The Career Counseling Office

The Career Counseling Office Opened since July 2009 Are you worried about where your position or career is headed?Are you worried about juggling your research or work with child rearing?Please come and talk to us at the Career Counseling Office.

The Career Counseling Office has been open since July 6, 2009. We aim to improve our counseling system while listening to the voices of everyone who visits our office. Please drop by for advice!


Types of Support

  • Counseling on how to coordinate research or work with home duties, child rearing and care-giving
  • Counseling on concerns over continuing research
  • Counseling on future career paths
  • Counseling on continuing work after pregnancy and childbirth or after maternity leave
  • Counseling on career and life plans
  • Counseling on concerns about the workplace (research institutes, etc.)
  • Counseling on future life patterns and values including individual goals
  • Counseling on personal relationships on campus
  • Counseling when you don’t know where else to go
  • Counseling on concerns over workplaces with few women employees
  • When you need someone to listen

We also make appropriate referrals depending on the content of your consultation and wishes. Feel free to drop by for a consultation.

Applicable Persons

Teaching staff (including part-time positions and special appointments), medical staff, undergraduate students, graduate students (both male and female) at Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Counseling System

Make an appointmentAs a general rule, we provide consultations by appointment only. Please contact us with your preferred date and time and we will contact you back to confirm your consultation.


Additionally, you may drop by without an appointment and we will provide counseling if our staff are available.
※ We strictly observe the privacy of what is discussed during your sessions.

Counseling Staff

Makiko Arima, Specially Appointed Professor, the Support Office for Female Researchers, Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Counseling Office

Room 519, 5F Building No.1, Yushima Area, Tokyo Medical and Dental University


The Career Counseling Office [PDF/225KB]

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