Tokyo Healthcare University (東京医療保健大学, Tōkyō Iryō Hoken Daigaku) is a private university headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan.
東京医療保健大学 | |
 National Hospital Organization Campus | |
Former names | Aobagakuen Junior College |
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| Type | Private university |
| Established | 2005 |
| President | Satoshi Kimura, M.D. |
Academic staff | 231 (full time), 224 (part time)[1] |
Administrative staff | 96[1] |
| Students | 2,539[1] |
| Undergraduates | 2,378[1] |
| Postgraduates | 161[1] |
| Location | , , Japan |
| Website | www |
The university offers health professional education programs in undergraduate and graduate levels.
History
editThe predecessor of the university, Aobagakuen Junior College, was established as a women's two-year junior college in 1966. It became coeducational in 2001 and it was reorganized into a four-year university in 2005.
Campuses
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- Gotanda Campus: Higashigotanda, Shinagawa, Tokyo
- Setagaya Campus: Setagaya, Tokyo
- National Hospital Organization (Kokuritsu Byōin Kikō) Campus: Meguro, Tokyo
- National Hospital Organization Tachikawa Campus: Tachikawa, Tokyo
- Funabashi Campus: Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture
- Onominato Campus: Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture
- Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center (Nisseki Wakayama Iryō Center) Campus: Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture
Organization
editUndergraduate schools
editThe university has five divisions of nursing. Their entrance examinations and educations are conducted separately.
- Faculty of Healthcare: Gotanda and Setagaya Campus
- Division of Nursing
- Division of Medical Nutrition
- Division of Healthcare Informatics
- Higashigaoka Faculty of Nursing: National Hospital Organization Campus
- Division of Nursing
- Tachikawa Faculty of Nursing: National Hospital Organization Tachikawa Campus
- Division of Nursing
- Chiba Faculty of Nursing: Funabashi Campus
- Division of Nursing
- Wakayama Faculty of Nursing: Onominato and Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center Campus
- Division of Nursing
- Department of Midwifery (one-year program): Gotanda Campus
Graduate schools
edit- Postgraduate School of Healthcare: Gotanda Campus
- Postgraduate School of Nursing: National Hospital Organization Campus
- Wakayama Postgraduate School of Nursing: Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center Campus
- Chiba Postgraduate School of Nursing: Funabashi Campus
Notable alums
edit- Joshua Mfonobong Temitope (basketball player)
- Moe Nagata (basketball player)