{"id":185,"date":"2026-04-13T22:51:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oumed.okayama-u.ac.jp\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=185"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:36:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:36:42","slug":"the-new-students-for-the-2026-academic-year-have-enrolled","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/oumed.okayama-u.ac.jp\/eng\/news\/the-new-students-for-the-2026-academic-year-have-enrolled\/","title":{"rendered":"The new students for the 2026 academic year have enrolled."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On April 2, 2026, 108 students from <span data-teams=\"true\">the Faculty of Medicine<\/span> and 156 students from <span data-teams=\"true\">the Faculty of Health Science<\/span> were admitted to Okayama University.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"172\" data-end=\"800\">In the morning, the new students attended the university-wide entrance ceremony for all faculties and graduate schools of Okayama University.<br data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"316\">In the afternoon, they participated in an orientation session for the Faculty of Medicine held at the Junko Fukutake Hall on the Shikata Campus.<\/p>\n<p>At the orientation, Professor Wada, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and Professor Maeda, Director of Okayama University Hospital, delivered congratulatory and encouraging speeches to the new students.<br data-start=\"664\" data-end=\"667\">The event concluded with an introduction of the executive members from both <span data-teams=\"true\">the Faculty of Medicine<\/span> and <span data-teams=\"true\">the Faculty of Health Science<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>To all new students of <span data-teams=\"true\">the Faculty of Medicine<\/span> and <span data-teams=\"true\">the Faculty of Health Science<\/span> \u2014 welcome to the Faculty of Medicine at Okayama University!<br \/>\nWe hope that your time at the Faculty of Medicine at Okayama University will be fulfilling and that it will be a period of rich and meaningful learning.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 52.6914%;\">\n<p><div id=\"attachment_3406\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oumed.okayama-u.ac.jp\/med\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/DSC_0073-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3406\" class=\"wp-image-3406 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/oumed.okayama-u.ac.jp\/med\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/DSC_0073-1024x604.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"604\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Message of Congratulations from Dean Wada, <span data-teams=\"true\">Medical School<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.2328%;\">\n<p><div id=\"attachment_3407\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oumed.okayama-u.ac.jp\/med\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/DSC_0078-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3407\" class=\"wp-image-3407 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/oumed.okayama-u.ac.jp\/med\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/DSC_0078-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Message of Congratulations from Director Maeda, Okayama University Hospital.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","newscategory":[5],"class_list":["post-185","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","newscategory-notice"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On April 2, 2026, 108 students from the Faculty of Medicine and 156 students from the Faculty of Health Science were admitted to Okayama University. 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