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Sapporo Medical University, whose predecessor was Hokkaido Women's Medical College, was established in 1950 as the first medical university under Japan's new postwar medical university system. At first, there was only the School of Medicine. In April 1993, the School of Health Sciences, consisting of the Department of Nursing, the Department of Physical Therapy, and the Department of Occupational Therapy, was established. Then, in April 2007, Sapporo Medical University made a fresh start as a Hokkaido public university corporation. Today, it has grown to become a medical university with approximately 1,500 undergraduate and graduate students and 1,500 teachers in its two schools and four departments. Sapporo Medical University aims to improve the welfare of communities in Hokkaido and the cultural development of Humanity by teaching the theory and practical application of medicine and health sciences, conducting in-depth research, and fostering students' intellect, morality, and practical abilities. Founding Principles: We will strive to be a medical university at the highest level. We will foster medical personnel with a rich sense of Humanity. We will improve medical services for the people of Hokkaido. We will advance international and leading-edge research activities. The university has been engaged in education, research, and medical care under the three basic philosophies of "fostering medical personnel with a rich sense of humanity," "contributing to local medical services," and "promoting international activities and leading-edge research." As a result of the university's education, our students have always had high pass rates on national examinations for medical practitioners, nurses, physical therapists, and occupational therapists. For the past ten years, the pass rate for medical practitioners has been approximately 95%, higher than the national average. Every year, the pass rate for nurses, physical therapists, and occupational therapists is almost 100%. The university's education is distinguished by the Joint Seminar on Regional Health Service, which provides students opportunities to focus on the multi-disciplinary cooperation needed by future medical personnel. This seminar allows students of the two schools to have practical training together in the local community. In terms of research, many pioneering projects have been conducted under unique, long-term approaches, contrasting efforts that focus on immediate profits. As a result, regenerative medicine for treating spinal cord injuries and cerebral infarction and developing a cancer vaccine has been recognized as leading research projects in Japan, and their practical application efforts are underway. The university hospital provides advanced medical care in internal medicine and surgery. Robotic and Caparo(thoracic) scopic surgery using cutting-edge technologies is performed daily, and the Advanced Critical Care and Emergency Center provides advanced, specialized emergency care. Also, with a focus on meticulous care, the hospital takes full advantage of the university's School of Medicine and School of Health Sciences. "The pursuit of medical science and care" and "contribution to community health care" will continue to be the goals of Sapporo Medical University. The university aims to be "a hall of fame for medical knowledge" that draws upon extensive expertise with a global perspective to contribute to medical science and care worldwide. View full university

Fuji Women's University has been fostering human resources as the only four-year University specifically for women in the Hokkaido region; Our University is an educational institution for women, basically inspired by a Catholic spirit, but, of course, it respects the freedom of faith and belief. The University was initially developed from Fuji Women's High School in 1925, an establishment started by the first parish chief of the Sapporo Catholic diocese, Bishop Wenseslaus Sold. Realizing that the enhancement of women's education was needed for the future development of Hokkaido, the Bishop requested that his native Germany send educators, receiving as assistance three Sisters of Francis of the Martyr St. George. Subsequently, in 1992, the Faculty of Human Life Sciences was established, and in 2000 the Junior College was abolished, leading to the current system of two faculties and six departments. In 2002 a graduate program began with the opening of the Graduate School of Human Life Sciences and the training of highly specialized professionals. Fuji Women's University has been faithful to the intention, founded from a Christian perspective and a realistic human view, to follow these principles through holistic higher education, to foster women of intellect and humanity to live in love and service to broader society. In the spirit of Catholicism, to pursue goodness, truth, and beauty through research and education and also intend to form the real human focused on the following things. Piety Freedom with responsibility A spirit of tolerance and love To contribute and serve society To contribute to international understanding and peace To achieve the principles and purposes of others, such as Admission policy, Diploma policy, and Curriculum policy. As a Catholic women's college, our purpose is to offer a place where our students can develop their humanity and pursue truth, goodness, and beauty through education and research. We believe that people are irreplaceable beings, loved, and kept alive by God. Acting upon this belief, we nurture fertile minds to seek an international point of view, recognizing universal values such as love, freedom, justice, and peace, while at the same time fostering an appreciation of ourselves and others. As they develop and polish themselves, our students interact to stimulate each other's intellectual curiosity with love and respect. Our faculty members value their relationship with the students, both in their teaching and in their research. Fuji Women's University hopes that our students will learn to open their minds to contemplate matters of worldwide concern and graduate to become members of a workplace or a family and members of the global society. View full university