Principles

Kuninori Takagi, M.D., Ph.D.　IUHW Chairman

International University of Health and Welfare (IUHW) was founded in 1995 in Otawara City, Tochigi Prefecture, as Japan’s first comprehensive university specializing in health and welfare, aspiring to foster professionals in the fields of health and welfare and improve their status. We follow the university’s founding principle, which aims to “Build a society for mutual respect and support,” and operates 22 departments in nine schools at five campuses, where approximately 7,800 students study, including IUHW graduate students. To date a cumulative total of more than 21,000 of our graduates are working in the fields of health and welfare.

International University of Health and Welfare (IUHW) was founded in 1995 in Otawara City, Tochigi Prefecture, as Japan’s first comprehensive university specializing in health and welfare, aspiring to foster professionals in the fields of health and welfare and improve their status. We follow the university’s founding principle, which aims to “Build a society for mutual respect and support,” and operates 22 departments in nine schools at five campuses, where approximately 7,800 students study, including IUHW graduate students. To date a cumulative total of more than 21,000 of our graduates are working in the fields of health and welfare.

In April 2017, a global School of Medicine was established in Narita City. In the School of Medicine, we provide new forms of education in medicine that put “Team Care Medicine” into action and nurture students to become international medical professionals capable of applying their skills anywhere in the world. Furthermore, we are implementing a variety of unprecedented measures, including the provision of lectures in English for the majority of courses and setting tuition fees at the lowest level among all private medical universities nationwide. In terms of teaching staff, we have selected faculty members from Japan and overseas, befitting the global School of Medicine.

We also plan to newly establish a university hospital close to the new school, in addition to such institutions as an International Remote Diagnosis Center and an International Research Center of Infectious Disease. We are aiming to establish the international hospital that is capable of providing high-quality medical care and services.

My wish is this new and pioneering School of Medicine, unprecedented in Japan, will open up fields of medicine in Japan and overseas in the future and will produce many outstanding medical professionals.

The Three Fundamental Principles of IUHW

The Seven Educational Principles of IUHW

History of IUHW

• 1995April

  Foundation of the International University of Health and WelfareEstablishment of the School of Health

• 1997March

  Opening of Speech-Language and Hearing Center

• 1997April

  Establishment of the School of Health and Welfare

• 1997May

  Opening of IUHW Clinic

• 1998April

  Opening of TAO (Telecommunications Advancement Organization)Nasu Distance Rehabilitation Research Center

• 1998October

  Establishment of the International Research Institute of Health and Welfare

• 1999April

  Establishment of the Master’s Program in Health Sciences

• 2000April

  Opening of the IUHW Rehabilitation Center

• 2001April

  Establishment of the Doctoral Program in Health Sciences and the Master’s Program in Health and Welfare, and Health Service ManagementEstablishment of Satellite Campuses for Graduate School

• 2002April

  Establishment of Orthoptics and Visual Sciences in the School of Health, and a new course for Care Workers in the Department of Health and Social Services

• 2002July

  Opening of the IUHW Attached Atami Hospital

• 2005March

  Opening of the IUHW Attached Mita Hospital

• 2005April

  Establishment of the School of Pharmacy at Otawara Campus and the School of Rehabilitation Sciences at Okawa Campus in Fukuoka Prefecture

• 2006April

  Establishment of the School of Health Sciences at Odawara Campus in Kanagawa Prefecture

• 2007February

  From IUHW Attached Hospital to IUHW HospitalFrom IUHW Attached Care Facility for the Elderly to Care Facility for the Elderly “Maronie-en”From IUHW Attached Nishinasuno General Home Care Center to Nishinasuno General Home Care CenterFrom IUHW Attached Atami Hospital to IUHW Atami HospitalFrom IUHW Attached Mita Hospital to IUHW Mita Hospital

• 2007April

  From the School of Health to the School of Health SciencesFrom the School of Rehabilitation Sciences to the School of Rehabilitation Sciences at FukuokaEstablishment of the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences in the School of Rehabilitation Sciences at FukuokaEstablishment of the Master’s Program in Clinical Psychology

• 2009April

  Establishment of the School of Nursing at Fukuoka(Fukuoka City in Fukuoka Prefecture)Unification of the two departments in the School of Health and Welfareinto one new Department of Social Services and Healthcare ManagementEstablishment of the Master’s Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences and in Biosis-pharmacyOpening of the IUHW Shioya Hospital

• 2009September

  Establishment of the Advanced Education and Research Center for Kampo Medicine

• 2010February

  20th Anniversary of the Care Facility for the Elderly “Maronie-en”

• 2010April

  Opening of the Short-term Care Facility for the Emotionally-disturbed Children “Nasu Kodomono-ie”

• 2011January

  Opening of the IUHW Nasu Seminar House

• 2012February

  Opening of the IUHW Radiation Disaster Control Research Center

• 2012April

  Establishment of the Doctoral Program in Medical and Biopharmaceutical Science in the Graduate School of Pharmacy

• 2012August

  Opening of the Yufuin Seminar House and Amiti Yufu-kogen (Yufu City, Oita)

• 2013April

  From the School of Rehabilitation Sciences at Fukuoka to the School of Health Sciences at FukuokaEstablishment of the Department of Medical Technology and Sciences in the School of Health Sciences at FukuokaRelocation of the School of Nursing at Fukuoka to Seaside Momochi area in Sawara, Fukuoka CityOpening of the Program in Integrated Care for Advanced Cancer Treatment (Nurse, Clinical Radiologist, Pharmacist) at the graduate school based on the "Plan for Strengthening the Foundation of the Development of Cancer Professionals" of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan

• 2015June

  Opening of Japanese Language Program

• 2016April

  Establishment of School of Nursing at Narita and School of Health Sciences at Narita