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It has already been 18 years since Hiroshima International University (HIU) was founded in 1998. The university currently has eight faculties and ten departments, offering ten undergraduate majors, 11 post-graduate majors in 5 graduate schools, and one 1-year course on three campuses－Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, and Kure. Japan is now faced with a rapidly aging society. It is predicted that the need for advanced medical and nursing care will increase, and "team medical care" will be essential in responding to this demand. Various staff in diverse fields must work together in an atmosphere of understanding and mutual respect to solve the team's problems. Simultaneously, local comprehensive care systems are necessary for developing ongoing home-medical care and home nursing care. Establishing such systems will require medical care professionals, nursing care workers, and other specialists and the cooperation of local communities and industries as well as the elderly and their families. To meet the demands of communities, HIU has worked to develop professional human resources to play active parts in the field of health, medical services, and welfare. Recognizing the ever-increasing necessity of collaboration among professionals, the university has stressed its educational approach to the idea of "team medical care," an approach in which students from different faculties learn from and gain professional respect for one another. We believe that we must help people in the community develop a deeper understanding of self-health care, home care, self-help, and mutual aid. To this end, HIU will work to establish in its educational and research activities the principles of "compassion," "investigative spirit," and "cooperation." HIU has already produced more than 10,000 professionals working in health, medical services, and welfare. We choose the theme every year and organize various events through which health-related information and various opportunities are provided to local people, including health monitoring, consultation booth, and displays. We help the children discover the joy and toughness of working and grow their interest in the future and nurture a rich spirit. Every year, the music festival is held for local people in Higashi Hiroshima Campus. Concerts by famous artists are held, and our university's extracurricular activity groups, local band, and chorus groups by primary, secondary, and high school students play as well. We aim at revitalizing the local community with the power of music. FM Higashi Hiroshima broadcasts a weekly live radio program, all produced by the students, including planning, interview, personality, etc. The program discovers and introduces the charms of Higashi Hiroshima. The volunteer center gathers the information of volunteer activities inside and outside of campus and provides them to the students. Also, it provides various supports such as lectures and advice to the students who participate in the volunteer activities for the first time. Psychological Clinic Center accepts many visitors as counseling services open to the local community. It sets up various facilities and equipment to provide support to visitors of various ages who feel distressed. Located on the 3rd floor of the Mainichi Intesio in Umeda, Osaka, one of the best locations in the nation for access to businesses, our new hub at the Osaka center is built on our management principle of 'four groups working together' (students, parents, graduates, and educators). It supplies three functions - member of social learning for graduates, parents, and public members, employment support for current students and graduates, and to serve as an exchange place for people from our group, along with industry and local community people to gather and communicate. View full university