{"id":179797,"date":"2026-09-15T10:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T01:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=179797&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-09-15T10:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T01:49:08","slug":"kyushu-international-university-to-open-nursing-faculty-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-international-university-to-open-nursing-faculty-in-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu International University to open nursing faculty in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyushu International University in Kitakyushu announced plans to open a nursing faculty in April 2027. The university says it wants to help maintain a stable supply of nurses as several nursing schools in the city close. The new department will recruit 80 students and work with four Kitakyushu hospitals on practical training. Renovations to prepare the university\u2019s buildings for the faculty are underway. Three information sessions about the new faculty are planned between late September and November. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsdig.tbs.co.jp\/articles\/rkb\/2936226?display=1\" target=\"_blank\">RKB News Dig<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiu.ac.jp\/hq\/2453\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kyushu International University<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_kyushu-international-university_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_kyushu-international-university_2026_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_kyushu-international-university_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_kyushu-international-university_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_kyushu-international-university_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Kyushu International University<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyushu International University in Kitakyushu announced plans to open a nursing faculty in April 2027. The university says it wants to help maintain a stable supply of nurses as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":179798,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-179797","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/179797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}