Tokyo Medical University

Tokyo Medical University
東京医科大学
The headquarters of Tokyo Medical University
Motto
自主自学
Motto in English
"Self-reliance and Self-study"
TypeMedical University
EstablishedMay 1, 1916 (1916-05-01)
FounderTakuya Takahashi (高橋琢也)
Endowment141,616,375,000 JPY
Budget141,616,375,000 JPY (2023)
ChairmanYoshio Yazaki (矢﨑義雄)
PresidentKeisuke Miyazawa (宮澤啓介)
Academic staff
850
Total staff
4,213
Students1525
Undergraduates1031
Postgraduates217
Other students
277 (vocational students)
Address
東京都新宿区新宿6-1-1
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160-8402
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35°41′37.1″N 139°42′44.1″E / 35.693639°N 139.712250°E / 35.693639; 139.712250
Websitewww.tokyo-med.ac.jp

Tokyo Medical University (東京医科大学, Tōkyō Ika Daigaku) is a private medical university located in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1916, it is one of the medical schools established in Japan before World War II.

In accordance with the nation's policy for medical education, this private university has a six-year medical school curriculum that offers 'preclinical' and 'clinical' studies to confer a bachelor's degree or graduate degree with which medical students are qualified for the national medical licensing exam. The university also has a postgraduate school (graduate school or daigakuin in Japanese) that offers Ph.D. degrees.