Title: Tokyo Medical and Dental University Content: or TMDU in short,TMDU is an English acronym. TMDU stands for "Tokyo Medical and Dental University". is a Japanese national university in Tokyo. == Structure == TMDU has three campuses. One is the Kounodai (国府台) campus. The closest station to the campus is Ichikawa Station. Freshmen learn liberal arts and sciences there. By being on the outskirts of Tokyo, Kounodai campus is in a rich natural environment. The others are Yushima (湯島) and Surugadai （駿河台） campus. The closest station to the campuses is Ochanomizu Station. Upperclassmen learn their speciality there. TMDU has faculty of medicine and faculty of dentistry.Farrell, S. E., Takada, K., Armstrong, E. G., Tanaka, Y., & Aretz, H. T. (2009). Reform of a traditional clinical curriculum in Japan: experiences at Tokyo Medical and Dental University. Medical teacher, 31(10), 947-949.Sunakawa, M., & Matsumoto, H. (2009). Effectiveness and difficulty of education on nosocomial infection control for pre-clinical practice in the clinic, so-called inclusive clinical practice phase I, for students in the Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University. Kokubyo Gakkai zasshi. The Journal of the Stomatological Society, Japan, 76(1), 25-30. There are also two graduate schools, medical and dental sciences and health care sciences; four undergraduate faculties - medicine, dentistry, health care sciences and oral health care sciences; two university hospitals;Sunakawa, M., Matsumoto, H., Harasawa, H., Tsukikawa, W., Takagi, Y., & Suda, H. (2006). Inspection by infection control team of the University Hospital, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University. Kokubyo Gakkai zasshi. The Journal of the Stomatological Society, Japan, 73(2), 184-191. an undergraduate college of liberal arts and sciences; and two research institutes, the institute of biomaterials and bioengineering and the medical research institute.Tanaka, H., & Nakaya, J. (2007). Research and education for biomedical informatics at Tokyo Medical and Dental University. Yearbook of medical informatics, 16(01), 157-162. == Outline == The university was founded under the name of "Tokyo National School of Dentistry" as the first dental education institution in 1928. Then in 1951, it was reestablished with the faculty of medicine as Tokyo Medical and Dental University. In world university ranking in 2011-2012 of Times Higher Education, TMDU is the 276~300th place, the 35th place in Asia, the 10th place in Japan. ==Goals== TMDU's education philosophy is: * To give students a broad education and a rich sensibility * To teach creative people who can diagnose and solve problems by themselves * To teach medical professionals with a rich international quality == Notable alumni == *Muscle Kitamura *Koichiro Fujita *Tomomi Himeno *Minoru Kamata == Getting into TMDU == To enter TMDU, students should pass 2 types of exams: the common test for university admissions and the university's own exam. == Access== ===Yushima campus=== * 2-minute walk from Marunouchi Line, Ochanomizu Station * 3-minute walk from JR Chūō-Sōbu Line, Ochanomizu Station * 4-minute walk from Chiyoda Line, Shin-Ochanomizu Station ===Kounodai campus=== * 10-minute walk from Keisei line, Konodai Station * 20 mitutes by bus from JR Chuo / Sobu Line, Ichikawa Station ==Features== *Sparkling lights from the TMDU laboratories until midnight all year round is one of the features of Ochanomizu. > On Christmas Day, there are sparkling lights in the shape of a Christmas > tree on M&D; Tower. *Akio Suzuki (the previous president of TMDU) was known as a respected doctor of cardiac surgery. In Osamu Tezuka's Black Jack (a Japanese manga), he was introduced as "Prof. 'S' of University 'J'". Prof. 'S' refers to Akio Suzuki and University 'J' refers to Juntendo University in Tokyo. ==Yushima campus buildings == * M&D; Tower …on your left side when looking from Ochanomizu Station. * Medical Building …in the middle of M&D; Tower and Dental Building. * Dental Building …on your right side when looking from Ochanomizu Station.