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2 SCOPE STUDENTS
0 SCORE STUDENTS
15000yen(500 yen/day)
Dormitory
"We have no free Wi-Fi service at the dorm. Please purchase a SIM or mobile WiFi once you get to Japan. (You can use wifi from the Starbucks in our university hospital.)"
Welcome to Oita! Oita University is in Oita Prefecture in Kyushu Island. Oita is one of the most famous regions for Onsen (hot springs) in Japan. Oita is not a big city, but people are very kind and we always welcome you warmly.
UNIVERSITY AND HOSPITALS
Oita university has two campus. The campas for medical students is called "Hasama campus". About 650 medical students and 150 nursery students study in Hasama Campas. Our university is located in Yufu city. It is located between Oita city and Yufu city, so half students live in Oita and the other half live in Yufu. For SCOPE students, Our university hospital has special facility to train surgical skill (SOLINE), especially endoscopic surgery. You can watch Robotic surgery with da Vinci Surgical System.
RESEARCH PROJECTS AND LABS
Immunology
BOARDING
"We pay 500 yen per day for your lunch. We have two restaurants in our campus. One is for students, and the other is for guests or workers of our hospital.You can use both of them. And there are Starbucks coffee and Seven Eleven(convenience store) in our university hospital. So please eat or buy there. If you want to save money, please make by your self. There is a supermarket near from hospital and your dormitory. We prepare cooking equipments"
LODGING
You can stay dorm for students from foreign countries. It is apartment and each room has a bathroom and a kitchen. It is located very close to the university hospital (5 minutes on foot).
TRANSPORTATION
We recommend you to come by Airplane and use Oita Airport Terminal. It take 2hours from Tokyo. By train (bullet train,Shinkansen)
SOCIAL PROGRAM
We'll hold a welcome party and a farewell party for every students. On weekdays you can enjoy some Japanese culture, for example Japanese tea ceremony, Japanese archery if you like. We often go for eat or drink, and go hotspring after school! On weekends, members of IFMSA-Oita will take you to some tourists spot. There are many famous tourist spots in Oita, so you'll enjoy your stay. Please feel free to tell us where you want to go, we will make a plan foy you!
MUST SEE
The best spot I recomend you to go is Kitsuki. When the weather is fine, you wear Kimono and walk around the castle town (It is a very beautiful ctown called small Kyoto).
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please join the insurance, in case you hurt someone or break something by accident.
We'll hold a welcome party and a farewell party for every students. On weekdays you can enjoy some Japanese culture, for example Japanese tea ceremony, Japanese archery if you like. We often go for eat or drink, and go hotspring after school! On weekends, members of IFMSA-Oita will take you to some tourists spot. There are many famous tourist spots in Oita, so you'll enjoy your stay. Please feel free to tell us where you want to go, we will make a plan foy you!