Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) is the only specialized life science university in Japan that has both undergraduate and graduate programs in medicine and dentistry. The undergraduate programs are offered through the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Dentistry, and prepare students to be medical doctors or dentists. Our graduate programs in Medical and Dental Sciences and Health Sciences produce leaders who go into research (basic research and clinical-based research), education or a combination of such work. Many professors teach and conduct cutting edge research in their respective Faculty or at one of our specialized research institutes, such as the Medical Research Institute or the Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering.

The official TMDU Mission Statement: ‘Cultivating Professionals with Knowledge and Humanity’. The undergraduate College of Liberal Arts and Sciences supports students as they learn a 1-year core curriculum before taking five years of specialized courses in medicine or dentistry or three years of courses in one of our other health science programs. To facilitate the undergraduate and graduate programs, TMDU has a teaching hospital attached to each Faculty. Moreover, the hospitals are located close to each other on campus, so there is much synergy as students, researchers and professors exchange information and work together in TMDU programs, institutes and projects. At TMDU, in both the undergraduate and graduate programs, we do our best to produce scientists who show intellectual curiosity in all that they do and who expend every possible effort in seeking the truth. These qualities are necessary for successfully engaging in clinical practice or research. Our university thus aims to not only train medical professionals who can meet the critical needs of society, but to also enable our graduates to become researchers and leaders who can do pioneering work in our internationalized world. We make it our mission to assure students that the university is not a place to study, but rather is a place where one learns how to study and how to think independently. To pursue these goals, TMDU has three educational philosophies: To provide students with a broad education and a rich sensibility. To educate creative people capable of diagnosing and solving problems independently. To train medical professionals who have an international outlook.<

Foundation year: 1928
Short name: TMDU
Type: Public (National)
Students: 2990
Faculty: 930
Faculty/Students Ratio: 3:1
Region: Asia
Location: Bunkyo, Tokyo