Graduate School of Economics

Educational Goal

Keeping in line with our University’s motto –“Moralist and Expert” – the goal of our Master’s Degree Program is to cultivate individuals who are in fact both moralists and experts in the field of economics, and who can play a central role in the creation of a more sustainable, peaceful, and abundantprosperous society.

Degree Diploma Policy

Individuals who demonstrate the following abilities and qualities upon completion of our Master’s Degree Program will be awarded a diploma.

• The student is able to set their own research goal, shows active interest in realizing said goal through comprehensive academic study in economics fields, and possesses strong motivation to understand the lessons provided by preceding research.
• The student demonstrates a determination to contribute to society, how initiative in incorporating research results from related areas into their own research, and is able to think and act as a member of the local and international communities.

• The student identifies issues based on objective economic information and, receive instruction, and under his or her own initiative, investigates solutions to these issues.
• The student approaches problem-solving in a collaborative manner from a global perspective.

• The student possesses academic knowledge in the fields of economic, environmental, and regional studies. They can also demonstrate fundamental research capabilities, including theorizing, verification, and application, and the analytical ability required to work as a highly skilled professional.
• The student possesses the ability to write an exceptional Master’s thesis.

[Economic Systems Research Course]

• The student is able to broadly analyze changing international and regional societies from an economic systems perspective using appropriate information tools.

[Environmental Systems Research Course]

• The student is able to broadly analyze changing international and regional societies from an environmental systems perspective using appropriate information tools.

[Regional Systems Research Course]

• The student is able to broadly analyze changing international and regional societies from a regional systems perspective using appropriate information tools.

Curriculum Policy

Our Master’s Degree Program provides courses offering a structured combination of academic disciplines. An appropriate mix of high quality lectures, seminars and practical study fosters the abilities and qualities stipulated by the diploma policy.

• In order to provide each student with the academic abilities needed to perform independent research activities as an academic researcher, as well as a rich foundation of learning upon which to base these abilities, we have established a selection of subjects in multiple academic fields, centered on our economic, environmental, and regional systems research courses.
• The curriculum includes comprehensive study of economic, environmental, and regional systems subjects, as well as structured study and research tailored to each individual’s research goals.
• Our three courses contain a wide range of specialist subjects and our seminar classes aim to improve the thinking skills and judgment needed to create a well-structured Master’s thesis.
• Discussion classes and seminars are kept small.
• Thesis writing is supported through research guidance seminars led by the student’s academic supervisor.
• Language courses are available as free credits with the aim of deepening exposure to and exchange with other cultures as well as enhancing global learning.

Admissions Policy

The Graduate School of Economics aims to enroll students who identify with the educational goals of the school, possess an enthusiasm for research, and fulfill the following criteria:

[Portrait of an Individual Who Satisfies the Three Tenets of Scholarship]

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• An individual who possesses the fundamental knowledge needed to study toward a research goal set by themselves in a specialist area.
• An individual with sufficient knowledge of the wide range of academic subjects covered by the school to study at postgraduate level.
• An individual with a basic understanding of and an interest in foreign languages

• An individual who possesses an interest in the fields of economic, environmental and regional studies, and can combine specialist knowledge and abilities with morals and scholarship. They should also be able to consider mechanisms behind economic and social change logically and critically from a wide range of perspectives, and have the desire to contribute to the understanding of these mechanisms.
• An individual who is willing to acquire the analytical capabilities and specialist knowledge needed to critically assess modern society is strongly motivated to work tirelessly toward improving their judgment.
• An individual with communication ability, including the language skills needed for study and research, and also as well as sufficient research planning and implementation abilities to write a Master’s thesis.

• An individual who is actively embraces opportunities to connect with people whose aims include becoming researchers or educators, improving skills needed for careers, or contributing to Japan and Asia as highly skilled professionals in a globalizing environment.
• An individual who actively strives to understand different cultures and is willing to pursue their studies in partnership with exchange students, most of whom are from other Asian countries.

[Desirable Knowledge and Abilities Possessed by Enrollment]

• Sufficient specialist knowledge in the individual’s chosen area of study
• Sufficient knowledge in the wide range of academic subjects covered by the school study at a postgraduate level
• Sufficient research planning and implementation abilities to write a Master’s thesis
• Logical and critical thinking skills, the ability to identify, explore, and express issues, and communication skills (including sufficient language ability for study and research).