Yes. Liberal Arts Students and non-medical students may sit the entrance exam for the International Health Development Course and the Health Innovation Course, but admission criteria for the Tropical Medicine Course requires prospective students to be doctors. Please see our website for further details about each course’s requirements.

No. Selection will be based on a comprehensive appraisal of the entrance examination and the student’s application documents. Nevertheless, it is thought that those who already have practical experience before entering the university are at an advantage in terms of understanding classes and when job hunting.

Although they cannot take the Tropical Medicine Course, which requires the student to be a doctor with two years or more clinical experience, they may take the International Health Development Course and the Health Innovation Course entrance exams. However, if the following criteria applies to prospective students, they must undergo a preliminary screening interview before the entrance exams: the student is a two-year college or vocational college graduate; or, conversely they graduated from a university in a foreign country where the school education system is less than 16 years.

If you have been certified as “qualified” within the past 5 years, you do not need to undergo another screening. However, for those who were screened for eligibility to apply for the Special Entrance Examination for Working Adults for the MPH course before FY2021, please submit only a copy of your English score and undergo another screening.

If you have been approved in the past, please be sure to contact us by the deadline to confirm that you do not need to be re-approved.

As the requirements differ for each course, please check our website for information on entrance exams.

Yes. You can view past tests for the International Health Development Course by clicking here [Past Tests]. * Please note that as the Tropical Medicine Course and the Health Innovation Course do not have any written exams, no past tests are available for viewing.

After admission, lectures are given in English. It is worthwhile reading news or literature related to international and public health in advance. Also, supplementary classes in English communication will be held.

Yes. There are scholarships available from the Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO), local governments, and various other scholarship organizations. Please see Nagasaki University’s website for further details.

Yes. There is an exemption system for tuition fees. Please consult the [Tuition Waiver] page on the Nagasaki University website.

The Tropical Medicine Course is a one year Master’s course for doctors, designed to cultivate research-minded clinicians in tropical medicine. Both the International Health Development Course and The Health Innovation Course are Master’s courses of two-years’ duration for medical and non-medical students. The International Health Development course will train practical experts in international cooperation and global health, and hold an eight-month internship in a low or middle-income country in the second year to nurture the skills necessary for the management of projects and organizations. On the other hand, although the Health Innovation course does not differ from the two-year MPH Master’s course in regards to accepting students with science or liberal arts backgrounds, this course will cultivate the knowledge required for hands-on research that is helpful in the field of international health and cooperation. It will train research-oriented professionals who can collaborate with other fields. For further details, please refer to the web page for each course.

Our school’s MPH curriculum fuses education with practical experience, especially in the compulsory eight-month practicum (including the internship) which focusses on developing practical skills in international health. For further details, please view the [International Health Development Course] web page.

All three courses share several common modules, which makes it possible to exchange views with students from different fields and broaden your perspective. Furthermore, you can receive quality education through our cooperation with educational institutions, including the University of London, that conduct research, fieldwork and education at the forefront of global research.

The advantages of studying at the School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health are as follows: courses run jointly with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine can be taken; fieldwork can be conducted at Nagasaki University’s overseas research stations; students can build a network with researchers and experts in Japan; tuition fees and living costs when studying abroad are cheaper than the West; and a fulfilling experience can be gained from lectures conducted in English and additional classes to strengthen your English ability.

Neither one nor the other is better,; however, to complete the International Health Development Course some knowledge of public health is required. As for the Tropical Medicine Course, admission requirements are that the student needs to be a doctor with two years or more clinical experience. Regarding the Health Innovation Course, it covers many areas not just one particular field of specialty.

Yes. Success in the International Health Development Course and the Health Innovation Course is reflected in the individual student’s effort, and up until now students with non-medical bachelor degrees have studied and graduated from the school. Furthermore, these courses are conducted wholly in English and supplementary English language classes are taught by native speakers of English.

Please look at the “Courses” page on the school’s website found here [COURSES]

Each course is different. After admission to the Tropical Medicine Course and the Health Innovation Course, students decide their research upon consultation with their supervisor; however, we recommend that students contact the professor they wish to study under in advance. As for the International Health Development Course, students decide their research after consulting with their supervisor.

It depends on the course. Upon admission to the Tropical Medicine Course and the Health Innovation Course, students choose their supervisor after consulting with a professor involved in the area they wish to research; however, we recommend that students contact the professor they wish to study under in advance. With regards to the International Health Development Course, students choose their supervisor after consulting with a professor involved in the area they wish to research.

For prospective students whose English scores have not met the specified criteria, we recommend the short-term English classes before admission, and the supplementary classes provided after entrance to the school.

No, you cannot shorten the length of the Tropical Medicine Course, the Health Innovation Course, or the International Health Development Course; however, with the International Health Development Course, it is possible to change the country and/or make adjustments to the contents of the long-term practicum (including internship) depending on the period and content of your work experience.

Some students work on their days off; however, other students comment that they have no time for part-time work because of changes in lecture schedules and the demands of their studies.

Yes, there are dormitories for overseas students, but not for Japanese students. For further details, please check the Nagasaki University Liaison Center for International Education website.

According to students, rents for apartments and other living costs are slightly cheaper than in a big city.

As graduates of the Tropical Medicine Course are all doctors, they will take up employment in the medical field. Graduates of the International Health Development Course are active in a variety of fields such as working as an international health consultant, or being a member of international organizations like JICA, NPOs, and NGOs. In the case of non-medical graduates, their knowledge of public health enables them to engage smoothly in NGO public relations, advocacy, logistics, etc. The Health Innovation Course is a course to train researchers, so it is envisioned that many graduates will progress to the doctoral programme; however, it is also possible that they will get a research job in a company, etc.

For the International Health Course, job seeking takes place in the period after returning to Japan from the long-term overseas practicum and continues up to the student’s final graduation.

In principal, travel, accommodation, living, and research expenses, etc. are borne by the student. As expenses vary depending on the country and region, costs can range from 400, 000 Japanese Yen (JPY) to 800, 000 JPY. Furthermore, from the viewpoint of crisis management and to ensure safety, Nagasaki University subsidizes a part of the accommodation expenses etc. and lends an emergency contact phone to students.