The 2020 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has taught us the importance of public health and the relationship between individual hygiene and the health of the population in infection prevention. COVID-19 has also taught us that an epidemic is a disaster that greatly affects not only healthcare, but various other fields like politics, economics, education, transportation, and discriminatory psychology.

In 1925, St. Luke’s International Hospital, this university’s parent institution, hired public health physicians and public health nurses, opening up an era poor in its public health understanding. To this today we have continuously taken on that practice. At the Graduate School of Public Health (professional degree), the American standardized graduation requirement of 42 credits greatly exceeds Japan’s Standards for Establishment of Graduate Schools’ requirement of 30 credits.

Experience this university’s “culture of practical emphasis”, take the wisdom and techniques of public health, and strive to be a professional capable of contributing to society.

The Graduate School of Public Health has entered the seventh year since its foundation in 2017. We offer two degree programs, the Master of Public Health (MPH) and the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Public Health, with an English-based curriculum in line with internationally-recognized standards. Our aim is to foster professionals who can find innovative solutions to health issues in the world by applying a global perspective.
The MPH curriculum comprises required courses addressing five core areas of public health, complemented by a wide range of electives and a Capstone Project requirement designed to provide students with applied practice and integrative learning opportunities focused on their interests. Furthermore, the Applied Practical Experience is added as a requirement this year to incorporate MPH competencies to solve problems in the field of public health. The PhD program has expanded the scope of the DrPH program, to provide training to a wide variety of public health researchers. Online classes are actively incorporated to offer opportunities for balancing work and personal life with the educational rigor of our program.
We look forward to welcoming those who are willing to learn and work as members of a global community to solve problems in order to realize a society in which people can lead healthy and happy lives in these unpredictable times.