This university was established out of the inspiration and ideas of many people. Contributions, including from Kumamoto Prefecture and Tamana City, two former cities, ten former towns, the donations of many people, and the local community's enthusiastic movement bore fruit so that a "mixed public-and-private" university could be established.
That is why we think this university always wants to remain as a university opened by the local community. So, asking the local community people to use the university facilities, including the library, is a natural thing and, in addition to that, we think that it is the mission of an open university to be also useful as a place for lifelong study through open courses. From all over the country, we want to ask our students to put their study into practice at the Kyushu University of Nursing and Social Welfare by benefiting from their many new encounters and contacts.
Modern people are demanding reflection on the principles of medical care. These principles constitute a well-balanced set of proposals. In other words, people hope that medical care will assist their becoming sound physically and mentally after they leave the medical care facility and return to their daily lives. The core of such assistance is nursing and social welfare for social life, health care, medical care, and social welfare. Here is where health care, medical care, and social welfare meet, and we need to put these fields into one integrated activity.
Therefore, we can gather people from every part of Kyushu and, at the same time, be a strategic point to educate professionals. Our university can be a center that develops education and research activities in health care, medical care, and social welfare. Established in this region, our university contributes to the health care, medical care, and social welfare of the people of the community of Johoku, Kumamoto Prefecture. Besides that, our university illuminates new directions in health care, medical care, and social welfare to our country. Consequently, we aim to open up new views.
In this manner, while our university, regarding its education and research, performs activities in well-balanced health care, medical care, and social welfare, our goal is to reach all Kyushu areas and beyond to the whole country with such activities. This is the philosophy of the foundation of our university.
We aim to deliver to society professionals who have the profound ability of critical thinking and capacities for action in health care, medical care, and social welfare. To do that, we established five departments (Department of Nursing, Department of Social welfare, Department of Rehabilitation, Department of Sports Acupuncture and Moxibustion, and Department of Oral Health), and we encourage education through research by establishing a graduate school.
While all departments are specialized and cover different specialty areas, in the areas of overlap and many points commonly found among the health care, medical care, and social welfare departments, this sees many standard courses in the departments' curricula. Additionally, since our students all spend their time on one campus, they have many chances to influence one another positively. As a result, we are proud to educate students who are gaining an expansive variety of academic knowledge.
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