Tokyo Women's Medical University

Founding Spirit

Tokyo Women’ s Medical University originated from Tokyo Women’ s Medical School, which was commenced in 1900. YOSHIOKA Yayoi, the founder of Tokyo Women’ s Medical University, adopted the concept of the primary mission of Tokyo Women’ s Medical School as the founding spirit when she newly established Tokyo Women’ s Medical College (TWMC) in 1952. The primary mission was to educate students to become physicians having excellent knowledge/skills and a mindset to serve sick people, so as to develop women who are mentally as well as economically independent and would contribute to the society. At the time of establishment, according to the university guiding principle, “we intend to nurture female medical professionals who contribute to the society and foster their professionalism through the pursuit of deep understanding of medical sciences.”

In 1998, the School of Nursing was newly established for nurturing healthcare professionals based on the founding spirit. As a school for those who intend to practice medicine, our current mission is to give education to nurture medical professionals and medical/nursing researchers who have refined their personalities through the process of mastering knowledge/skills for practicing best medicine. Always bearing the founding spirit in mind, we are providing academic education to nurture female medical professionals who can contribute to the society.

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University Philosophy

The university philosophy of our education/research/clinical practice to accomplish the mission of Tokyo Women’s Medical University is “Sincerity and Compassion”. Sincerity is the personal motto of the university founder, YOSHIOKA Yayoi, which“represents the fundamental attitude which I always have when I give compassion for patients (Yoshioka Yayoi-Den [Biography of Yayoi Yoshioka]).”“Utmost sincerity”and“warm-heartedness (compassion)” are required in all settings including education, research, and clinical practice. Our university, our students and staff should act in accordance with the university philosophy
“Sincerity and Compassion”.

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Organization Chart

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History

1900

Tokyo Women's Medical School founded

1952

Tokyo Women's Medical College (TWMC) established

1958

Graduate School of Medicine / Medical Sciences established

1998

School of Nursing added to the University
The University was renamed Tokyo Women's Medical University (TWMU)

2002

Graduate School of Nursing established

2008

Center for Advanced Biomedical Science established

2010

Institute for Integrated Medical Sciences (TIIMS) established
Joint graduate school of Tokyo Women's Medical University and Waseda University, collaborative research in advanced biomedical sciences established Education center for Integrated Medicine established

2020

Yayoi Memorial Building for Medical and Nursing Education, Tomoe Research and Education Building completed