Osaka Prefecture University

Courses

Master’s course

Master’s course

Our master’s degree course develops human resources with a deep understanding of human existence, life and dignity, that have the ability to master detailed scholarly knowledge from a broad range of perspectives, have education and research abilities in specialized areas, and have a high level of specialized practical abilities. The master’s course is comprised of a Master’s Thesis Course and a Certified Nurse Specialist (CNS) Course. Each of these contains a basic study element and a specialized study element. Regarding the specialized study element, in the Master’s Thesis Course, students have their choice of the four fields of Fundamental Nursing, Adult Health Nursing, Family Health Nursing, and Comprehensive Community Health Nursing, and these four fields are further divided into 15 areas. In the CNS Course students have their choice of the three fields of Adult Health Nursing, Family Health Nursing and Comprehensive Community Health Nursing, and these three fields are further divided into 11 areas.

Doctoral course

Master’s course

The doctoral course is designed to produce human resources with rich scholarly knowledge, who have the ability to carry out academic research in the nursing area, master its deeper truths, and independently carry out research activities.

Like the master’s course, the doctoral course is comprised of a basic study element and a specialized study element. The latter of these is made up of studies in Comprehensive Community Health Nursing and Adult Health Nursing, and students have their choice of six areas of nursing to study in the former and four areas in the latter.