- Graduate School of Literature
- Graduate School of Management and Information Science
- Graduate School of Human Life Science
- Graduate School of Nursing
Graduate School Overview
Class Time Slots
Daytime and evening sessions offered. Program: Weekdays (Mon. to Fri.) The same courses are repeated during both daytime and evening sessions.
| Daytime | Evening | ||
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| 4th class period | 14:40 to 16:10 | 6th class period | 18:00 to 19:30 |
| 5th class period | 16:20 to 17:50 | 7th class period | 19:40 to 21:00 |
Admission Period
The admission period is at the beginning of each school year.
However, students can also apply for admission at the beginning of the second semester in October (Graduate School of Literature, Graduate School of Management and Information Science).
Facility
Library
Hours: 9:00 to 21:30
Graduate Student Study Rooms
Each study room is equipped with a desk, locker, desk lamp, and computer connections.
Graduate School of Literature
The Graduate School of Literature offers a Master's Program in Japanese Literature and Calligraphic Culture, which organically fuses Japanese literature with calligraphy, and a Master's Program in English Language and Culture, which focuses on English linguistics, English language teaching, and English literature and culture. The goal of each of these programs is to cultivate professionals who have a vast depth of knowledge in each field, as well as the skills needed to conduct advanced research.
Enrollment Eligibility
Individuals who have graduated from an undergraduate program (regardless of faculty) and working adults (currently employed, general public, housewives, and others who graduated from an undergraduate program three or more years ago).
To apply, new graduates must submit a research plan and abstract of their thesis. Admission decisions are made based on an interview, short essay, and document review. All documents must be submitted in Japanese.
Working adult applicants must submit a research plan and statement of intent. Admission decisions are made based on an interview and document review.
Master's Program in Japanese Literature and Calligraphic Culture
An exploration of knowledge, skill, and passion
"Words are the voice of the heart, calligraphy are its images" --- This program is comprised of a curriculum that integrates literature, as the voice of the heart, and calligraphy, as its images. Students gain the ability to conduct advanced specialized research in conjunction with four eras, the era of culture, the era of the heart, the era of internationalization, and the era of lifelong learning. They also are trained to become talented, practical researchers and research-oriented practitioners who have a wealth of cultural education and can play a leading, advisory role for others.
Master's Program in English Language and Culture
Teaching students to be international contributors
In an era of rapid globalization and interaction between diverse cultures, it has become impossible to address increasingly complex social issues such as ethnic conflict and environmental problems without an understanding of other cultures and how they relate to one another. This program aims to cultivate individuals who, by becoming masters of English and English-speaking cultures, will be able to contribute to their local and international communities by promoting cross-cultural interaction and peaceful coexistence. This requires an education that facilitates the improvement of practical skills.
| Degrees Offered | Master's Degree (Literature) |
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Graduate School of Management and Information Science
The Graduate School of Management and Information Science aims to cultivate true professionals who can play leadership roles in a wide range of fields in contemporary society. Thus far, this graduate school's graduates, having been equipped with specialized knowledge and practical skills in various fields, have gone on to careers ranging from venture businessperson, consultant, tax accountant, and political staff member, to high school teacher. This program is particularly useful to those wishing to achieve their tax accounting certification, which can be used to find employment in a wide range of corporate settings.
Enrollment Eligibility
Master's Program
Individuals who have graduated from an undergraduate program (regardless of faculty) and working adults (currently employed, general public, housewives, and others who graduated from an undergraduate program three or more years ago).
Doctoral Program
Individuals who have earned a master's degree, or who are recognized as possessing the equivalent or greater academic capabilities as a master's degree holder.
Distinctive Feature
This graduate school has adopted an admissions system that has vastly loosened admission requirements (documents must be submitted in Japanese).
Master's Program
- Working adults: Research plan, statement of intent, interview
- Recent graduates: Research plan, abstract of thesis, short essay, interview
Doctoral Program
- Working adults and master's degree holders: Research plan, abstract of the master's thesis, interview.
Master's Program in the Graduate School of Management and Information Science
Understand the structure of today's increasingly complex socioeconomy.
This program cultivates professionals with the skills needed today in such areas as information, management, local management and industry, and finance.
It places the highest priority on the educational advancement goals and academic ambitions of applicants. Thus, the admission requirements have been loosened for university graduates and working adults alike.
Doctoral Program in the Graduate School of Management and Information Science
This program produces talented and appealing individuals with an education and research system informed by an interdisciplinary and comprehensive perspective.
It trains the types of professionals the world needs today.
It places the highest priority on the educational advancement goals and academic ambitions of applicants. Thus, the admission requirements have been loosened for master's degree holders and working adults alike. Only a research plan, abstract of the applicant's master's thesis, and an interview are required. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to develop your career!
| Degrees Offered |
Master's Degree (Management and Information Science) Doctoral Degree (Management and Information Science) |
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Graduate School of Human Life Science
Science and technology in the 21st century should bring us true happiness by aiming to facilitate global environmental security and peaceful coexistence among peoples. Life science, which also falls into the category of science and technology, is a science that supports the most fundamental aspects of people's lives. This graduate school cultivates highly specialized professionals who have a broad range of specialized knowledge and skills related to human life science.
Enrollment Eligibility
Individuals who have graduated from an undergraduate program (regardless of faculty) and working adults (currently employed, general public, housewives, and others who graduated from an undergraduate program three or more years ago).
Public Health Field
Related to physical and mental health
Students are equipped with skills and attitudes that allow them to better address various health problems. They conduct research on ways to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and habits necessary for maintaining and improving mental and physical health over a lifetime, through health education and learning. They study lifelong disease prevention, from infancy and adolescence to old age, as well as mental and physical health problems. They acquire the knowledge and skills needed for designing healthy lifestyles.
Childhood Development and Education Field
Related to the development and education of young children
Students explore the types of education that support character formation and the development of human relationships, particularly among young children. To do this, the program aims to equip students with the skills they need to understand and teach children, grounded in a broad array of lifestyle perspectives and knowledge. It particularly strives to impart educational techniques in various fields, and the ability to understand children using tools of pedagogy and psychology, with the aim of helping students gain the advanced and specialized knowledge that is needed among kindergarten and elementary school teachers.
Health and Life Science Field
Related to health and clothing lifestyles, health and nutrition, and health and nutrition information
Students conduct research on efforts to improve people's lifestyle environments, particularly related to food and clothing, and on problems related to the maintenance and improvement of health. To create high quality food and nutritional environments, students explore specialized research on the relationships between nutrition, food lifestyles, health, and disease from the various perspectives of public nutrition science, nutritional physiology, and nutritional biochemistry. In the area of clothing, students study the improvements in exercise functions and climate regulating functions achieved through specific materials and cuts, and the materials needed to enhance the physiological functions They also study safety problems that arise from the use of dyes and additives.
| Degrees Offered | Master's Degree (Human Life Science) |
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Graduate School of Nursing
According to nursing theorist Virginia Henderson, "Know thyself" and "To thine own self be true" are classic expressions underlying much of the "modern" psychiatric teaching. It is as true today as it was yesterday, and as it will be tomorrow, that self-knowledge and self-respect are fundamental to the understanding of, and respect for, others. (from Basic Principles of Nursing Care)
Enrollment Eligibility
- Individuals who have graduated or expect to graduate in March 2013 from a university in Japan with a program in a field of nursing.
- Individuals who have graduated from a university, hold a nurse's, public health nurse's, or midwife's license, and have a year or more of practical experience in their licensed field as of April 1, 2013.
- Individuals who hold a nurse's, public health nurse's, or midwife's license, who have three years or more of practical experience in their licensed field as of April 1, 2013, and who are recognized by this Graduate School as possessing academic skills equivalent to or greater than those of a university graduate based on an Individual Enrollment Eligibility Review.
*Those applying under qualification (3) should review the application qualifications and procedures at the Admissions Office by the week prior to the first day of the application period.
Certificate Available
Certified Nurse Administrator (note that individuals who have a master's degree in nursing administration from a graduate school with a program in a field of nursing must have three years or more of practical experience, acquired after having completed their master's degree program in order to attain this certification)
Daily Living Support Nursing Field
Community Nursing
Examine the lives of people who live in local communities from a comprehensive perspective, and study health maintenance, health promotion, and health activities aimed at improving everyday health, such as nursing care prevention efforts.
Geriatric Nursing
Study support services aimed at improving the quality of life of senior citizens by engaging in a comprehensive examination of changes in everyday living activities associated with various health conditions and aging.
Clinical Nursing Practice Development Field
Adult Nursing
Explore the various types of care available to individual patients and families undergoing acute care, recovery support, or chronic care, such as care following a highly invasive procedure, self-care awareness, in-home care, and palliative care.
Pediatric Nursing
Learn to meet the needs of children based on their particular stage of development, and address the issues involved in nursing practices aimed at supporting children and their parents.
Nursing Administration
Learn nursing administration techniques aimed at revitalizing the nursing profession and develop systems that facilitate effective nursing practices.
| Degrees Offered | Master's Degree (Nursing) |
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