FAQ About the HIGO Curriculum
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What are the features of HIGO Program? |
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The HIGO Program provides not only high-level education of Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Life Sciences, from basic to applied expertise, but also provides a wide range of knowledge of the society such as intellectual property management (patents), administration, enterprises, and media, to nurture leadership in the local-global (glocal) society in collaboration with Kumamoto Prefecture and Kumamoto City. |
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What's unique about the HIGO curriculum? |
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"Principles of Social and Cultural Sciences", "Governmental and Business Seminars", "Language Training Courses", "Governmental, Business and Overseas Internships" and "Career Vision Development Courses" |
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Give me the idea of "Principles of Social and Cultural Sciences". |
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Compulsory that should be taken in the 1st year of Basic Course or Four-year Course, which gives you a foundation for Career Vision Development Courses. |
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What contents do "Governmental and Business Seminars" offer? |
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First you'll get administrative and business perspective, which helps foster ability to realize and respond to social and international needs faithfully and flexibly. 1. Governmental Seminars ------Lecturers from diverse fields - Prefectural Governor, City Mayor, and central bureaucratic officers handling healthcare, welfare, and administrative operation - instruct the students to attain rational and pragmatic knowledge such as public policy. Furthermore, inviting other globally outstanding guests from institutions like WHO and NGOs are planned. 2. Business Seminars-------Lectures by managers from local companies and Health Life Science-related firms as well as business leaders from East Asia and the rest of the world will show you how to apply Health Life Science knowledge to the society. |
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How are the "Language Training Courses" performed? |
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Native speakers will develop your language skill, indispensable for you to play an active role glocally, especially in Asia. English and Chinese lessons for Japanese students, English and Japanese lessons for foreign students will be provided. |
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What's done in "Governmental, Business, and Overseas Internships"? |
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Pragmatic capability in-situ will be gained, by applying what's learnt in Governmental and Business Seminars, supported by Human Resource Center for Innovation, eco pharma Program (School of Pharmacy), Consortium Kumamoto, and other bodies. 1. Governmental Internships-----Administrative operations - Health Policy, Health & Pharma Administration, and Healthcare Risk Management - can be experienced with the aid of Kumamoto Prefectural Office, City Hall, health centers, and medical institutions. The issues like epidemics that require governmental-level and international bodies' involvement as WHO will be proactively incorporated. 2. Business Internships----provides opportunities to get social experiences, broader view and adaptability to environmental change, through planning and implementation of projects at local and/or health-life-science companies. 3. Overseas Internships----nurtures global perspective, with the cooperation of Kumamoto University Overseas Offices at Dalian, Shanghai, Korea KAIST, Indonesia ITS offices, or foreign universities, prefectural overseas offices and foundations. |
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What's taught in "Career Vision Development Courses (I, II, III)"? |
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Based on the accomplishment done in governmental, business seminars, and internships, it develops practical ability and human networking for future careers. Students select one of 3 courses listed below; 1. "Cross-cultural Communication I, II, III"---develops communication skill and cross-cultural understanding, with foreigners and Japanese mixed in groups. 2. "Technology and Organizational Management I, II, III"---offers theory needed for healthcare organization management - health economics, decision-making, risk management, and pragmatic skill to materialize technology commercialization. 3. "Public Policy "I, II, III"---employs cross-national comparison to acquire political / governmental basic knowledge, and provides skill and knowledge about policy analysis and policy-making process for the solution of the contemporary, glocal and political issues. |
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When can I take "Career Vision Development Course"? |
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Students enrolled in Basic Course of Graduate School of Medical Sciences can take it in the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year of Advanced Course, and students enrolled in Basic Course of Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences can take it in the 1st or 2nd year of Advanced Course, while those who enrolled in 4-year Course take in the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year. |
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What degree can I take? |
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Master's Degree would be "Master of Health Life Science", and Doctoral Degree the "Doctor of Philosophy" in both Graduate School of Medical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Sciences. The abbreviation of HIGO Program for Leading Graduate Schools will be added on Diploma, certifying the completion of the Program. |
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What are procedures for thesis review in the HIGO Program ? |
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Before submitting Ph.D. Thesis, Research Report on Social Cultural Sciences (accomplishment in Internships, Career Vision Development Course and others) in Advanced or 4-year Course should be presented. After approved by each faculty council, she/he will be allowed to submit the Ph.D. Thesis. |
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What kind of experts does the HIGO Program envisage? |
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The HIGO Program fosters leaders who can apply their cutting-edge Life Science knowledge and technologies to the Asian and regional glocal societies' industrial, educational, administrative fields. Your potential and dream will be respected, and be encouraged to be a "Next Generation Leader" that leads glocal health/medical services, business in Asia, education and research, as a "Pioneer in Health Life Science." |
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Is it possible to take only Master Course? |
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Master and Doctoral education is done as a unified, consecutive program. Completion of Master's degree only is not basically permitted. |
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No need for HIGO students to undergo Master Thesis review? |
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As HIGO students belong to Graduate School of Medical Sciences or Pharmaceutical Sciences, they should fulfill the completion requirements, which include Master Thesis assessment. In addition, before presenting Master Thesis, Research Report on Social and Cultural Sciences (e.g. internships) should pass the assessment. |
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Can current Master or Doctoral students take HIGO courses, seminars and internships? |
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The HIGO Program accepts "Associate Course Student" who'll get 3 or more credits in any of Principles of Social and Cultural Sciences, Governmental and Business Seminars, Governmental, Business, and Overseas Internships, Career Vision Development Courses, within 2 years. Assessment for admission is needed, so contact us for the details. |
