Dokkyo Medical University

Dokkyo Medical University
獨協医科大学

Dokkyo Medical University 2009
Former names
 Dokkyo University School of Medicine
Established 1973
Students 631
Location Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
Website http://www.dokkyomed.ac.jp/

Dokkyo Medical University (獨協医科大学 Dokkyō ika daigaku) is a private university in Mibu, Tochigi, Japan, established in 1973.

Dokkyo University is located in the town of Mibu, in Tochigi Prefecture, about two hours north of Tokyo by train.

History

Although the history of Dokkyo Medical University is not long, its parent university Dokkyo Gakuen was established in Tokyo in 1883 as the Doitsugaku Kyokai Gakko under the sponsorship of Nishi Amane, Yamagata Aritomo, and Katsura Taro. Doitsugaku Kyokai Gakko later became Dokkyo Gakuen. After World War II, Dokkyo Gakuen established a junior and senior high school in 1946.

In 1964, Dokkyo Gakuen established Dokkyo University in Saitama for its 80-year anniversary. Subsequently, Dokkyo Gakuen established a medical school, Dokkyo Medical University in 1973 in Mibu, Tochigi. Its main hospital and Koshigaya Hospital of Dokkyo Medical School are the center of clinical medicine in northern area of Kanto. The Faculty of Medicine was beginning to play the main role in the Dokkyo University, which resulted in the change of the school's name from Dokkyo University School of Medicine to Dokkyo Medical University in 2007.

It was founded by Minato Seki.

Academics

Dokkyo Medical University has been one of the easiest medical schools to enter in Japan.[1]

Undergraduate programs

Graduate program

Student and staff numbers

Students: 631 (male: 391; female: 240)

Faculty

Attached institutions

Hospitals

Dokkyo Gakuen

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://www.yozemi.ac.jp/rank/gakubu/index.html

Coordinates: 36°28′22.5″N 139°49′24.4″E / 36.472917°N 139.823444°E / 36.472917; 139.823444

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