Graduate Education at OUNHS

Graduate Education at OUNHS

Our graduate school is promoting excellence in education, research, and community outreach and engagement in nursing in Japan. We are educating and training a talented workforce of autonomous nursing professionals with advanced practical and decision-making skills who will advance the health of our nation.

Our Master’s program is training advanced professional nurses and midwives who utilize research methodology to identify health issues, gather evidence and discover solutions. Our Doctoral program is developing researchers and professional practitioners of nursing science and health sciences.    

Japan is now an aging society with a rapidly declining birthrate and a shortage of rural physicians. We educate and train public health nurses and midwives exclusively in two-year Master’s courses to improve their advanced diagnostic and practical skills to help address these urgent societal problems.

OUNHS established the first two-year Master’s degree Public Health Nurse course in Japan. Our graduates have advanced research-based knowledge and skills and are partners in community health prevention.

We also educate and train our midwife students exclusively in our two-year Master’s degree Midwifery course to expand the scope and social importance of midwifery practice in Japan.

OUNHS established the first Master’s degree Nurse Practitioner course in Japan. Our graduates are advanced practice nurses who reduce the strain on local health care systems caused by the shortage of rural physicians.

Our Nursing Administration and Recurrent Education Master’s course helps working nurses to enhance their careers by learning how to use research methodology to identify and find solutions to health issues. 

Our Nursing Science Master’s and PhD course is for nursing professionals who are considering university teaching or research activities as a career path. Our Health Science Master’s and PhD course is for nursing professionals and non-nursing healthcare professionals who are interested in health science research.