Message from the Dean Yoshimi Takai, MD, PhD
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Dean, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine/ School of Medicine@@@
Yoshimi Takai, MD, PhD

 
   Kobe University School of Medicine has taken up the challenge to establish a unique center of excellence for medical research and education. Our goal is to become one of the best medical schools in Japan and achieve worldwide recognition. To achieve this, we have invited top class biomedical scientists and clinicians from across the nation. We are now focusing our activities related to education, medical and life science research, and medical care. We have also proactively introduced innovative systems in our postgraduate courses, including a program that fuses basic and clinical medicine. We have done this ahead of other Japanese universities, so that we can cultivate our top class human resources that will be leaders in tomorrow's medical sciences and medical care. To enhance our regional partnerships with medical institutions and hospitals in the city of Kobe and Hyogo Prefecture, we continue to improve the environment for education, research, and medical care that will help facilitate our students, young investigators, and medical doctors. We are developing an integrated and organized team that reflects humanity and answers the future needs of our community. We have taken advantage of the characteristics of Kobe as being a traditional but cosmopolitan city; one with many international students and medical parishioners and researchers active on the world stage, to promote greater international collaboration.

   For the level of medical research and care that we aim for, it is vital that those involved have adequate knowledge and skills as well as a well-rounded character, a social nature, deep insights, and high ethical standards. We recognize that in addition to regular medical education, our mission involves fostering and nurturing the high level of human resources that will be needed for the development of medicine and medical care of the future. Given the unique environment for education, research and medical care at the Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine/School of Medicine, these personnel will have acquired the custom of comprehensive deliberation that considers all standpoints.

   We welcome applications from high school students who wish to pursue medical careers. We very much look forward to you joining us with the aim of becoming top medical scientists and doctors at Kobe University School of Medicine.