Program for Leading Graduate Schools Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,

Science and Techonology-JAPAN

Training Program of Leaders for Integrated Medical System

for Fruitful Healthy-Longevity SocietyKyoto University

Integratedmedical system

Diagnostic &therapeutic apparatus

Re-establish cognitive& behavioral equilibriums

prosthesis Continuous health care in daily life, prediction and

prevention of accidents

Health improvementthrough daily life

Home medical care

Support systemand service

Palliative carefacilities

Hospitals

Rehabilitationfacilities

Welfare facilities

Residence

Aging

Chronic carerecuperation

Acute caretreatment

End-user-friendly medical system

Creation of new medical-supports & industries based on medical knowledge

R&D of state of art medical systems based on advanced engineering and technology

to challenge the unprecedented aging society in the world

through medical innovation

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“Training Program of Leaders for Integrated Medical System for Fruitful Healthy-Longevity Society” : this new project is dedicated to collaborative studies in medico-engineering. Previous attempts of cooperation between specialists from the medical and the engineering fields have often faced major problems compromising success.

Therefore, we have decided to train a new generation of graduate students with an engineering background in the medical sciences and provide them with an insight into the clinical environment and patient long-term care. This will enable our students to understand what kind of research and engineering will be helpful for medical practice within hospitals and by general physicians. The focus of our program is to respond to the challenges of an aging society and to develop new technologies and concepts that support fruitful longevity for all of us.

Furthermore, world-wide propagation of an innovation requires excellent communication skills, so that our students can spread their ideas with strong words and confidence. Our program seeks to hone these skills with training courses in English language debate. Moreover, in our program students will receive training in economics with a focus on medical problems given by specialists in this field. Thus, our students will have the capability to spot innovative opportunities and to develop new research fields in medico-engineering.

We are very keen to accept students with challenging minds to our program and we hope that they will support the aging society of many countries all over the world with new technologies and concepts.

Hidenao Fukuyama, M.D., Ph.D.

Message from the program coordinator

Expectation from the society

Professional development and career paths

Our country has undergone an unprecedented aging, even with regard to medical expenses only, 20 of 37 billion yen (year 2010) of medical expenses have been spent for people over the age of 65. This problem heavily impacts on national economy and finance. In order to develop new equipment and systems that could cope with that, the existing collaboration between medicine and engineering is not sufficient.We expect from students who graduate from this leading program to be trained as engineers that advance development of new equipment, pay attention to national policies and social trends, are able to discuss with government officials and experts with wide vision and proficient judgment, and all with a sense of speed. (Equipment manufacturer)

“What human resources does the society request?” - People who not only focus on their own research field, but also continue to absorb greedily the major global trends and the business customs of different industries. We are looking for people who can solve this challenge from a technical standpoint.“What are the expectations on Ph.D. (Doctorate of Philosophy) graduates?” - With regard to their specialty, we expect that they not only confine themselves to practical issues of their own research, but rather that they will gain the capability to think flexibly and at a meta-level. (NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting, Inc.)

This program’s objective is to train leaders in the field of integrated medical systems. Below are some examples of

personalities we would like to foster in our program:

Innovative leaders in the advanced healthcare field, with extensive knowledge of medicine and medical care, advanced engineering technology, and the ability to design medical support equipment systems with the aging society in mind.Leaders who understand the specific needs of an aging society, capable of inventing new methods for improving independent living and social participation of the aging people.Leaders who deeply understand the health economics problem of an unprecedented aging society and who are able to cope proactively.Leaders who are able to create new forms of medical industry with global impact.

This program expects to create and develop high-quality students, and new professions and disciplines that do not yet exist.

For the industry, to create new services and business models; to coordinate the preparation of support systems based on the consideration of the general life of the aging society.In universities and research institutes, to develop and advance the field of normal daily life practices, based on innova-tions in medicine, science and engineering.Venture businessIn government and government organizations, to develop measures that allow the members of our society to lead vivid and fruitful lives; to make efforts to quickly implement the results of research and development from industry-university cooperation to our society.In international organizations, to facilitate and disseminate state-of-the-art medical and nursing care support systems and to contribute the Japanese high quality model of a fruitful healthy-longevity society to other countries and regions in the world.

Mechanics and dynamics, Fundamental; Medical electronics; Basic materials chemistry;

Biomaterials; Continuum mechanics; Molecular analysis of life; Image processing basics1 Mechanical Engineering

Biopharmaceutics2 Pharmaceutical Sciences

Human anatomy; Physiology; Medical chemistry; Gerontology, geriatrics, and aging Science; Stem cell biology3 Medicine ・ Biology

Medical ethics4 Medical Ethics

Introduction to numerical simulation5 Mathematical Sciences

Health economics; Intellectual property & global standardization6 Health Economics

Medical engineering for society I, II7 Medical Engineerings

Course structure and Curriculum

Through lectures on practical training in human anatomy, physiology, and histopa-thology, students with non-medical back-grounds such as science, technology or pharmaceutical sciences can gain basic knowledge of medical science and medical care comparable with graduates from the department of medicine.

Through special training in hospital, nursing homes, and public and/or international organizations, the students will understand the needs at the practical scenes of medical and health care.

The students can benefit from the highly specialized knowledge and skills in medico-engineering accumulated in Kyoto University. Furthermore, they are encour-aged to develop executive potential for comprehensive research and development based on the societal needs.

The students will gain an understanding of norm in health care, in fields such as health economics, medical ethics, intellectual property and global standardization.

Through practical training and internships in domestic and foreign industries, research institutes or universities, students will be endowed with suitable natures for leaders that may, after graduation, facilitate early demonstration and swift maturation of their abilities in professional world of industry, government and academia.

Course list

Cert i f icate of the ProgramDoctorate degree (Medical science, Human heal th science, Engineer ing, Pharmaceut ical science

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Medical imaging (diagnostic pathology, radiology); Minimally invasive therapeutics; Biomaterials and artificial organs;

Medical informatics; Inspection equipment studies Science research equipment; Medical and life support systems8 Interdisciplinary Application

10 Internship (industrial and public parties and foreign countries)

11 Colloquium 12 Pre-research 13 Thesis Research

9 English Debate

Contact Information Research and Educational Unit of Leaders for Integrated Medical System (LIMS) OfficeCenter for the Promotion of Interdiciplinary Education and ResearchKyoto University

E-mail:URL:

info@lims.kyoto-u.ac.jphttp://www.lims.kyoto-u.ac.jp/

2015 Application Schedule

Recruitment requirements

Application procedures

Admission guideline

20 scholarship students/ year.

Implementation sites

Leading program completion reviewThe program completion will at first be examined by the committee of the Leading program and then approved by the committee of the university.

Award procedure

Master’s degree

TypeAcademic degree

Students, who meet the eligibility requirements, will be awarded a Ph.D. degree (Medical Science, Human Health Science, Engineering and Pharmaceutical Science Majors). Completion of the “Training program of leaders for integrated medical system for fruitful healthy-longevity society” will be certified.

Students of LIMS program will defend their Ph.D. thesis individually at their own affiliations (Medical Sci-ence, Human Health Science, Engineering and Pharmaceutical Science Majors).

Master’s degree will be awarded after the first two years of the LIMS graduate course, according to the criteria of each affiliation.

Desks/Meeting rooms LIMS Space (Faculty of Medicine Campus)Lecture/Practical training Graduate Schools, Kyoto University Hospital, Related Medical Facilities, etc.Thesis Research Laboratories in Kyoto University, Collaborating Companies and Public Institutes

Application period From September 29 until 5:00 pm October 24, 2014.

This program performs continuous graduate education over a period of 5 academic years. In order to be enrolled in this program, first, the applicants have to take and pass the entrance exam for master’s course of Kyoto University at one of the following graduate schools: Graduate School of Medicine (Medical Science Major, Human Health Science Major), Graduate School of Engineering, and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences. However, it is not required that the applicants must be graduated from Kyoto University or any of the indicated departments. This program also greatly welcomes students from abroad. People, who are working, can also apply for this program.Enrollment capacity

For more detail, refer to our homepage and Application Guideline 2015

ecalP etaD stcejbuS Result Announcement

(1) English

Submit the official scores of TOEFL, TOEIC or IELTS test by 5:00 pm , November 14, 2014

(Or in person, November 15 at the examination room before the start

of mathematics test)

To LIMS Office November 25

(2) Mathematics From 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, November 15, 2014

Kyoto University

(To be noticed

individually)(3) AO Selection

Two days during the period from December 7 to December 12, 2014(Details will be noticed individually)

February, 2015(estimated)