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The International University of Health and Welfare (IUHW) was founded in 1995 as the first comprehensive university of health and welfare in Japan, to develop health and welfare specialists and raise their status. We foster professionals who can become leaders in their respective specialties and adapt to the advancement and specialization of the medical, health care, and welfare fields. We are now a university with around 8,300 students in 10 schools and 24 departments, as well as a graduate school, across six campuses, located in Ohtawara City in Tochigi Prefecture, Narita City in Chiba Prefecture, Minato City in Tokyo, Odawara City in Kanagawa Prefecture, and Fukuoka City and Okawa City in Fukuoka Prefecture. The founding principle of IUHW that we have followed since our establishment is "building a society with mutual respect and support," which was advocated by our first President, Fujio Ohtani, who strove to protect human rights throughout his life. Under that principle, we have developed an educational environment. Our campuses also include health and welfare facilities for the elderly and disabled, allowing students to have direct contact with people who have special needs and nurture loving-kindness in their everyday experiences naturally. The education we provide is designed to nurture medical professionals with advanced knowledge and technical skills, coupled with a rich sense of humanity. Accordingly, our faculty consists of pioneers in their respective fields, and our trailblazing curriculum utilizes advanced educational tools. Furthermore, we emphasize on-site experience in the early years, with clinical training being conducted from an early stage in the first year of study at the University Hospitals and many other affiliated medical facilities that act as clinical research centers for medicine. In 2020 the IUHW Narita Hospital is scheduled to open in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, enhancing our practical learning environment. "Team care medicine" is indispensable in today's medical and welfare fields, where professionals from various specialties work together to provide the best treatment and care for patients. Taking full advantage of our university's comprehensive structure and multiple departments that foster specialists in various fields, we implement "Inter-Professional Education," an initiative unique to IUHW, by which we form teams that comprise members from various departments so that students can experience "team care medicine" for themselves. The School of Medicine's establishment in 2017 and the most recent addition of the School of Psychology and Healthcare Management at Akasaka will add further medical and psychology-based specialist perspectives to our team-based work, making our education even more appropriate for clinical training. We offer an exceptional education from pioneers in their respective fields, replete with attached and affiliated medical facilities. Along with our five attached hospitals—IUHW Hospital and IUHW Shioya Hospital in Tochigi Prefecture, IUHW Ichikawa Hospital in Chiba Prefecture, IUHW Mita Hospital in Tokyo, and IUHW Atami Hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture—we have several affiliated health and welfare facilities that act as clinical research centers for medicine and provide full cooperation with education, research, and personnel. We offer an excellent environment for practical education. Ohtawara Campus in Tochigi Prefecture has six health and welfare facilities, including support facilities for disabled persons, rehabilitation facilities, a unique nursing care home, the only treatment facility for children with emotional disorders in Tochigi Prefecture, a certified kodomo en, and a university clinic with a Speech and Hearing Center at the forefront of Asia. This environment, where our students have direct contact daily with the elderly and people with disabilities, is one of our university's unique characteristics. In terms of education, our students are taught by pioneers in their respective fields, including the deans of each school and department heads. Their clinical training takes place in attached hospitals and affiliated medical facilities under doctors' joint efforts and exceptional staff highly respected in their fields. View full university