Tokyo Medical and Dental University

School of Dentistry
1 Chome -5-45 Yushima
Bunkyo City Yushima 113-8510
133-813-6111
www.tmd.ac.jp/english

Cultivating Professionals with Knowledge and Humanity, thereby Contributing to People’s Well-being

TMDU is located in the Yushima / Shoheizaka area, which is considered the sacred birthplace of scholarship and learning in Japan. As a comprehensive medical university, TMDU cultivates “professionals with knowledge and humanity” who embark on a lifetime of service, advancing the health and social welfare of people in the local community and spreading their wings to do the same in other communities across the globe.

Tokyo Medical and Dental University, is part of Japan's national university system. Tokyo Medical and Dental University offers baccalaureate and graduate degrees in medicine, dentistry, and related fields.

The university is originally rooted in Eiraku Hospital, which was associated with Tokyo Medical License Exam in 1899. The university was founded under the title of Tokyo National School of Dentistry, as the first national school of dentistry in Japan on October 12, 1928. The school received university status in 1944 as Tokyo Medical and Dental College. It was renamed to Tokyo Medical and Dental University in 1946. Separate Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Dentistry were established in 1951, along with a research institute dedicated to materials, which was later expanded to the current Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering. In 2000, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences replaced the former Graduate School. In accordance with the National University Corporation law, the school became a National University Corporation in 2004.

Tokyo Medical and Dental University has over 200 international students, mainly from Asian countries. The university has university exchange and affiliation agreements with universities from over 25 other countries. Since 2002 the university has had an agreement with Partners Harvard Medical International involving enhancement of TMDU's education programs. An exchange program between Faculty of Medicine and Imperial College London was launched in 2004. The faculty of dentistry has agreements with several schools in the US, UK, Australia and Canada.

Map of Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Dentistry, 1 Chome -5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo City Yushima 113-8510

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