Doctoral Program in Medical Science, Graduate School of Medical Research
Regional medical expert program to resolve global medical depopulation
This program fosters human resources who will work with Japanese research institutions,medical institutions, and companies to conduct research and practice community medicine
on a global scale in the future.
Number of people to be admitted
1strecruitment

About 5 (including 3 international students)

2nd recruitment About 5 (including 3 international students)※Note: The number of people to be admitted for this program is included in the number ofpeople, 30, to be admitted for the Doctoral Program in Medical Science.
Eligibility for Application
International students must meet the following qualifications in addition to those listed in "2
Eligibility for Application" (pages 4-5) on Application Guidelines.
・Those who have nationality in one of the countries listed below:
Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia
・Those born on or after April 2, 1990
Entrance examination method
In addition to the entrance examination method described on page 7 of Application
Guidelines, the Head of the Graduate School will evaluate the applicants, and the judgement
will be made based on a comprehensive evaluation of all factors.
Applicants for this program will be treated as dual applicants for the "Special Program".
Priority will be given to the "Special Program" in the selection process. If the applicant is notselected for the "Special Program", he/she will be screened again as a general applicant.
https://www.med.shimane-u.ac.jp/graduate/requirements.html
This program is accredited by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology (MEXT) as a "Special Program for Priority Placement of Government-SponsoredInternational Students," and three of the international students will be recommended forJapanese Government-Sponsored International Students.
If the applicants are not selected for the Japanese Government Scholarship, they will be
preferentially recommended as applicants for the " SU Capacity Building Project Towards a
Sustainable Society (S-SPRING)" (with support and incentive grants). For more informationon S-SPRING, please refer to the following page:https://www.shimane-u.ac.jp/education/school_info/dr_aid/

Features of the Special Program
・The program provides research guidance using the advanced expertise and cutting-edge
medical technology possessed by the Graduate School of Medical Research and the hospitalof Shimane University, with the aim to identify problems in community medicine in the homecountries of international students, examine measures for improvement, and foster nextgeneration leaders who will support research and medical treatment in their home countries.
・With the aim of fostering human resources who will engage in research and practice ofcommunity medicine on a global scale in the future, "Presentation in English" is included in
the compulsory subjects, leading to the improvement of English proficiency and thecultivation of an international perspective not only for international students but also forJapanese students.
・The program incorporates lectures in the " Collaborative Program of Medicine, Science,
Engineering and Agriculture" in cooperation with the Graduate School of Natural Science andTechnology of Shimane University, enabling students to acquire advanced expertise in naturalscience fields.

Special Program Curriculum Table
Credits
Community
Medicine
ResearchCourse(A)

Community
MedicalPersonnel
Course(B)

Years inwhichclasses are
held

Lectures
Exercises

1・2

1

Methods of Medical Research Ⅱ

1・2

1

Sustainability science and SDGs

1・2・3・4

2

Presentation in English

1・2・3・42

Special Practice

1・2・3・4

Subjects
Classification

Subjects

Methods of Medical Research ⅠCompulsory
Subjects

Elective
Subjects

1Methods of Basic Medical Science

(〇)

1・2

12

Methods of Applied Medical Science(〇)

1・2121・212

Methods of Clinical Medical Science
Elective
Compulsory
Subjects

Experiments
Practices(〇)

Introductions of Clinical Oncology(〇)

Infectious Disease Ⅰ〇

Basic Immunology Ⅰ〇

(〇)

1・22

1

1・2・3・42

3

1・2・3・42

3

Environmental Medicine Ⅱ〇

1・2・3・4

2

3

Primary care・Community Medicine〇

1・2・3・4

2

3

Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment ofinfectious diseases by antibody or vaccine

1・2・3・423Clinical Immunology Ⅱ

1・2・3・423

Tumor Immunology Ⅰ

1・2・3・423

Local Cancer Therapeutics

1・2・3・423

Pathology of Organ Systems Ⅱ

1・2・3・423*Science for a sustainable society andfuture Earth

1・2・3・4

1

Optical Engineering for MedicalApplication

1・2・3・42

3

Medical Application and Environmental
Influence of Functional Materials andFoods

1・2・3・42

3

Application of Advanced Informatics andMathematics to Clinical Medicine andSocial and Environmental Medicine

1・2・3・42

3

Biomaterial Science and Radiation forApplication to Medicine, Science andEngineering

1・2・3・423【Collaborative Program of Medicine,Science, Engineering and Agriculture】(Remarks)
Students must acquire a total of 30 or more credits, including 7 credits from the compulsory subjects, 13 credits fromthe elective compulsory subjects [2 subjects marked with "〇", and 1 subject from 3 ones (Course A) or 2 ones (CourseB) marked with "(〇)"], and 10 credits from the elective subjects.