Tokyo Healthcare University

Tokyo Healthcare University

東京医療保健大学
National Hospital Organization Campus
Former names	Aobagakuen Junior College
Type	Private university
Established	2005
President	Satoshi Kimura, M.D.
Academic staff	231 (full time), 224 (part time)
Administrative staff	96
Students	2,539
Undergraduates	2,378
Postgraduates	161
Location	Shinagawa , Tokyo , Japan
Website	www.thcu.ac.jp/english/

Tokyo Healthcare University (東京医療保健大学, Tōkyō Iryō Hoken Daigaku) is a private university headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan.

The university offers health professional education programs in undergraduate and graduate levels.

History

The 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

Gotanda Campus

Setagaya Campus

• 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

Undergraduate schools

The 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

• 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

• Joshua Mfonobong Temitope (basketball player)
• Moe Nagata (basketball player)

External links

• TOKYO HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY