The Faculty of Medical Sciences aims at promoting advanced and creative interdisciplinary research and at training future leaders of biomedical sciences, clinical medicine, and medical administration in international society. In other words, it focuses on training specialists who can identify the cause of medical problems out of complex factors and to manage them for the health and welfare of humanity.
The Division of Biomedical Sciences offers an opportunity for students who have majored in various fields other than medicine, dentistry, or veterinary medicine to acquire the basics and applications of genome science, other up-to-date bio-sciences, and the foundations of medical science and, in the future, to become researchers or teachers who will contribute to the advancement in these fields. It is also expected that the graduates of the program will become leaders in biosciences, environmental studies, medicine, pharmacology, and related fields.