Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Tokushima Bunri University (English version)

It is a 4 year doctoral graduate school for students who have graduated from 6 year
pharmaceutical course or have equivalent academic ability. It was started in April of 2012. It isa joint graduate school of Tokushima campus and Kagawa campus. We also welcome
enrollment and fall enrollment for non-traditional students.

DegreeDoctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Principle and Mission
In this graduate school, we promote unique pharmaceutical education and research where
medical pharmaceutical field and basic pharmaceutical field merge in the research field basedon clinical assignment. From this, students will master the high level and practical specialized
knowledge and technique that are proven by natural science, and devote themselves in trainingof problem presentation and problem solving skill that include creativity and judgment, and wewill train our student to acquire questioning mind, ambition, and uniqueness as a researcher aswell as having a wide range of viewpoint and high level of ethics as a medical personnel.

Admission policy
We nurture pharmacists and researchers who will be in the center of medical and development
field. We nurture pharmacists who have inquiring mind and ambition, uniqueness as aresearcher, and those who acquired a wide range of viewpoint and high level of ethics to takethe leading role as a specialist of medication in the medical scene, as well as to be a researcher
who can take the central role in developing medications. We nurture people to be trusted andrespected by citizens, dedicate themselves to the true improvement of human health, and makecontribution to the development of local communities.

Eligibility requirement for the examination(1) Students who have graduated or are planned to graduate from 6 year pharmaceutical courseby the applicable date of enrollment.
(2) Students who have master’s degree or are planned to acquire the same degree by theapplicable date of enrollment(3) Students who are recognized to have the same or higher ability than indicated in (1) by thisschool(4) Students who desire medical and pharmaceutical and do not apply to (1), they must be
applicable to (2) or (3) and have a qualification as a pharmacist.

Curriculum policy (4 specialized fields)①Medical and pharmaceutical field: We train people to be able to use their high levelof knowledge using medicine in the medical field.
② Health and senior healthcare field: We train people to be able to lead heath science toprepare for the aging society.
③Pharmaceutical development and advanced medical field: We train people to be able
to take a central role in developing new pharmaceuticals④Medical analysis and medical safety field: We train people to be able to analyze theadverse effect information and improve the safety of medical treatment.

Curriculum detail
During the first or second year, students will take 9 required subjects from the specialized
elective subjects.
During the first year, students will start the literature search, introduction and presentation, andstart taking “pharmaceutical practice” that mainly consist of theses composition and“specialized study in pharmaceutical” that are setup in the lab. In March, student will write theirprogress of research in report and submit it to their instructor.
During the second year, students will take the specialized elective subject if necessary andcontinue with their “pharmaceutical practice” and “specialized study in pharmaceutical” andpresent their research progress in symposiums and academic meetings.
Students will continue their lab activity in the third year similar to the second year. At the end ofMarch, they will report their research progress to their instructor.
During the fourth year, students will start preparing the thesis presentation for their research andsubmit their research on scholarly journal that has a screening process around July. With thecondition that their thesis is published in more than one scholarly journal, they will be evaluatedfor their doctorate in December. If they pass the internal screening, they will start composing
the doctoral dissertation and submit it in February. They will have the main screening (finalexam) when they present their research in March.

Medical care providing facility and cooperation system
We have inter-school cooperation with Kochi Medical School Hospital. We plan to construct asystem to provide innovative drug development education (development of new medication)and drug nurturing education (development of new effect and usage method) and promotecollaborated medical research.

Also, we are building Tokushima Bunri University Practice

Support Center right next to Tokushima Red Cross Hospital. We are planning on cooperatingwith Tokushima Red Cross Hospital and co-studying the trend of most advanced medicationand treatment.
Furthermore, we have constructed the local cooperation type comprehensive medical education
research consortium for nurturing high level medical personnel along with Kagawa University
Facility of Medicine University Hospital and Kagawa Prefectural College of Health Science.
System of thesis defense and completion requirement
Requirement for completion is a total of 34 units; 16 mandatory units including 4 units of“pharmaceutical practice” and 12 units of “specialized pharmaceutical research”, and more than
18 units (9 subjects) of specialized elective subjects. Furthermore, students must pass thescreening for doctoral dissertation and final examination as well. The base report for thedoctoral dissertation must be printed in at least one scholarly journal in English with screening
system (with peer reviews). The structure of doctoral dissertation evaluation committee：(1)Chief examiner: 1 professor of graduate school who has the closest field of the dissertation (thisexclude the main instructor) (2)Vise chief examiner: 2 professors, associate professors or
lecturers of graduate school who are in related field of the dissertation. The screening for
doctoral dissertation includes internal screening, evaluation reading and main screening of thethesis. In the main screening, the oral presentation of the thesis will be done. It is to evaluate theEnglish ability and academic ability in the doctoral dissertation evaluation.

Diplomacy (The image of the people who we nurture)
Due to the advancement of medical technology, there are various areas where students whocomplete this doctoral course to be successful in the medical field. They are expected to beactive specialists who are successful in research and development of medications inpharmaceutical companies and related companies by utilizing their high level of knowledge
and problem solving abilities which are the results of the education system of our unique lab
research. As examples, they can be a pharmacist with high level and specialized skills who cantake the leading role, a pharmacist who can take the leading role in the local medical care,treatment coordinator, university staff of medical field, research and development anddevelopment of new innovative medication for pharmaceutical companies and research andeducator of food, and nutrition.

Method of enrollment screening
English Examination（Select from biology or chemistry）
Short essay（non-traditional students）
Interview （Questions from graduate school staffs after presenting the research detail）

Enrollment limit
6 students