Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences opened in April 2005 through a reorganization of the Gunma Prefectural Medical Junior College with high hopes that it would “achieve the dream of a healthy lifestyle” for the residents of Gunma Prefecture. The school aims to foster nurses, public health nurses, and radiology technicians who will serve as health and medical care professionals capable of contributing to maintaining and improving the health levels of the residents of Gunma Prefecture and the people who live in various different regions over the course of their lives. As such, it established graduate school master’s courses in April 2009.
Our teaching faculty possess both an abundance of practical experience and strong research capabilities. In line with our “next generation-oriented curriculum,” which aims to educate every one of our students so that they are capable of adapting to changes in society, our teaching faculty provide instruction that consolidates a scientific basis for nursing and radiological technology studies so as to support the systematic study of specialized knowledge and skills.
What is more, the school offers specialized foundational courses that underpin scholarship in these respective fields, as well as common courses that cultivate the ability to work together as a team, which is indispensable for the health and medical services that contribute to society as a whole. Thus the school provides an education that is consistent with the real world in which there is no divergence between theory and practice.
Moreover, regarding liberal arts education, the school offers academic foundational education courses with unique individual character and prepares each and every one of our students with the ability to set up plans for taking courses in accordance with their own intellectual pursuits or academic interests as independent scholars.
One goal that we aim for with regard to our college students is that you all have the ability to think and make decisions with a sense of autonomy. Up until yesterday you were pupils who were taught on the basic knowledge for getting by in life, whereas now in college you have become students who will learn on your own. You are students who learn by thinking on your own. It is my heartfelt desire to see you refine your sensibilities and craft a productive student life here with us in Gunma, which is filled with ponds and greenery that are suffused with scenic beauty.