*** Application form for the Course ***

(open from 16th April 2025 until the capacity is reached or 20th June 2025)

*** Application form for the Symposium ***

(open for registration from 12th May 2025)

Introduction

Vaccinology: Science and Public Health is a 5-day short course combined with a symposium held in Nagasaki, Japan. It is run jointly by the School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, in collaboration with the Nagasaki University Vaccine Research and Development Center (VRDC) – DEJIMA Infectious Disease Research Alliance and the Nagasaki University Global Health, World-leading Innovative & Smart Education programme (WISE).

It includes didactic and interactive sessions and a symposium.

Course overview

Course aim

The course aims to address both scientific and public health aspects of vaccines and immunisation

Dates

From Monday, 1st to Friday, 5th September, 2025

	September 2025
	1st Mon	2nd Tue	3th Wed	4th Thu	5th Fri
AM	Course	Course	Course	Course	Course
PM	Course	Course	Course	Course	Symposium
Evening	Symposium	Symposium	Symposium	Symposium

• The Symposium is included in the Course and is open to the public
• Anyone who do not attend the Course can join the Symposium for free, but independent application for the Symposium is required
• Students accepted to the Course will be automatically registered to the Symposium without independent application

Course contents

Detailed contents of 2025 are available in the following links:

• Schedule and contents of the Course
• Schedule and contents of the Symposium

Topics:

• History of vaccines
• Immunology and correlates of protection
• Vaccine types, modalities, and target product profiles
• Vaccine development, artificial intelligence, and manufacturing
• Epidemiology, surveillance, and disease burden estimation
• Clinical trial designs and vaccine evaluation
• Vaccine licensure, regulatory approval, and safety
• Modelling and economic evaluation of vaccines
• Vaccine delivery and policy
• Social mobilisation and communication strategies
• Vaccination behavior and hesitancy
• Vaccines and antimicrobial resistance
• Vaccines against outbreak pathogens and pandemic preparedness

Course contents of the previous year (2024) is available here.

Certificate

Students who complete the entire course will be issued Certificate of Completion

Eligibility

The course is designed for vaccine researchers and public health professionals who are involved in and/or interested in research, development, epidemiology, policy making, and implementation related to vaccines and immunisation. We encourage applications from Japan and all over the world.
As the course is taught in English, students should have good English language ability, but it does not have to be perfect.

Tuition fees

Course	100,000 JPY	Accommodation, meals and transportation are not included
Symposium	Free	Participation to Symposium is free, but independent application is required unless you apply and get accepted to the Course

Scholarship

Limited number of scholarships is available.

Venue

School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University

• Address: 1-12-4, Sakamoto, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan 853-8523
• Access to the campus is available here

Students of the Course are required to attend in person, whereas participants of the Symposium can choose either in-person or online participation.

Application

Application form

Apply through the following forms:

• Application form for the Course (open from 16th April 2025 until the capacity is reached or 20th June 2025)
• Application form for the Symposium (open for registration from 12th May 2025)

Travel and Visa

Visa

Students are responsible for obtaining any visa or other permissions to attend the course and are encouraged to start the application process as early as possible.
The course administration can provide supporting documentation upon request.

Travel and accommodation

The course is run in Nagasaki which is a historic city and the capital city of Nagasaki Prefecture located in Kyushu island in Japan.

Students need to manage travel and accommodation by themselves. Accommodation in Nagasaki generally can be booked through common booking websites. Nagasaki City has a tram network and the nearest tram stop from the campus is Atomic Bomb Museum (stop number 20), so accommodation along the tram network will be convenient.

Contact

Email

TMGH Vaccinology team: vaccinology-contact@ml.nagasaki-u.ac.jp