PhD Program at Kyoto University :
Training program of Leaders for Integrated Medical System for Fruitful Healthy-Longevity Society
Our program is medico-engineering collaborative training program with the following aims:
- to provide a human resource of doctoral (Ph.D.) engineers with a good background in medical sciences;
- to foster high-quality engineers to become leaders in the field of human heath care industry.
Over the five-year duration of this doctoral course, students with non-medical background (engineers) will be trained practical skills in engineering and medical sciences, especially in health care support and therapy for the elderly.
This education will furnish students with high level of specialized knowledge to work effectively in the research field, respond to the challenges of social needs on resolving problems of unprecedented aging society, and develop medical innovation that support a fruitful-healthy longevity society for all of us.
This education also includes practical component such as English debate skills, how to collaborate with international organizations, and internships.
Eligibility requirements
Applicants have to take and pass the entrance examination for master’s course of Kyoto University at one of the following graduate schools: Graduate School of Medicine (Medical Science major, Human Health Science Major), Graduate School of Engineering, and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences. It is not required that the applicants must be graduates from Kyoto University or any of the indicated departments.
Enrollment capacity: 20 scholarship students/ year