The Jikei University School of Medicine

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The Jikei University School of Medicine is a private, nonprofit medical university in Tokyo whose origins date to the Sei-I-Kwai Medical Training School established in 1881. Despite the wording of its official English name, it is an independent university rather than a department within another institution. Its undergraduate Faculty of Medicine comprises medicine and nursing, while its graduate education leads to master’s and doctoral degrees in the health sciences. Medical students begin at the suburban Kokuryo Campus before moving to the Nishi-Shimbashi Campus and its clinical environment in central Tokyo; nursing students are based at Kokuryo. The university’s educational identity centers on treating the whole patient, combining scientific preparation, professional ethics, communication, practical training, and research. Undergraduate study and admissions are primarily structured for the Japanese educational and professional-licensing system.

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Key Highlights

Independent private medical university founded from an institution established in 1881
Active 2027 admissions confirm continuing undergraduate and graduate operation
Focused on medicine, nursing, health-science research, and clinical preparation
Official degree rules provide for bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral awards

Student Life & Environment

Student experience is shaped by an intensive professional curriculum and two contrasting campuses. Medical students spend their first year at Kokuryo, where general education and foundational sciences are taught, and then undertake years two through six at Nishi-Shimbashi. Nursing students study at Kokuryo throughout their four-year course. This arrangement means medical students should plan for a substantial change in commute and daily environment after their first year. Kokuryo provides much of the university’s conventional campus atmosphere. Official campus material identifies a sports ground, gymnasium, and indoor swimming pool, with club activity centered there. University pages also describe athletic and cultural organizations, including team sports, music, English study, photography, theatre, epidemiology, international exchange, and medically oriented groups. Participation must be balanced against demanding classes, examinations, practical sessions, and placements. Nishi-Shimbashi is more closely integrated with the university’s teaching, research, and clinical facilities. Its buildings include lecture, seminar, laboratory, and practical-training spaces alongside hospital facilities. This creates regular proximity to healthcare and research activity, but the setting is an urban medical campus rather than a spacious residential college. No current official university-managed housing offer was verified, so applicants who need accommodation should request guidance directly and budget independently for Tokyo housing and commuting.

Location & Surroundings

The university’s two principal teaching locations offer different experiences within Tokyo. Kokuryo Campus is at 8-3-1 Kokuryo-cho in Chofu, in western Tokyo. Official campus information places it about a 15-minute walk from Kokuryo Station and describes a greener setting with sports facilities. Nursing students remain there for four years, while medical students use it primarily during their first year. Nishi-Shimbashi Campus is at 3-25-8 Nishi-Shimbashi in Minato City, central Tokyo. It is surrounded by offices, hospitals, and major urban destinations near Tokyo Tower and the Toranomon area. Official access information gives approximate walking times of three minutes from Onarimon Station, ten minutes from Kamiyacho Station, and fifteen minutes from Shimbashi Station. Multiple rail and subway options make it accessible from many parts of the metropolitan area. Applicants should compare accommodation and transport plans against their course location. A nursing student’s commute centers on Chofu, whereas a medical student must account for a move in teaching base after year one. Clinical activities may also involve hospital or community settings beyond the main classroom buildings.

Costs & Career Outcomes

For 2027 undergraduate entry, medicine requires a JPY 1,000,000 admission fee and JPY 2,500,000 in first-year tuition, producing JPY 3,500,000 in stated academic payments at enrollment. Nursing lists JPY 1,500,000 for the first year, comprising a JPY 500,000 admission fee and JPY 1,000,000 tuition; nursing tuition may be paid in two JPY 500,000 installments. These figures are program-specific and should not be interpreted as including housing, food, transport, books, equipment, insurance, or every possible later-year charge. Applicants should use the final 2027 handbook and payment notice when budgeting. Refund conditions also differ. The nursing page states that applicants who complete the prescribed written withdrawal by March 31, 2027 may receive payments other than the admission fee back. Both undergraduate pages describe limited partial return of the admission fee for certain students covered by specified Japanese educational-support arrangements. Eligibility should be confirmed directly rather than assumed. Career preparation is highly profession-specific. Medicine is a six-year program designed around the knowledge, clinical capability, ethics, and competencies expected of physicians. Nursing combines academic work with practice across hospital, community, and home-care settings and includes an optional public-health nursing curriculum. Graduation alone should not be confused with automatic professional authorization: students must satisfy the applicable Japanese degree, examination, and licensing requirements. No verified salary or employer-placement figures were used, and international students should independently confirm whether Japanese qualifications will be recognized in any country where they intend to practise.