Graduate School of Economics: Goal of Cultivation of Students / Goal of Education
Guidelines for Conferment of Degree (Diploma Policy)
These are basic guidelines for recognition of completion of the doctoral course and the conferment of a degree, indicating that at the time of completion of the course the student has acquired the expected knowledge, ability, standards of behavior, etc.
Guidelines for Formulation and Implementation of Curricula (Curriculum Policy)
These are basic guidelines for the implementation of education, and provide guidelines for the planning of education and the provision of guidance tailored to the student’s specific stage of education, in order to ensure that upon completion of the course the student displays the expected knowledge, skills, and modes of behavior.
Guidelines for Acceptance of Students (Admissions Policy)
These are basic guidelines regarding the acceptance of new students. They are based on the university’s educational philosophy and guidelines, and outline the abilities, ambition, experience and aptitude that we expect of students taking our entrance examination and our criteria for selection of students.
Major of Economics
Goal of Cultivation of Students / Goal of Education
Master’s course of Economics
The fostering of individuals possessing the ability to elucidate the status of diverse problems in areas including business conditions, public finances, and the financial system, and to consider measures to respond to these problems, and the ability to conduct substantive research on theory, systems and history.
Doctor’s course of Economics
The cultivation of specialization with the aim of fostering the requisite research abilities for our students to conduct independent research activities in the future, and the cultivation of researchers and educators possessing superior insight and problem-solving ability or sophisticated and highly specialized professionals.
Guidelines for Conferment of Degree (Diploma Policy)
Master’s course of Economics
The conditions for conferment of the Master’s course of Economics are that the student has been enrolled in the program for at least two years and has accrued the prescribed amount of credits (30 credits), has received research guidance, has submitted a Master’s thesis, and has successfully passed their final review and final oral examination.
The standards for completion of the program are that the student has acquired a wide-ranging knowledge of subjects including relevant systems and theory and practical research, and has developed research ability and sophisticated and specialized professional ability in their major. The student should also display either of the following abilities.
- The ability to proceed to the Doctor’s course of Economics with the aim of becoming a researcher possessing the ability to conduct sophisticated theoretical analysis and practical problem-solving ability.
- The ability to flourish as an economic analyst, advisor, etc. in an institution such as a private company or a government department.
Doctor’s course of Economics
The conditions for conferment of the Doctor’s course of Economics are that the student has been enrolled in the program for at least three years and has accrued the prescribed amount of credits (16 credits), has received special research guidance, has submitted a Ph.D. thesis, and has successfully passed their final review and final oral examination.
The standards for completion of the program are that the student has acquired a profound knowledge of academic theory and relevant systems, is able to function independently as a researcher, and displays the level of academic knowledge expected of a sophisticated and specialized professional.
Guidelines for Formulation and Implementation of Curricula (Curriculum Policy)
Master’s course of Economics
The curriculum in this major is formulated to enable the student to obtain an adequate academic grounding in the history, theory and systems of economics and related fields, and to enable research taking a wide-ranging perspective based on the offering of a diverse range of lecture classes looking at contemporary themes. In addition, the curriculum is tailored to allow the student, with the approval of the director of the major, to take lectures in the undergraduate department in order to promote an understanding of the subject with an adequate theoretical grounding or to supplement the student’s understanding of the subject.
Doctor’s course of Economics
The curriculum in this program is designed to enable the student to take lecture classes and receive research guidance from professors acting as research advisors, and to acquire the ability to write a Ph.D. thesis. In order to ensure that the student acquires the academic knowledge expected of a researcher and a sophisticated and specialized professional, we schedule specialized thesis guidance classes and classes emphasizing practical exercises, based on the provision of close and specialized guidance from professors acting as thesis advisors, as mandatory classes.
Guidelines for Acceptance of Students (Admissions Policy)
Master’s course of Economics
- Students who desire to acquire deeper academic knowledge on the basis of the general and specialized knowledge gained through the university’s curricula, and who aim to become researchers and sophisticated and specialized professionals.
- Students who desire to advance research, and seek to become professionals in positions requiring a high level of specialization.
Doctor’s course of Economics
Students who, based on the deep academic knowledge and research ability gained through the Master’s course of Economics, aim to become independent researchers or specialized professionals (for example, an employee of a research institute) in their majors.
Major of Business Administration
Goal of Cultivation of Students / Goal of Education
Master’s course of Business Administration
The fostering of researchers in the front ranks of academia, possessing the ability to conduct sophisticated theoretical analyses and practical problem-solving abilities, or leaders of the business world
Doctor’s course of Business Administration
The promotion of an adequate understanding of theoretical foundations with a focus on the fostering of researchers at the forefront of academia, the cultivation of the qualities necessary in future researchers, or the cultivation of future educators
Guidelines for Conferment of Degree (Diploma Policy)
Master’s course of Business Administration
A Master’s degree in Business Administration will be conferred on students who have been enrolled in the program for at least two years and have accrued the prescribed amount of credits (30 credits), have received research guidance and submitted a Master’s thesis, and have successfully passed their final review.
Students completing the program will possess a solid academic foundation in theory related to management, marketing, accounting, finance, and related fields, and will also display abundant creativity and advanced abilities in academic analyses. Students should also display either of the following abilities.
- The ability to proceed to the Doctor’s course of Business Administration with the aim of becoming a researcher possessing the ability to conduct sophisticated theoretical analysis and practical problem-solving ability.
- The ability to flourish as a business leader in a private company, etc.
Doctor’s course of Business Administration
A Ph.D. degree in Business administration will be conferred on students who have been enrolled in the program for at least three years and have accrued the prescribed amount of credits, have received research and thesis guidance and submitted a Ph.D. thesis, and have successfully passed their final review.
Guidelines for Formulation and Implementation of Curricula (Curriculum Policy)
Master’s course of Business Administration
The curriculum in this program is formulated to enable the student to conduct research taking a wide-ranging perspective based on the offering of a diverse range of lecture classes, in order to foster a solid academic grounding in theory related to management, marketing, accounting, finance, and related fields, and to enable up-to-the-minute topics to be considered. In addition, the curriculum is tailored to allow the student, with the approval of the director of the major, to take lectures in the undergraduate department in order to promote an understanding of the subject with an adequate theoretical grounding or to supplement the student’s understanding of the subject.
- At least 30 credits from elective subjects (of which eight credits can be taken from subjects in Business Administration and International Business)
- 8 credits from subjects focusing on research exercises
- 4 credits from thesis guidance
Doctor’s course of Business Administration
The curriculum in this program is designed to enable the student to take lecture classes and receive research guidance from professors acting as advisors, and to acquire the ability to write a Ph.D. thesis.
Guidelines for Acceptance of Students (Admissions Policy)
Master’s course of Business Administration
This program accepts students who, on the basis of the specialized knowledge of management, marketing, accounting or finance and the ability to make use of literature in foreign languages gained in their undergraduate years, possess a clear sense of the problems at issue, and desire to conduct research in these fields in a motivated fashion.
Doctor’s course of Business Administration
This program accepts students who, on the basis of the high level of specialization in management, marketing, accounting or finance and the ability to employ literature in foreign languages gained in the Master’s course of Business Administration, desire to conduct research in these fields suitable to an independent researcher.