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2012 [ The International Priority Graduate Programs (PGP) ]
-Advanced Graduate Courses for International Students-

SPECIAL TRAINING PROGRAM FOR VETERINARY RESEARCHERS
TOWARD BUILDING AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF
VETERINARY RESEARCHERS

PREFACE
 Hokkaido University was founded in 1876 as Sapporo Agricultural College, the first higher educational institution for agricultural sciences in Japan. The university consists of twelve undergraduate faculties, 18 graduate schools, and twenty-seven research institutes and centers, with 2,093 faculty members, and administrative and technical members, 11,772 undergraduate students, 6,468 graduate students as well as 1340 foreign students from 86 countries.
 Animal health issues transcend borders, as seen in the spread of avian influenza, BSE, foot-and-mouth diseases and other zoonoses. For this reason, collaboration on research and control of these zoonoses are increasing, which calls for the globalization of veterinary science education. From 2007 the Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine at Hokkaido University and the Research Center for Zoonosis Control introduced a special program designed for foreign students who wish to study veterinary science. This special program aims to serve as an opportunity for overseas students to study veterinary medical science at the university and to train experts who will be able to work at the forefront of veterinary medical science in their home countries. We will also provide the skill-upgrading systems as a counterpart conducting a collaborative research.

Shigeo ITO, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor
the Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine