roles according to the situation. We will develop human resources with a challenging spirit who aim to develop academics from an international and multifaceted perspective.

We have designed a special course in the Field of Nursing. Specialized courses comprise of cancer nursing, women’s health nursing, child nursing, nursing management, geriatric nursing, mental health nursing and chronic care nursing, and community care. Health problems and liver problems have become diversified and complicated, and consequently, the environment surrounding nursing has changed dramatically. In this field, we expect the students to acquire the ability to conduct theoretical research for nursing practices as well as practical capabilities in nursing. We also emphasize the ability to solve problems in terms of the QOL of the people with complex nursing problems at all levels of health, i.e. from the period of disease prevention, recovery, and up to the end-stage diseases.