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The Master’s Program of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Developing Researchers and Technologists Who Can Play Active Roles by Applying Their Knowledge and Skills

The Master’s Program of Pharmaceutical Sciences pursues distinctive education and research on the basis of a cooperative framework between medicine and pharmacy, while integrating Eastern and Western and medical sciences through natural medicines. The objective of the program is to cultivate a high level of specialty supported by broad knowledge, and abundant creativity based on the spirit of respect for humanity, and to develop human resources as educators and researchers who are equipped with comprehensive judgment ability, and who can contribute actively to society and the advancement of academic research.

List of Subjects and Credits

Subject Name Credits Required/
Elective
Lecture Seminar Experiment/
Special Research
Molecular Chemistry 2 Elective
Molecular Design 2 Elective
Physical and Structural Biology 2 Elective
Pharmacology 2 Elective
Advanced Topics in Molecular Physiology 1 Elective
Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics 2 Elective
Special lecture course of gene regulation 1 Elective
Genetic approach for analyzing the molecular mechanisms of life 1 Elective
Molecular Regulation of Disorder 2 Elective
Cell Signaling 1 Elective
Advanced Bioanalytical Chemistry 1 Elective
Advanced Chemistry of Natural Products 2 Elective
Medical and Pharmaceutical Basis of Kampo Medicine
(Traditional Japanese - Chinese Medicine)
2 Elective
Advanced Pharmaceutics 1 Elective
Introduction to Clinical Biostatistics 1 Elective
Designing Clinical Research 1 Elective
Special Lecture on Clinical Pharmacy at University of Southern California 2 Elective
Pharmacy Seminar 6 Required
Pharmaceutical Science Special Research 14 Required
Japanese Language & Culture (for foreign student) 2 Optional
Total 28 6 14
Required Number of Credits
Lecture (Elective) 10
Pharmacy Seminar (Required) 6
Pharmaceutical Science Special Research (Required) 14
Total 30 credits or more

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Message from Alumna

Chie Ohno

Bachelor’s Degree Holder for 2015 and Master’s Degree Holder for 2017

I entered the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Faculty because I wanted to pursue research useful to humanity, rather than research for its own sake. As an undergraduate, I learned through lectures and laboratory courses that individual drugs, routinely used without much thought, represent an integration of various knowledge, wisdom, and advanced technologies, based on the three pillars of biology, physics, and chemistry. In the Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, I took note of proteins called “ion channels” for work on basic research with the aim of developing therapy drugs equipped with unprecedented new functional mechanisms.
Toyama has a long history of pharmacy, stretching back centuries and earning it the nickname of “the city of medicine.” Toyama Prefecture is home to many pharmaceutical companies, and as part of our student laboratory courses, we went on a tour of their plants and pharmaceutical research institutes. I was provided with an opportunity to take a firsthand look at the drug development process and to get in touch with professionals on the front lines, which was quite helpful for me as a point of reference for thinking about my future. As a result, after completing my graduate school courses, I wound up working on research and development to test drugs designed to detect disease early or facilitate therapy policy decision-making. I will continue to work hard on research to contribute to the health of people in Japan and around the world, always bearing in mind the pharmacy knowledge I acquired at the University of Toyama, as well as the spirit of drug development research fostered by my education there.