PhD in Course of Pharmacy

The tuition fee is 3,372 USD per year.

The Course of Pharmacy is a four-year doctoral program at Tokushima University in Tokushima, Japan, taught in English, with entry in April. Offered through Tokushima University's Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences on the Kuramoto campus, the doctoral course focuses on pharmacy practice and clinical pharmaceutical science, covering topics such as clinical pharmacology, drug therapy, and the pharmaceutical care of patients. Doctoral candidates work with faculty supervisors to design and carry out original research, analyze data, and complete a dissertation addressing a question in pharmacy or clinical pharmaceutical practice. Tokushima University was established as a national university in 1949 and today has about 7,600 students and about 2,400 staff members across two campuses. The Josanjima campus houses the Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, the Faculty of Science and Technology, the Faculty of Bioscience and Bioindustry, and the Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, and it trains engineers and other specialists while carrying out research in each of those areas. The Kuramoto campus houses the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Dentistry, and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, along with five graduate schools covering Medical Sciences, Nutrition and Biosciences, Oral Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Health Science. Graduates of a doctoral program in pharmacy typically pursue careers in clinical pharmacy practice, pharmaceutical research, academic pharmacy education, or regulatory and public health roles. Admission requires an English proficiency score from TOEIC, TOEFL, or IELTS, together with document screening and an interview. Because instruction is delivered in English over four years, and pre-arrival admission procedures are available, doctoral researchers from outside Japan can begin preparing for the move to Tokushima before relocating.