| 2015 | 
March - April | 
Spring recess 
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| Apr. 1 | 
Beginning of the academic year 
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| Apr. 1-2 | 
Orientation for continuing students 
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| Apr. 3 | 
Entrance ceremony 
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| Apr. 7-8 | 
Orientation for 1st year students 
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| May. 15-16 | 
Exchange event with Hamamatsu University School of Medicine 
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| May. 30 | 
Interment services for body donors 
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| Aug. - Sep. | 
Summer recess 
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| Oct. 1 | 
Foundation Day 
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| Oct. 22 | 
Requiem ceremony for body donors 
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| Oct. 23-26 | 
Wakaayu Festival (University-wide students festival) 
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| Dec. - Jan. 2015 | 
Winter recess 
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| 2016 | 
Jan. 16-17 | 
Examination by the National Center for University Entrance Examinations 
  
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| Feb. 25-26 | 
Undergraduate entrance examination (early schedule) 
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| Mar. 10 | 
Awarding of Doctorate Degrees of Medical Science and Master Degrees of Nursing
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| Mar. 10 | 
Graduation ceremony 
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| Mar. 31 | 
End of academic year 
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