Curriculum
- The course work consists of “Group of Core Courses” and “Group of Courses for Career Development and Improvement of Skills”.
- In the research work, students conduct pre-research and then research for a master’s thesis in the laboratory to which they belong during their master’s studies. During the 4-year doctoral studies/latter doctoral studies, students conduct research for their doctoral thesis and participate in a multidisciplinary collaborative research project.
- In addition, they can participate in various programs including overseas/domestic internships and networking events to partner with organizations that wish to recruit excellent researchers as well as the Reiwa Konoe Juku*.
*Reiwa Konoe Juku: Lectures are provided by internationally recognized researchers who have graduated from or have a deep relationship with Kyoto University. Although this is a program for students outside of the university, MIP students also can participate.

Completion Requirement
Number of credits required to complete
Group of core courses |
Graduate Courses for Integrated Research Training |
6 credits in minimum |
Core Medical Education Courses* |
4 credits in minimum |
|
Group of courses for career development and improvement of skills |
2 credits in minimum |
* Student who have taken classes in “Core Medical Education Courses” or their equivalent may be exempt from “Core Medical Education Courses”.
Other requirements for program completion
- Students are required to continue to participate in Graduate Courses for Integrated Research Training after they have obtained the credits required for completion of the Course.
- Students are required to participate in either an Interdisciplinary Joint Research project or an overseas or domestic internship.

For students who fulfill the requirements for completion of the program in addition to fulfill the requirements for completing their department, a statement certifying the completion of the Graduate Program for Medical Innovation will be added to the student’s diploma.
Available courses
About the course registration, please check here (on-campus limited page)
Group of Core Courses
The Group of Core Courses consists of the Graduate Courses for Integrated Research Training and the Core Medical Education Courses.
The Graduate Courses for Integrated Research Training provide colloquium-style lectures and seminars in English in different fields. All MIP students can participate in these classes regardless of the Graduate School to which they belong.
In the Core Medical Education Courses, students aim to acquire the systematic knowledge and ideas of basic medicine. Students can choose classes depending on their academic background.
Group of Courses for Career Development and Improvement of Skills
These courses show students various career paths that have not been covered by conventional medical education. To help students acquire the knowledge and ideas required for becoming next-generation innovators, lecturers are invited from external partner organizations and companies. The four courses available are listed below.
Frontier type Human Resource Development in Medical Science
- Second Semester(October-January)
- Lecture+Group Work
- 2 credits
- Language of instruction:Japanese
Introduction to Drug Discovery and Development
- Full-Year (Irregular)
- Lecture
- 2 credits
- Language of instruction:Japanese
*Students who take this course will take a class provided by the Department of Drug Discovery Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine.
Medical Engineering for Society
- Second Semester(October-December)
- Lecture+Discussion
- 2 credits
- Language of instruction:Japanese
Healthcare Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Program(HiDEP)
- Intensive (July-September)
(There is no tuition fee for MIP students). - Lecture+workshop
- 2 credits
- Language of instruction:Japanese
Translational & Clinical Research Management
- Full-Year
- Lecture + training
- 2 credits
- Language of instruction:Japanese
Brain Science Training Program
- Full-Year (October 2011 – June 2022)
- Online lecture (Zoom)
- Language of instruction:English
- Student who have taken the course in “Brain Science Training Program” will be evaluated as having completed the course for career development and improvement of skills
Other Programs
Interdisciplinary Joint Research project
This is a joint research project with a laboratory in a different field. Students who take this joint research course will plan and proceed with the project in consultation with their academic supervisor. Proposed research plans are reviewed for eligibility for research funding.
Overseas/domestic internship
Students who take the overseas or domestic internship will participate in an internship program at an overseas or domestic university, a research institute, or a company. Proposed internship plans are reviewed for eligibility for subsidy for travel expenses including accommodations.
Reiwa Konoe Juku
Lectures are provided by internationally recognized researchers who have graduated from or have a deep relationship with Kyoto University. Although this is a program for students outside of the university, MIP students also can participate.
Practical Training Course for Future Medical Innovators -Leadership to lead yourself
Will be decided
Lecutures are read in Japanese.
Graduate Courses for Integrated Research Training
Students who take these courses will choose classes provided by the Graduate School of Medicine.
Each course consists of a seminar (4 credits) and a practicum (2 credits), and students will choose from the courses listed below. They are required to continue participating in the course activities after obtaining the credits required for completion of the course.
The faculty staff in the course you participate will be your supervisor for this program.
- Cell, Developmental and Systems Biology
Michiyuki Matsuda - Immunology, Allergy and Infection
Koichi Ikuta - Cancer
Seishi Ogawa - Neuroscience
Dai Watanabe - Metabolic Syndrome, Aging and Metabolic Medicine
Motoko Yanagita - Regeneration Medicine and Organ Reconstruction
Kenji Osafune - Pathology and Pathophysiology
Hironori Haga
*Only for doctorate course or latter doctoral course students. - Public Health and clinical Epidemiology Research
Yuichi Imanaka - Medical Engineering and Physics
Takashi Mizowaki
The following three courses will be established in the Department of Human Health Sciences from the year 2021.
- caring sciences
Kazuko Nin - Rehabilitation Medicine
Tomoki Aoyama - Artificial intelligence in medicine
Yasufumi Okuno
The following three courses will be established in the Graduate School of Pharmaceutial Sciences from the year 2022.
- Medicinal Fundamental Sciences
*Only for doctorate course or latter doctoral course students.
Further information on the Graduate Courses for Integrated Research Training is available on the website of the Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine.
Core Medical Education Courses
Students who take these courses will choose classes provided by the Master’s Course in Medical Science depending on their academic background.
- Student who have taken classes in “Core Medical Education Courses” or their equivalent may be exempt from “Core Medical Education Courses”.
- In principle, students are required to take these courses in the first year (or in the third year for students who transferred to the latter doctoral course).
- If you wish to take these courses, please check the syllabus and register via the KULASIS.
- Some courses start early so be sure to check the schedule on the above website.
- The detailed course schedule will be available on the website of the Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine before the beginning of each semester.
Course code | Course title | Precautions on registration | Semester | Number of credits |
Language in Instruction |
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E060000 | Essential Anatomy | “Anatomy” offered from Undergraduate Human Health Sciences’ program. *Students who graduated from the Department of Human Health Sciences of Kyoto University cannot take this course. |
First semester | 2 | Japanese |
E061000 | Essential Physiology I | “Physiology I” offered from Undergraduate Human Health Sciences’ program. *Students who graduated from the Department of Human Health Sciences of Kyoto University cannot take this course. Students who take this course cannot take ” Physiology I” and “Physiology II”. |
First semester | 2 | Japanese |
E062000 | Essential Physiology II | “Physiology II ” offered from Undergraduate Human Health Sciences’ program. *Students who graduated from the Department of Human Health Sciences of Kyoto University cannot take this course. Students who take this course cannot take ” Physiology I” and “Physiology II”. |
First semester | 2 | Japanese |
E064000 | Essential General Pathology | “General Pathology” offered from Undergraduate Human Health Sciences’ program. *Students who graduated from the Department of Human Health Sciences of Kyoto University cannot take this course. |
First semester | 2 | Japanese |
E003000 | Histology | B4a Histology from 2nd Year Undergraduate Program in Medicine | Second semester | 2 | Japanese |
E004000 | Embryology and Developmental Biology | B3 Embryology and Developmental Biology from 2nd Year Undergraduate Program in Medicine |
Second semester | 2 | Japanese |
E006000 | Physiology I | B5a Physiology from 2nd Year Undergraduate Program in Medicine *Students can take only one of either “Physiology I” or “Physiology II”. Students who take this course cannot take ” Essential Physiology I” and “Essential Physiology II”. |
Second semester | 2 | Japanese |
E007000 | Physiology II | B5a Physiology from 2nd Year Undergraduate Program in Medicine *Students can take only one of either “Physiology I” or “Physiology II”. Students who take this course cannot take ” Essential Physiology I” and “Essential Physiology II”. |
Second semester | 4 | Japanese |
E027000 | Neuroscience | B6a Neuroscience from 2nd Year Undergraduate Program in Medicine | Second semester | 6 | Japanese |
E036000 | Brain dissection training | B6b Brain Dissection from 2nd Year Undergraduate Program in Medicine | Second semester | 1 | Japanese |
E010000 | Microbiology I | B7a Microbiology Lecture from 2nd Year Undergraduate Program in Medicine *Students can take only one of either “Microbiology I” or “Microbiology II”. |
Second semester | 2 | Japanese |
E011000 | Microbiology II | B7a Microbiology Lecture from 2nd Year Undergraduate Program in Medicine *Students can take only one of either “Microbiology I” or “Microbiology II”. |
Second semester | 4 | Japanese |
E009000 | Immunology | B8 Immunology from 3rd Year Undergraduate Program in Medicine |
First semester | 4 | Japanese |
E012000 | General Pathology II | B9 General Pathology from 3rd Year Undergraduate Program in Medicine |
First semester | 4 | Japanese |
E015000 | Pharmacology I | B11a Pharmacology and its Practice from 3rd Year Undergraduate Program in Medicine *Students can take only one of either “Pharmacology I” or “Pharmacology II”. |
First semester | 2 | Japanese |
E016000 | Pharmacology II | B11a Pharmacology and its Practice from 3rd Year Undergraduate Program in Medicine *Students can take only one of either “Pharmacology I” or “Pharmacology II”. |
First semester | 4 | Japanese |
E013000 | Legal Medicine I | B12a Legal Medicine from 3rd Year Undergraduate Program in Medicine *Students can take only one of either “Legal Medicine I” or “Legal Medicine II”. |
First semester | 2 | Japanese |
E014000 | Legal Medicine II | B12a Legal Medicine from 3rd Year Undergraduate Program in Medicine *Students can take only one of either “Legal Medicine I” or “Legal Medicine II”. |
First semester | 4 | Japanese |
E031000 | Medical Genetics | C13 Medical Genetics/Medical Ethics from 4th Year Undergraduate Program in Medicine | First semester | 2 | Japanese |
E021000 | Social, Environmental and Preventive Medicine | B13 Social, Environmental and Preventive Medicine from 4th Year Undergraduate Program in Medicine | First semester | 2 | Japanese |
E029000 | Fundamentals of Biostatistics |
Fundamentals of Biostatistics from Program on Public Health |
First semester | 2 | Japanese |
M050M01 | Health IT Law and Ethics | Second semester | 2 | Japanese | |
Courses in English provided by Liberal Arts and General Education |
See the table below | English |
Courses in English provided by Liberal Arts and General Education
The courses below are undergraduate elective courses. The course details and schedule must be confirmed with the Syllabus of “Liberal Arts and General Education” on KULASIS.
Course code | Course title | Semester | Number of credits |
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N492001 | Principles of Genetics-E2 | First semester | 2 |
N491001 | Introduction to Molecular Biotechnology-E2 | First semester | 2 |
N490001 N490002 N490003 N490004 |
Introduction to Biochemistry-E2 |
Second semester | 2 |
N913001 | Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience A-E2 | First semester | 2 |
N804001 | Introductory Statistics-E2 | First semester | 2 |
N914001 | Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience B-E2 | Second semester | 2 |
U135001 | Introduction to Medical Psychology-E2 | Second semester | 2 |
U144001 | Nutrition and Health-E2 | Second semester | 2 |
U145001 | Biology and Sociology of Chronic Diseases-E2 | First semester | 2 |