Further Evolving as the University’s 100th Anniversary Approaches

KMU established KMU Hospital (the former KMU Hirakata Hospital) in 2006, and KMU Kori Hospital in 2010, transferred the functions of the university headquarters to a location adjacent to KMU Hospital in 2013, and opened the former KMU Takii Hospital as KMU Medical Center in 2016. In 2018, the 90th anniversary of the foundation of KMU, KMU Kuzuha Hospital was opened. As projects to celebrate the anniversary, KMU Medical Center was officially opened, the Faculty of Nursing/the Graduate School of Nursing were established, and construction of Makino Auditorium (Martial Arts Arena) was completed. In April 2021, in addition to the Doctoral Program witch is established earlier, the Master’s Program was established in the Graduate School of Medicine, and the Faculty of Rehabilitation was also established on the Makino Campus, the birthplace of KMU, which makes KMU an integrated medical university consisting of three faculties.

In January 2022, in a location adjacent to the Faculty of Nursing Building on the Hirakata Campus, the construction of KMU Tower, which houses the Center for Global Engagement, housing for international students, and the KMU Tower Hotel (opened in June 2022) was completed. In April 2022, we established the Near InfraRed Photo-ImmunoTherapy (NIR-PIT) Research Institute. The Research Institute aims to establish new cancer therapy as a base for photoimmunotherapy research. In November 2022, the KMU Kuzuha Health Promotion and Physical Examination Center was opened for preventive medical care.

In April 2024, the Department of Surgery in the Faculty of Medicine was restructured in anticipation of development of education and medical treatment. The Graduate School of Life Health Science to be established in 2025, will develop human resources in specialist education and research in state-of-the-art life-long health science covering all people from children to senior citizens. KMU is making further progress with an eye on the coming 100th anniversary, including construction of an Annex Building, and renovation of the Main Building of KMU Hospital, construction of the West Building of KMU Medical Center, and a New Building at KMU Kori Hospital, as well as promotion of our smart hospital project.