Tokyo Women's Medical University

Tokyo Women's Medical University (TWMU) is a medical university with modern and sophisticated educational, clinical and research foundations for over one hundred years.

Tokyo Women's Medical University was founded in 1900 by Yayoi Yoshioka as Tokyo Women's Medical School. Her conviction that medicine is a suitable profession for women, and the philosophy that medical professional need to be sincere and compassionate in every way have prevailed over the 117 years of school's history. Our mission is to uphold her conviction and philosophy to the context of present-day medical education, research and practice. Our undergraduate schools (Schools of Medicine and Nursing) have been dedicated to educate women, whereas postgraduate (Graduate Schools of Medical Science, Nursing, and Joint graduate school of Tokyo Women's Medical University and Waseda University) and professional educations (Specialty and Sub specialty in Medicine, Nursing and other medical professions) are open to both genders.

Traditionally all of our undergraduate schools, Schools of Medicine and Nursing are devoted to develop women's professions. Our graduate schools, faculties and hospitals are open to both genders. The uniqueness of TWMU derives from the founder's strong volition to establish women's professions. Her conviction, "sincerity and compassion", enlightens is our commitment for medical services and care provided to our clients. Our medical school curriculum applies a unique learning program based on a learner-centered education and the 6-year curriculum articulates our commitment to excellence. The medical school was awarded the "Good Practice in the Higher Education" in 2003. The Nursing School provides 4-year curriculum to develop professional carrier of Nurse and School Nurse.

Advanced medical research is also a part of the university activities. The university was awarded the "Center of Excellence" (COE) in research for the regenerative medicine in 2003. Other basic and clinical researches are undergoing in the graduate schools and medical research institutes.

The university was awarded the "Center of Excellence" (COE) in research for the regenerative medicine in 2003. Other basic and clinical researches are undergoing in the graduate schools and medical research institutes. We invite you to further explore our university while looking at the different pages of the website. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Ten clinical institutes provide wide range of medicine including community-based medicine and highly specialized medicine. All clinical sites are practicing patient-centered medicine, which is an expression of the founder's belief.

Together, TWMU is an academia committed to better healthcare to the society. The commitment has been unchanged since its foundation, while the achievement has been build up for the future of medicine.

Our medical and nursing educations must continue to improve to provide the highest professional education available. In the international external evaluation of the medical school in 2012, the school was recognized to surpass the global standards of medical education set by the World Federation for Medical Education. Graduate schools aim to train academic professionals who will contribute to the future of medicine.

The university is also a site of basic and clinical research. Our research institutes include the Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science in which fusion of engineering and medicine fosters unique and internationally recognized research in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Our sincerity in research, the extension of the founder's belief, is to provide outcomes that contribute to the welfare of patients. The university is establishing research coordination system linking basic and clinical research. Our compassion in clinical medicine, a radiation of founder's belief, is providing medicine that answers the community needs. We operate more than 7 medical facilities that provide different types of services including advanced medicine, community medicine, and gender-specific medicine. Patient-oriented and high quality medical practices are at the core of our services. Tokyo Women's Medical University is a site of challenges in medicine for a better practice of "Sincerity and Compassion" in the global era.