Every private school has a "founding spirit" that expresses the founder's desire to open the school.The founding spirit of Azabu University is the words of the founder, Professor Totaka Koshikura, "Discussion of Science and Sincere Practice."In accordance with this spirit, our university advocates "practicalism" with the educational goal of "transmitting certain knowledge and acquiring certain techniques to support it", and provides serious and solid education, which is effective. We aim to develop human resources.

　One of the strengths of the Department of Veterinary Medicine, which celebrated its 2018th anniversary in 128, is that the number of veterinarians produced so far is the highest in Japan because the university originates from veterinary education.This is the only university in the five veterinary universities in the Tokyo metropolitan area that can practice and complete the breeding management, medical care, and clinical education of each livestock, from small animals to industrial animals, on one campus near the city center. It is only.

　In addition to this, the Department of Applied Animal Science, Department of Clinical Testing Technology, Department of Food and Life Science, and Department of Environmental Science, which were established after the war, are close to students and faculty members, which are not found in general universities.By taking advantage of the small-scale university, which has around 2500 undergraduate students, it is possible for students to practice reliable technical education and practical education with the attention of faculty members when they enter the laboratory. ..For the same reason, it is easy to foster connections between people, and the strength of the bonds of alumni, including graduates, is what we are proud of.

"One Health for Global Symbiosis" as an educational philosophy
Practicing research that connects the health of "humans, animals, and the environment"

　The Department of Applied Animal Science and the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences have a history of nearly half a century since their establishment.Therefore, the university's educational philosophy is "One Health, a symbiotic system of the earth," which connects the health of "humans, animals, and the environment."At the root of this is the recognition that good symbiotic relationships can be established only if the health of animals and the maintenance of the environment, that is, if both animals and the environment, including human society, are healthy.Based on the idea that each person responsible for health will maintain and promote the health of these three parties by building a close cooperative relationship, we will develop an academic field in the field of global symbiosis that leads to the world. I am.

　As a specific initiative, we have set up the "Earth Symbiosis Theory" as an introductory education course "Azabu Standard Course" that students of all departments can learn in common.The course of this course is to learn through "humans, animals, and the environment" what role humans should play in the process of developing global environmental changes that accompany the development of science and technology. Purpose.From the students who took the course, "I was able to learn about the current global environment from various fields because various fields were involved in a broad sense." It was a very meaningful content because it was a mechanism to recognize whether or not it was. "

Selected by young people from all over the world, not to mention Japan
To be a one-of-a-kind university

　Also, I would like to introduce a recent initiative of the private university branding business.The branding business of our university is to scientifically elucidate the symbiosis between humans and animals under the theme of "realization of a human healthy society through the creation of animal symbiotic science" and to contribute to the human healthy society through its formation. ..In the first recruitment in 28, the university cleared the difficulty of 1% selection rate and was selected as a support target school, so the whole university was given the leadership of the president for research that demonstrated more originality. It is required to work on it.

　In the research branding business, private universities will promote research that will be the signboard of their own schools, and the results will be used to convey the unique color and charm of the university.Furthermore, by receiving support from the national government and enhancing the university-wide system, we can further strengthen our strengths and uniqueness in research, which is an opportunity to differentiate ourselves from other universities.We also see this as a great opportunity and intend to succeed by concentrating the research system of the entire university.

　And finally, I would like to talk about the future image of Azabu University.As I mentioned earlier, this university was established to study veterinary medicine, but now it has many achievements in the field of environmental hygiene.From now on, we have set a big goal to further develop from the image of "Azabu University = Veterinary Medicine" and to instill the image of being the only university in Japan where you can learn about "humans, animals and the environment". increase.We would like to grow into a highly specialized university that can be selected by young people from all over the world, not to mention Japan.