Four Years of Study

The curriculum of Keio University Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care develops progressively, from learning that cultivates a broad understanding of people and society, to study that steadily enhances nursing knowledge and skills—all guided by the spirit of kyūkō jissen (practice of putting learning into action). Our program is not limited to lectures. It is also characterized by group work, seminars, and practical training that enable students to grow together with their peers through collaborative thinking and mutual support. The curriculum cultivates perspectives connecting health, medical care, and welfare with an international outlook in order to develop the capabilities needed to lead the future of nursing.

Students will enhance their self-expression skills and communication abilities as well as skills in using information. Students will also participate in the Initial Inter-Professional Education Program among the School of Medicine, Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care and Faculty of Pharmacy—allowing them to start developing an understanding of inter-professional collaboration.

As the foundation for their nursing studies, students gain an understanding of people, since they are the target of nursing, and acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for nursing care. Through each practical course, students gain knowledge of people’s diverse lifestyles and ways of living, as well as the actual situations of the various forms of medical care, public health and welfare. This serves to enhance their interest in the social role nursing should fulfill. Through participation in the Intermediate Inter-Professional Education Program, students understand what good team-based medical care is.

Students will acquire the specialist knowledge needed to understand people with illnesses as well as care techniques that support their healing and recovery. Integrating what they have learned in the first and second years, students will acquire the fundamental competencies required for nursing practice through seminars (case studies, technical seminars) and clinical practice.

Students will engage in learning to increase their specialization according to their chosen course. We aim to cultivate nursing professionals with a broad perspective, taking collaboration in medical care into consideration. Students will gain ability in the practice of team-based medical care by participating in the Advanced Inter-Professional Education Program. For students enrolled in the Public Health Nurse and Obstetric Nurse Courses, the fourth year is one in which to develop their specialist knowledge. Finally, by linking learning to practice, we develop students’ abilities to take the first steps in their careers after graduation.

This is a multidisciplinary education program at Keio University involving the School of Medicine, Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care and Faculty of Pharmacy, where students from the School of Medicine and the two faculties learn together with an eye toward future team-based medical care.

This is a five-year integrated program for students with an interest in nursing studies and a desire to conduct research. In their fourth year, students begin taking graduate school-level courses in advance in order to complete the master’s program within one year after entering graduate school. Thus, students can earn both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in as little as five years.