Kinjo Gakuin University

Programme overview

This graduate programme (看護学専攻 修士課程) aims to cultivate nursing professionals with strong ethics, evidence-based clinical skills, and advanced research and educational ability. The curriculum is designed to prepare graduates to respond to evolving healthcare needs—including an ageing society, shifts to home-based care, technological advances such as regenerative medicine and AI, expanded health information networks, multicultural care, and infectious disease threats.

What you'll study

The taught curriculum is organised into common courses, specialised subjects and a capstone/special research component. Specialised and research subjects are grouped into education‑research fields covering:

• Clinical Nursing: practice nursing, nursing communication, end‑of‑life care nursing
• Next‑generation Childbearing and Childcare Nursing: pediatric nursing, maternal nursing
• Broad Nursing Fields: public health nursing, global health nursing, community health nursing, regional/home care nursing, gerontological nursing, mental health nursing

Entry requirements

The source page does not list specific academic entry requirements or professional prerequisites. Applicants should consult the university's official admissions pages for detailed eligibility, application documents and selection procedures.

Career prospects

Graduates are prepared for roles in universities and research institutes (education and research positions), faculty posts at nurse/midwife/public health training schools, clinical nursing roles in hospitals and welfare facilities, public health or industry positions as public health nurses, and nursing management posts in healthcare or administrative settings.

Scholarships & funding angle

Published programme fees include an admission fee of ¥200,000 and annual tuition of ¥802,000. The initial year total indicated is ¥1,002,000 and the two‑year total is shown as ¥1,804,000; other expenses are referenced but not detailed on the source page. Prospective students should explore university scholarships, external fellowships and employer support; contact the university's finance or admissions office for current funding options and eligibility.