The Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences was established in April 1953. We have regarded "pharmaceutical sciences" as a comprehensive academic field aiming to the progress of the health sciences and have strived to promote research and education. A large number of leading researchers, who are active in the front lines of broad professional fields, have been produced into the areas of pharmaceutical production, health care, and the environment.
We are now faced with a rapid change of the social environment, and pharmaceutical researchers are being required to play important roles in the health sciences area. That is, there is no doubt that the demand for researchers with a background in the pharmaceutical field will be increased in the future. We hope that you will enter the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Osaka University in order to become a researcher contributing to the advancement of comprehensive health science.

Organization of Graduate School

Since the start of the six-year pharmacy education in 2006, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University has had two departments: a four-year department and a six-year department. However, starting with students enrolling in 2019, we have only a six-year department and have started our own unique pharmaceutical research education (research-based six-year education). This curriculum is planned to enable students to acquire advanced research skills as well as the usual pharmacy education. Pharmacists with research skills will not only contribute to the development of clinical science but also will be able to raise issues from clinical science to basic science and create new academic fields.
Currently, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences has the Department of Advanced Pharmaco-Science (two-year master's courses and three-year doctoral courses) and the Department of Medical Pharmacy (four-year doctoral courses). The Department of Advanced Pharmaco-Science accepts graduates of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (four-year undergraduate education) in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, as well as graduates of other four-year faculties. The Department of Medical Pharmacy accepts graduates of the Department of Pharmacy (six-year undergraduate education) and graduates of other six-year schools. Each department can accept students who have completed the master’s course. The department is reorganized into three areas according to the content of research fields: Chemical Pharmaceutical Science, Life Pharmaceutical Science, and Medical and Hygienic Pharmaceutical Science.