The Faculty of Medicine consists of the School of Medicine, the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Institute of Health Sciences (There are the Divisions of Nursing, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy). This School and these two Institutes, aim to raise specialist medical professionals and have developed a joint education program for medical treatment, health science and welfare. The faculty undertake research in order to develop advanced medical care in graduate schools (the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the Graduate School of Health Sciences).