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Miyazaki University was founded in 1949 through Miyazaki Advanced Agricultural and Forestry School, Miyazaki Prefectural Normal School for Primary Education, and the Miyazaki Prefectural Advanced Technical School. In October 2003, following the merger of Miyazaki University with Miyazaki Medical College, the University of Miyazaki (UoM) was formed. In April 2004, UoM gained National University Corporation status. Currently, UoM has five faculties: Education, Medicine, Engineering, Agriculture, and Regional Innovation. The University of Miyazaki took a significant step forward in April 2016 by opening our new Faculty of Regional Innovation. This addition brought our total number of faculties to five and our faculties of Agriculture, Education, Engineering, and Medicine. The new faculty will span a range of different disciplines, including the humanities and social sciences and agriculture and engineering. As we move forward, a task will be to specialize in university functions while also enhancing individualization. Simply put, we need to bring out the distinctive qualities of the University of Miyazaki--as encapsulated in our slogan: Look at the World, Start with the Community. Examples of how the University of Miyazaki is enhancing its specialization and individuality can be seen in our Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Agriculture and Engineering, our Graduate School of Education, and our Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. In those and other cases, we are bringing together different academic disciplines to forge innovative new research and educational initiatives while also building the networks needed to meet local communities' needs. We continue to demonstrate our unique qualities as a university by advancing research in our core disciplines, including life sciences, environmental science, food science, and energy science. The University of Miyazaki has been earning praise from outside observers for our approach to fostering leading young researchers. In this area, we have introduced the Organization for Promotion of Tenure Track (OPTT) system that offers young researchers mentoring by three "troika supporters" to develop researchers into tenured professors at UoM. We will also be stepping up our efforts to provide more excellent career opportunities for women across the university, including both students and faculty members, by creating a new human resources organization dedicated to fostering activities and career opportunities for women on campus. These are just some examples of how our university's role encompasses not only education and research but also contributions to society. One organization that brings these three areas together is our "Center of Community" (COC) organization, which has achieved steady results through its cooperation with the different faculties. And we have launched "COC Plus," which aims to expand the organization's scope through collaboration with other universities and groups located in Miyazaki Prefecture. Also, Miyazaki University Hospital has been contributing to health care in the prefecture and practical education in regional health care. At the University of Miyazaki, we will continue to strive to be a beacon through our role as a university that steadily deepens its roots in local communities while fostering individuals capable of thinking and acting globally throughout their careers. View full university

We strive to educate prospective nurses who can explore the role of nursing and contribute to improving human health and welfare in a variety of settings in our modern society. Based on the dignity of life and the science and art of nursing, we intend to contribute to the development of nursing and its related disciplines. One primary goal of nursing is to help people achieve “a satisfying life in good health with a peaceful mind.” Our university hopes that our students may now lead their patients to live wholesome, healthy lives by sharing with them the joy of nursing from the heart. So, why not come and learn about nursing with us? That will make your happiness grow. You will surely be impressed with the technical skills you will learn to help others and the humbleness of being a human being who can share the joy with the people around you. Educational Goals: To develop a deep understanding of others as well as moral values. To cultivate compassionate hearts that can share other’s pleasures, sadness, and sufferings. To find the needs and solutions for each person through basic scientific knowledge and nursing techniques so that all patients, regardless of their kind or level of illness, receive the best professional care possible. To cultivate cognitive abilities in broad areas and perspectives in topics related to nursing, society, and culture, and nature in general related to our ever-changing political and environmental surroundings. To instill the professional pride and responsibility required from all nurses and explore further possibilities in the nursing profession and develop interdisciplinary coordination in collaboration with other health care professionals. Based on our institution’s educational philosophy and goals, we are seeking applicants satisfying the following qualifications: Individuals who are conscious of health and lifestyle and are prepared to live independently Individuals who have a positive attitude toward interpersonal communication and are willing to listen to others as well as logically express their ideas and opinions Individuals who are appreciative of others, have trust in themselves and others and have a desire to grow together Individuals who have a curiosity about the unknown and the flexibility to accept change and adapt Individuals who possess sufficient fundamental academic skills and a positive attitude toward learning independently Based upon the nursing theory of Florence Nightingale, our curriculum, pursuing learning and practice for the health of all people, is designed to foster nurses who value life, improve patients’ vital power, reach others’ hearts, and assist in patients’ self-care and independence. It is our goal to nurture a scientific perspective while cultivating an understanding of nursing science in addition to practical skills through personal experience as offered General Education Courses encompassing the natural, social, and cultural environment to cultivate a better comprehensive understanding of the world, a broad enrichment of individual humanity, and the judgment to respond when necessary. Basic Professional Educational Courses to consider in detail the human body, mind, and social relationships and gain a better understanding of internal anatomy. Professional Educational Courses to comprehend both nursing subjects as an individual leading his/her lifestyle as a family member in the community and nursing expertise as part of the local healthcare network. Clinical Nursing Practice and Integrated Courses for continued development based on the given curriculum using practical experience interacting directly with others after each educational stage and monitoring personal growth through self-evaluation. View full university

Miyazaki Municipal University, which has founded a school in 1993, makes "educational emphasis" the feature. The high operational capability of a foreign language and information and the education that grows the vast culture and deep specialty is practiced. I am working on sending of "chi" and production of qualified personnel from the center of Miyazaki-shi as an urban university. It is the mechanism to put a specialty of a language and 3, a cultural specialty, a communication specialty of media and an international politics financial specialty based on the comprehensive education called such liberal arts and learn fixed specialty by the specialty chosen from 3 years. The extracurricular activities are also active group activities, college festival executive committee, and a schoolmate meeting and area contribution activity by a seminar using the merit of the small university. This result shows in the graduate's course, and a faculty, an official servant, a bank, mass communication, and an airline industry play an active part in the various fields. There is a graduate of overseas duties, too. Our student develops and "do" from the proprietor's way of an enterprise, when but we have that in other words there is "Tsutomu who keeps learning" when paraphrasing other ones of the cooperativeness at the workplace "high growing power," high evaluation is received. An open green lawn, the seasonal flowers with the vivid color, Midori of the trees which makes the shade of a tree of relief and the building in a light and modern university the blue sky was made back where is the characteristic in our campus. Instruction gives knowledge widely and studies professional art and science deeply. Miyazaki Municipal University has for their object to bring the human resources with great humanity with the expensive insight and the international view up and contribute to promoting lifelong learning, development of industrial economy and cultural improvement as the university which was comprehensive and opened in an area. (Idea of establishing a school and the purpose/Miyazaki Municipal University school regulation 1st article) Miyazaki Municipal University establishes a faculty of Humanities international cultural department. It brings the global human resources educated through liberal arts education to achieve the above-mentioned human resource development goal. All the students will get a language, the vast culture of the modern society which is raising 1 of specialty which is soon and also is purchased the globalized time while learning culture, communication of media and the international politics financial field in crossing way, the language ability, different culture ability to respond and an information processing skill. That specialty can be raised chooses one specialty in which one is interested from the inside of 3 specialties according to the interest and the interest after entrance. The student who had a common foundation of learning can do the learning which independently contemplated its course, and is the prominent feature. View full university

Miyazaki International College (MIC), founded in 1994, was established under the MIC credo, "Respect and Diligence," to cultivate genuinely international individuals. Miyazaki International College and Miyazaki Gakuen Junior College, Miyazaki Gakuen High School, and the Miyazaki Gakuen Junior College-Affiliated Midori Kindergarten and Kiyotake Midori Kindergarten, is sponsored by the Miyazaki Educational Institution (MEI), a chartered educational corporation established in 1939. Miyazaki International College (MIC) was founded to nurture young adults equipped with the fundamental academic skills that will enable them to communicate with others with confidence under any circumstances and tackle the issues with which they are faced. In the Department of comparative Culture of the School of International Liberal Arts, you will study international liberal arts in English. You will not be studying English, but you will learn how to use it first-hand in your classes. The cognitive development that occurs in using English is also an essential aspect of your learning in this department. The School of Education's Department of Childhood Education will equip you with academic knowledge and a broad liberal arts education. The first stage of human development occurs in pre-school and childhood education. Here at MIC, you will complete a course of study designed to develop young professionals capable of bearing the educator's critical role while acquiring a broad liberal arts education. You will also learn how to sing for children to your accompaniment on the piano and develop English language proficiency. The outcomes of these learning experiences will be carefully monitored through the use of a Learning Portfolio (a learning management record) based on a clear set of evaluation standards that also enable us to enhance our education's effectiveness. Miyazaki International College upholds the educational philosophy of Respect and Diligence purported by Miyazaki Educational Institution. The College provides a higher education program in the liberal arts to develop individuals who will contribute to international society. Miyazaki International College selects appropriate candidates through diverse testing methods designed to evaluate their abilities, motivation, appropriateness, etc., comprehensively. The College welcomes international and domestic students who: Identify with its educational policy of upholding the philosophy of "Respect and Diligence." Recognize the value of contributing to global and local society Have clear educational goals and the ability to take independent action Are sufficiently equipped with the necessary academic abilities and skills to engage in studies at MIC The curriculum of the Miyazaki International College is designed based on the following principles to develop individuals equipped with a sense of ethics, the education and scholastic capacity required of members of the working world, and the knowledge and skills expected of professionals. Courses will promote learning through critical thinking Courses will facilitate active learning in the classroom Courses that enable practical learning Course syllabi will clearly state the course objective, schedule, grading standards, and methods, etc. Learning outcomes will be strictly evaluated based on assessment standards. View full university

Let us change the world, beginning from a small community, to create a peaceful and affluent society by thinking of real happiness. In an environment surrounded by abundant nature and mild climate in Southern Kyushu, the Minami Kyushu University provides the students with the education to be a person with creativity, humanity, and good social skills. As well, the university is engaged in the primary and applied study for "food," "green," and "people" to develop human resources that will contribute to society in the specialized fields. We are now facing diversified problems attributed to human beings' existence, such as environmental issues, expanded social gaps, an increase in poverty, and an aging society. Furthermore, by suffering from an unprecedented scale of damage after the Great East Japan Earthquake, we are now demanded to get rid of an old sense of world and sense of value, that is, "only the continued economic development will bring us a rich society ."Since its foundation in 1967, Minami Kyushu University has been committed to agriculture, food, health, and education. And I believe that the abundant experiences and our achievement at Minami Kyushu University will inspire us to make a breakthrough in contemporary Japanese society's critical issues. Various events throughout the year will be an excellent experience for the student's personal growth. Beginning with a welcome event for freshmen, an open campus, on-site training, and the climactic "Kirishima Festival" on Miyazaki Campus and "Hibari Festival" on Miyakonojo Campus all provide excellent opportunities for meeting new people, challenging something new, and personal growth. At Minami Kyushu University, we have engaged in the characteristic education focusing on horticulture and gardening for more than 40 years. The Miyakonojo Campus that was newly opened in 2009, offers an excellent educational environment where the students learn to become a creating specialist involved in vegetation, equipped with sensibility and scientific knowledge, and a deep understanding of the importance of coexisting with nature and creatures. The department consists of 5 significant fields specified on pages 4 and 5. Our educational policy enables the students to extend their intellectual antenna in multiple directions. The student labs are where they practice the knowledge and technologies learned in the classrooms as a practicum. They are organized by different areas, such as horticultural production environment, plant bio, breeding, and natural environmental system. The labs are equipped with modern facilities, including a DNA sequencer for gene analysis, high-performance liquid chromatography for botanical ingredient analysis, and element analysis equipment essential for the environmental analysis. View full university