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2. About the Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
3. Outline of the Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Outline of the Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

1) Faculty and Department Names

　Kagoshima University: Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine

　The Kagoshima University Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Yamaguchi University Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine were spun off from the Kagoshima University Faculty of Agriculture's Department of Veterinary Medicine and the Yamaguchi University Faculty of Agriculture's Department of Veterinary Medicine to create the Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, which offers an educational program in veterinary medicine on a joint basis, in April 2012.

　 The Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Japan's first joint faculty-based organization offers a joint educational program, provides joint instruction not only in its specialized educational program, but also in some courses of its general educational program. This new educational system reflects a new direction in the drive to enhance veterinary medicine education in Japan. The Joint Faculty's English name makes use of the word "joint," which is used worldwide when two different organizations combine resources to offer a single educational program

2) Degree Name

　Students completing the educational program of the Kagoshima University Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine's Department of Veterinary Medicine and the Yamaguchi University Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine's Department of Veterinary Medicine receive a bachelor's degree in veterinary medicine signed by both universities' presidents as well as both Joint Faculty Deans.