Admission Policy

Admission Policy

Educational principles and objectives

The United Graduate School of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Sciences pursues a coordinated and integrated approach to education and research across different academic disciplines such as pharmaceutical science, medical science, and engineering while treating the subjects of drug discovery and medical information as core themes and the advanced life sciences as its academic foundation. Through such initiatives, it seeks to foster the development of advanced specialists who will be capable of pursuing careers in state-of-the-art domains as they shape the next generation of progress in healthcare, medicine, and the life sciences through advanced specialization, vision, and flexible thinking.

Desirable characteristics

Successful applicants will exhibit:

• A high level of desire to master advanced, specialized knowledge relating to drug discovery and to conduct research in the field
• A strong resolution to pioneer practical research domains that are necessary in order to develop individualized medicine
• An appetite for locating one's own research in the context of an international perspective and communicating one's research findings to the world
• A strong appetite for mastering the advanced, specialized knowledge and pursuing research necessary in order to provide safe and reliable medical care
• A resolution to actively put one's research findings to practical use in response to society's needs

General policy on the selection of program applicants

Admissions decisions will be made in a comprehensive manner based on the applicant's letter of intent, academic record, master's thesis abstract, documentation of research achievements, and interview or oral examination in order to assess the applicant's enthusiasm to acquire expert knowledge and promote research as well as their determination to cultivate new and practical areas of research.