University Overview

Dokkyo Medical University (DMU) was established in 1973 on the basis of the academic traditions of Dokkyo Gakuen. We strive to make great advances in medicine which reflect our frontier spirit and international point of view. We are also engaged in social services. We have a Graduate School of Medicine, Graduate School of Nursing, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and a Graduate Program in Midwifery. In addition, there are three attached medical facilities and two nursing schools affiliated to DMU.　

Within the vast campus, more than 1,800 medical and nursing students are studying hard.

Overview of Graduate School of Medicine

In accordance with the school’s founding philosophy “character is developed through learning”, the Graduate School of Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University (Medical Research Section), develops researchers and physicians with excellent knowledge, humanity, and with an international perspective, who contributes to the progress of medicine over their lifetime utilizing advanced research capabilities cultivated in their respective fields.

Graduate School of Medicine, DMU consists of 44 major fields in 5 Divisions; Morphological Science, Physiological Science, Social Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Surgery.　　

PhD (Medicine) will be awarded to those who have been enrolled in the Graduate School of Medicine for at least 4 years, and have obtained more than 30 credits of compulsory and elective subjects and who have received the essential research advice from professors and have passed all of the dissertation examinations and the final public examination by the chief examiner and assistant examiner.

Faculty/school group

Doctoral Degree

• Graduate School of Medicine | Graduate School of Medicine