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2024.4.4 ADB-Japan Scholarship is open for applications.

For prospective students from low- and middle-income member countries of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), School of International Health accepts applicants of ADB-Japan Scholarship Program. Visit the Admission page for details.

2024.3.31 The coverage of the subject matter topic exam for Master’s Degree Entrance Exam is now open.

The coverage of the subject matter topic exam in Academic Year 2025 Entrance Exam of International Health (Master’s Degree Program) can be found from the following:

Exam coverage

2024.3.21 SIH celebrated new Master’s and Ph.D. graduates on the Commencement Ceremony Day

School of International Health celebrated new Master’s and Ph.D. graduates on March 21, 2024, the Commencement Ceremony Day of Academic Year 2024.

2024.3.5 Farewell dinner was held for ADB-Japan Scholarship Program scholars (March 4, 2024)

School of International Health had farewell dinner for the ADB-Japan Scholarship Program scholars who will complete their Master’s program in March 2024.

2024.1.24 Master’s thesis defense session was held (Jan 22 and 23, 2024)

School of International Health held the Master’s thesis defense presentation session on January 22 and 23, 2024, and 12 students made the following presentations.

Factors associated with parental willingness for children’s COVID-19 vaccination in Japan: a cross-sectional online survey in 2022. (植田真美)
Trust in Governments, Public Health Institutions, and Other Information Sources as Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Behavior in Japan. (Cao Alton Quan)
Excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, 2020-2023; a two-stage time-series design.COVID-19. (Devanathan Ganan)
Association between Mental Health Literacy and Mental Health Care Competency among Healthcare Workers in Conflict Zones of Myanmar : A cross-sectional study. (Cho Zin Waing)
Social Capital and Quality of Life among Caregivers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mongolia: A cross-sectional study. (Munkhsaikhan Yanjinlkham)
eQTL analysis for full length transcripts using long-read technology reveals a lot of novel isoform-specific. (名倉佑哉)
Rho small GTPases regulate motility and endocytic pathways in isotype-specific fashion in the enteric protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. (下山真怜)
Biochemical and functional characterization of UDP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase (UGPase), an essential enzyme in carbohydrates metabolism in the enteric protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. (Nurul Qomarilla)
Exploring the Interplay of Professional Identity Formation, Empathy, and Impostor Syndrome in Medical Students. (Wu Han)
Relationship between academic burnout, imposter, syndrome and shame among undergraduate medical students. (Gulmetova Komola)
Cdkl5欠損症の脳の活動性とダイナミクス：遺伝子変異マウスの脳波とrsfMRIの線形・非線形解析 (井原拓斗)
乳仔期 Cdkl5 キナーゼ活性欠損マウスの脳における、ナトリウム-カリウム-クロライド共輸送体(NKCC1) 及びカリウム-クロライド共輸送体(KCC2)の発現及びリン酸化状態の同定 (坪本紗弥)

2023.6.5 Video recording is available for the seminar for the 2023 (autumn) and 2024 (spring) admission

We really appreciate that a lot people attended seminar for the 2023 (autumn) and 2024 (spring) admission, held on June 3, 2023. You can watch the video recorded during the seminar by the end of August 2023. (Note: The video was no longer available as the release period is now closed.)

2023.5.10 Admission information is open for master and Ph.D. programs in School of International Health

Graduate School of Medicine opens for admission information for master degree program (April 2024 admissions) and Ph.D. program (October 2023 and April 2024 admissions) in School of International Health. Please find the information from the Graduate School of Medicine website.

For inquiries about entrance exams and requesting the Application Guide, contact to the email address below.

Academic Affairs Team (for graduate students)
Email：in.m@gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp

2023.4.4 Seminar for the 2023 (autumn) and 2024 (spring) admission will be held on June 3, 2023

A brief seminar for the entrance examination for 2023 (autumn; doctor) and 2024 (spring; both master/doctor) admission, which will be conducted in July and August, will be held online. Guidance
will be in Japanese except for some departments. Q&A can be made either in Japanese or English.

Date and Time: June 3, 2023 (Sat) 9:00-11:00 (Japan Standard Time)
The program of the seminar can be downloaded from the link below:
Seminar Program

To join the meeting, please register your name and email from the following link. Webex Webinar url will be sent to the registered email address.

https://utelecon.webex.com/weblink/register/ra1bc8e1c46621d241e4e58b3953d2c70

2023.3.6 School of International Health accepts applications under the ADB-Japan Scholarship Program (deadline: June 30, 2023)

School of International Health (SIH) opens for applications for its postgraduate program under the ADB-Japan Scholarship Program. An eligible applicant is a national of an ADB borrowing member country and Japanese ODA scholarship-eligible country. For details, please visit the Admission page in the SIH website.

2023.1.31 Valedictory lecture of Professor Masamine Jimba (March 15, 2023)

Department of Community and Global Health hosts the Valedictory Lecture of Professor Masamine Jimba who is scheduled to complete the term of service at the end of March 2023 as follows:

Date and time: 17:00 – 19:00, March 15 (Wed)
Venue: Tetsumon Memorial Hall (14th floor, Faculty of Medicine Experimental Research Bldg)
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400020145.pdf (Bldg No. 51 on the map)

Please note that the lecture will be given in Japanese. In order to confirm the approximate number of participants, please fill out the following registration form if you are planning to participate in the lecture.
https://forms.gle/JHdQQaR5J2USkDr88

There is no need to contact us if you wish to cancel your participation after the registration.

2022.10.24 The commemorative book for Professor Som-arch Wongkhomthong has been uploaded.

The commemorative book for Professor Som-arch Wongkhomthong, the former chair of Department of Community and Global Health, has been uploaded.

Professor Wongkhomthong served as the professor from June 1996 to March 1999. The book was issued when Professor Wongkhomthong resigned from the department in March 1999. In the book, Professor Wongkhomthong argues what Japan should do for global health, including the roles of School of International Health, which was established in 1992 as the first university department for international health in Japan.

The book (in Japanese) is accessible from the following link:
ソムアッツ・ウォンコムトオン教授記念業績集

2022.10.18 Introduction to the School of International Health article was published in the Visual Journal of Friends of WHO Japan

Professor Masamine Jimba, Chair of the School of International Health, published an introductory article of the School of International Health (in Japanese) in the Autumn 2022 issue of the official journal of Friends of WHO Japan.

The article is available from the following link:
Jimba M. Kokusai Hoken wo Manaberu Daigaku-Daigakuin 1: Tokyo Daigaku Daigakuin Igakukei Kenkyuka Kokusai Hokengaku Senko (Introduction to global health academic institutions 1: School of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo). Visual Journal of Friends of WHO JAPAN. 2022;82:16-17.

2022.6.21 (Deadline extended: July 15th) ADB-Japan Scholarship is open for applications.

Deadline of the application for ADB – Japan Scholarship Program (JSP) is extended to July 15, 2022.

For prospective students from low- and middle-income member countries of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Department of Community and Global Health accepts applicants of ADB – Japan Scholarship Program (JSP). Visit the Admission page for details.

2022.5.14 Admission seminar was held for prospective students

Prospective student seminar for the entrance examination for 2022 (autumn; doctor) and 2023 (spring; both master/doctor) admission, which will be conducted in July and August, will be held online. The program is as shown below. Guidance will be in Japanese except for some departments. Q&A can be made either in Japanese or English.

Date and Time: 9:00 – 11:00, May 14 (Sat), 2022

Registration: ~~https://forms.gle/PHSoyzKW9hbNv7Xt7~~