St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Our university was founded in 1971 by the devout Catholic Dr. Kamon Akashi. Then-Pope Paul VI took a great interest in the university’s establishment and presented the special gift of a chalice and paten to mark the occasion. Japan’s only medical university with Christian ideals as its founding ethos, our university has so far trained nearly 5,000 physicians filled with the spirit of love and dedicated service. This philosophy—the Marianna Spirit—is reflected not only in the undergraduate educational curriculum but also throughout the care offered at our associated medical facilities and in our specialist postgraduate education and research. It forms the very foundation of our outstanding education, which produces individuals who are both proficient scientists and compassionate physicians.

Our associated medical facilities consist of four hospitals and one clinic, all but one of which are located in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture: St. Marianna University Hospital; St. Marianna University Toyoko Hospital; St. Marianna University Advanced Breast Imaging Center, which specializes in the treatment of breast cancer; Kawasaki Municipal Tama Hospital, which Kawasaki City appointed us to run as the designated administrator; and St. Marianna University Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, which we established at the invitation of Yokohama City. As well as working with local governments to provide communities with a wide range of medical services, from highly advanced medical care to emergency medicine and comprehensive health care, we have put in place the environment required to train physicians equipped to meet the social needs of the future.

We have established the Center for the Promotion of Intellectual Enterprise to revitalize our research activities and pursue partnerships with research institutions and companies at home and abroad in areas ranging from genome and biomedical sciences to digital technology, with a constant awareness that feeding back the fruits of medical research to society is a growing field. The agility and teamwork that we bring to bear as a specialist medical university is our biggest advantage, and we intend to continue taking on the challenge of innovation at all times, without being swayed by stereotypes.