On September 2017, 9, Yamaguchi Tokyo University of Science held a press conference for the first "Faculty of Pharmacy" in Yamaguchi Prefecture, which will be newly established in April 1, at Sanyo Onoda City Hall in Yamaguchi Prefecture.With the opening of the Faculty of Pharmacy, the two faculties of pharmacy and engineering will make a new start as a "public pharmaceutical and engineering university" where they can study together on the same campus.
Yamaguchi Tokyo University of Science's Faculty of Pharmacy has a high aspiration, ethics, and research spirit to "protect human health through pharmacy", trains excellent pharmacists as pharmacists, and contributes to the region centered on Yamaguchi Prefecture. It will be newly established for the purpose of doing so.The enrollment capacity is 120 people.
In the Faculty of Pharmacy, we plan to set up only the departments (6 years) that can obtain a pharmacist license, and on the premise that everyone can obtain a pharmacist license, then in each field of clinical pharmacy, drug discovery science, and social health pharmacy. It is characterized by providing high-quality pharmacy education to develop human resources who can play an active role in the field.
At the meeting, Mayor Fujita of Sanyo Onoda City said, "Students who had taken the exam outside the prefecture aiming for the Faculty of Pharmacy have created an environment where they can take the exam in the prefecture, and medical companies and hospitals will further promote industry-academia-government collaboration. , Revitalization of industry in economic aspect, becoming a university familiar to the citizens of the Faculty of Pharmacy together with the Faculty of Engineering, excellent human resources trained in the aspect of education are active in Yamaguchi Prefecture, and great results are achieved in the flow of regional revitalization With great joy and anticipation from the three perspectives of putting out, I would like to proceed with the cooperation of the citizens. "
Yamaguchi, President of Tokyo University of Science Ikekita, said, "At the Faculty of Pharmacy," medical pharmacy "that supports medical care," drug discovery science "that involves the discovery and manufacture of medicines, prevention of diseases, and contribution to the improvement and promotion of public health of the people. We will educate "social health pharmacy" to improve the quality of life, and 100% of students will pass the national pharmacist examination and develop human resources who can play an active role in various fields related to regional medical care including administration. " He stated his aspirations.
