Our goal is to deepen understanding of the humanity that stems from the spirit of Christianity, to nurture a warm and flexible sensibility, to live for others and with others with thorough understanding of cross-cultural interaction from a global perspective. Students will cultivate the ability to promote independent learning by making full use of the ability to think, ask questions, and explore the interrelationships between caregivers and care receivers in achieving quality care. In their endeavors to provide optimal care to each patient, students acquire the ability to practice nursing as “human caring,” which enables them to respect the individuality of each person they encounter and to draw out the best in them.
Various types of practical training will be conducted along with the classroom content to provide practical learning. The main training sites are as follows. (Training sites may change.)
* Practice sites include Mongolia.
*Other facilities in Tokyo include daycare centers, social rehabilitation facilities, nursing homes, midwifery centers, and home nursing stations.
As a nurse or public health nurse, you will not only support the community from the field of nursing, healthcare, medical care, and welfare, but you will also be able to contribute to healthcare overseas beyond national borders or work as a school nurse.
To provide a well-rounded midwifery education, Sophia University offers a one-year program in midwifery for those who have completed basic nursing education at four-year universities.
With a unique curriculum, the program aims to deepen students’ understanding of the subject while helping them acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become a midwife.
Graduate School of Midwifery
The curriculum integrates specialized nursing education with a variety-rich liberal arts education, which is only possible with four years of university. In the first year, students study the fundamentals of nursing at the Yotsuya Campus, along with common undergraduate subjects covering a wide range of areas. From the second year, students will study specialized basic nursing subjects related to human development and health, mainly at the Mejiro Seibo Campus. In the third year, they will focus on human health disorders and nursing, and acquire practical nursing skills mainly through practical training. In the fourth year, students will once again develop their comprehensive liberal arts education at the Yotsuya Campus, and health teacher, school nurse teacher, and international nursing at the Mejiro Seibo Campus to deepen their knowledge of nursing according to the subjects and courses they have chosen.
as of 2026
* Please refer to the syllabus for more information on the courses.
The course integrates anatomy, physiology, and pathology to teach the structure of the human body, normal functions, and regulation of the organism, and to understand how the body works and what mechanisms are involved in pathological conditions that cause changes in the body during illnesses.
Students will learn about the concepts, theories, history, related systems, and human understanding that comprise nursing, and deepen their understanding of nursing as a discipline with care as its foundation. At the same time, we develop the ability to look at the role of nursing from multiple perspectives, taking into account society and healthcare as a whole.
The course addresses nursing theories by Nightingale, Henderson, Orem, Leininger, and others, and provides background on these theories and examine how humans and the environment interact with each other.
The course provides the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to assist daily life activities such as breathing, eating, excreting, and sleeping from the perspective of fulfilling basic needs, with the understanding that these activities are rooted in fundamental human needs and demands.
Students will learn how to provide development-based assistance by understanding the characteristics of development in adulthood and old age and the changes in physical and psychosocial aspects of aging, as well as the health problems that are likely to occur in adulthood.
Students will learn the basics of nursing ethics, gain a comprehensive knowledge of ethics in medical and nursing care and ethical decision-making processes, and develop the sensitivity necessary for nursing ethics.
*1 No school classification (junior high school, high school) for school nurse teacher license*2 A second-class school nurse qualification can be obtained upon application by those who have completed the requirements for graduation from the Department of Nursing and who have obtained a public health nurse license and have mastered the prescribed subjects.
Curatorial courses are available.
To conduct research and education that hones basic nursing practice skills, the ability to promote self-learning, human caring practices, and the development of character and wisdom, with integration of comprehensive liberal arts education and professional education (Practical Liberal Arts).
To help students to become a competent nursing personnel in various fields and to help grow a global leadership, we provide rich education on theory, practice, and research in Human Caring, active cross-field study, and also with a view to the policy making and management area.
Our education is focused on acquiring basic nursing practice skills, self-learning, and the practice of human caring, as well as developing one’s character and wisdom, by providing a new type of nursing education (practical liberal) that integrates comprehensive liberal arts education with vocational and specialized education. Leading nursing personnel with not only research and practical skills but also deep knowledge in the field as well as complete understanding on human dignity, will be produced through this education. Skills and abilities students should have at the time of graduation are as follows. Upon completion of graduation requirements, students are recognized as having mastered these requirements and are awarded a degree.
In line with the Diploma Policy, our department offers courses that contribute to career building, of which promotes further development on theoretical, research, and practical skillset to tackle various issues in nursing. In addition to basic nursing skills, we offer courses that also emphasizes policymaking and service management, to become a driving force in international community. The following curriculum is designed to develop the qualities necessary for students to achieve abovementioned qualities.
We accept students who understand the purpose of this department, are interested in various issues concerning humanity and the society, and are able to think about these issues with flexibility and complexity. We are also looking for students who have a keen interest in academics, who can actively study science, clinical medicine, and policy and management, and who have an inquisitive mind to contribute to the health and welfare of people in a variety of ways and to the development of nursing beyond traditional nursing education.
Fumiyo ISHIKAWA Professor
Hiroko KUSAYANAGI Professor
Shima SAKAI Professor
Takayo SAKIYAMA Professor
Naoko TSUKAMOTO Professor
Mari MITSUGI Professor
Mihoko RYOHA Professor
Nahoko OKAMOTO Associate Professor
Megumi KODAKA Associate Professor
Namiko TAMURA Associate Professor
Yuka FUNAKI Associate Professor
Yae YOSHINO Associate Professor
Hirofumi OGAWARA Assistant Professor
Yukiko KATAGIRI Assistant Professor
Yui KOIWA Assistant Professor
Natsuko TANAKA Assistant Professor
Sonoe TEZUKA Assistant Professor
Mayumi MATSUNAGA Assistant Professor
Aya WATANABE Assistant Professor
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