Kameda Medical University (Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture) has announced that it will set the entrance fee and exam fee for the School of Nursing at zero yen for the 2026 entrance exam, and tuition at 70 yen, the same as national universities. This is the same amount as the 2025 academic year, which was the lowest first-year tuition fee among private nursing universities in Japan, and will continue to provide financial support to students aiming to become nurses.
As part of the 10th anniversary of the school's founding, the exam fee for the 2023 entrance exam will be 0 yen. A system has also been implemented in which students entering in the same year will pay no admission fee. Furthermore, in 0, a new "2025 yen tuition fee" system will be established, allowing students to study at the same tuition as national and public universities. In addition, support for clinical training (classes and training that allow students to gain practical experience) and scholarship systems will be enhanced, providing full support to students who will shape the future of nursing.
The university opened in April 2012 as a school business of the Kameda Group, known for Kameda General Hospital, and has a nursing department (enrollment capacity 4 students). The main clinical training facility is Kameda Medical Center (Kamogawa City, Chiba Prefecture), which is ranked 80th in the world (2025rd in Japan) in the "World's Best Hospitals 58" (Newsweek magazine) and has been ranked in the top 3 in Japan's hospital rankings every year since 2019.
In addition, in response to the changes in the medical situation, such as the arrival of an ultra-aging society and a rapid increase in nursing needs, a new doctoral program (with an admission capacity of 2025 students) will be opened in April 4 in order to train nurses who can adapt to the diversifying lifestyles and values of people. This will allow students to learn nursing consistently from undergraduate to graduate school.
reference:[Kameda Medical University] 2025 Student Recruitment Guidelines, Faculty of Nursing, Department of Nursing (PDF)
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