Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Message from the Dean
Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Specially Appointed Professor MURAI Yuriko
Approaching its 90th anniversary and guided by the university’s founding spirit of the pursuit of truth, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences has advanced the training of pharmacists who provide community-based healthcare and promoted basic and applied life sciences research.
While adapting to dramatically changing circumstances such as advancing medical sophistication and the progression of our aging society with declining birthrates, our approach remains consistent. Currently operating with a two-department system of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Pharmaceutical Life Sciences, we aim to develop professionals equipped with strong communication skills and self-improvement capabilities who can excel in diverse fields of healthcare and life sciences. We leverage our university’s unique strengths through medical-pharmaceutical collaborative learning, training with human patient simulators, internships, and career support programs featuring our alumni, providing opportunities for active learning where each student can engage with genuine interest.
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences（6-year system）
The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences aims to train pharmacists, maintaining a rich sense of ethics as medical professionals committed to the exploration of advanced pharmacotherapy, and possessing the awareness and practical ability to actively contribute to the prevention and treatment of diseases and the promotion of health.
Characteristics
The field in which pharmacists play an active role is becoming increasingly sophisticated and fragmented.
The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences aims to train students to clearly envision the image of the pharmacist each student wishes to become,providing them with the expertise and flexibility to respond to various cases asthe division of labor continues.
Years 1 to 4
In the first and second years, students study a wide range of basic subjects including physics, chemistry, and pharmacognosy, while also cultivating a rich culture through comprehensive subjects such as foreign languages and ethics. In their third and fourth years, students deepen their understanding of pharmacology and conduct preliminary studies in preparation for practical training.
5th and 6th Years
From the fifth year, students spend a total of five months in practical training at hospitals and pharmacies, deemed necessary as qualif icat ion for the nat ional pharmacist examination. Additionally, students are assigned to classrooms or laboratories, to spend two years working on problem- ased graduation research.
Diploma Policy
Through educational programs building upon the educational philosophy upheld by our University, students will be awarded a degree (Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences) after acquiring the knowledge, skills, and attitude necessary to become pharmacists, also maintaining an awareness demanded of medical professionals as described below, and completing the prescribed credits.
1.Liberal Arts and Ethics
Students are required to possess a rich cultural background as a medical professional, a deep awareness of the dignity of life, and a sense of mission and responsibility to protect life and health.
2.Communication skills
Students are required to possess the communication skills needed to collect and provide appropriate information for patients and their families, staff involved in medical care and social security, and others.
3.Health and Welfare
Students are to be equipped with the knowledge and awareness to actively participate in efforts to improve the health and well-being of the overall community.
4.Pharmacotherapy
Students are required to acquire specialized knowledge and skills in the fields of life science, medicine, and pharmaceuticals, necessary to provide effective and safe comprehensive pharmacotherapy appropriate for the patient's condition, and to be able to actively participate in team medicine.
5.Basic scientific skills
Students are required to understand the effects of pharmaceuticals and chemical substances on living organisms, and possess the knowledge and logical thinking skills necessary for the identification and solving of problems in order to contribute to the maintenance of health and the advancement and improvement of medical care.
6.Self-improvement
Students are required to be able to continue with their self-improvement with a high level of motivation to learn, so that the benefits of scientific and medical advances can be provided to patients and consumers throughout their lives.
Department of Pharmaceutical Life Sciences（4-year system）
This program aims to nurture students to play active roles in various health-related fields with a rich sense of ethics as individuals engaged in pharmacy and life sciences, exploring life sciences spanning the two realms of medicine and pharmacy, and acquiring high-level specialized knowledge.
Characteristics
The number of elective biology courses has increased from the 2020 academic year with the introduction of new curriculums. We aim to develop graduates capable of being involved in cutting-edge technologies including genomic medicine, regenerative medicine, and biopharmaceuticals, subjects which have attracted a great deal of attention in recent years.
- Allocation of compulsory elective subjects in biology and chemistry to enhance specialization
- A full lineup of elective subjects specialized in biology
- High employment rate realized by a systematic support system
Diploma Policy
Through an educational program based on the educational philosophy of the institute, students acquiring the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become researchers and engineers in the fields of pharmacy and life sciences as described below, and those earning the prescribed credits, will be awarded the degree of Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Life Sciences.
1.Liberal Arts and Ethics
Students are required to have a rich education as individuals engaged in pharmacy and life sciences, a deep awareness of the dignity of life, and a sense of mission and responsibility for the roles they will play in society.
2.Information transmission and communication
As individuals committed to the study of pharmacology and life sciences, students are required to be capable of actively interacting with society, collecting and analyzing information voluntarily in a wide range of fields, and ef fectively communicating the results of their studies.
3.Expertise in the field of life science
Students are required to understand the effects of pharmaceuticals and related substances on living organisms, acquire specialized knowledge and skills in biochemistry, molecular biology, genetic engineering, etc., essential for genomic drug discovery and the pursuit of life sciences.
4.Ability to play a role in drug discovery
Students are required to acquire specialized knowledge and skills in physical and analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, hygienic chemistry, immunology, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, and pharmacotherapeutics, fundamental to research for drug discovery.
5.Finding and solving problems
Based on the founding spirit of ""The Pursuit of Truth"", students are required to remain committed to an attitude of searching for the truth and be able to seek and solve problems voluntarily.
6.Self-improvement
Students are required to be able to continue with their self-improvement with a high level of motivation to learn, so that the benefits of scientific and medical advances can be provided to patients and consumers throughout their lives.
