A graduate school is a place to enhance the expertise that students have acquired during undergraduate studies. The duration of the Master’s program and the Professional Degree program is two years, and that of the Doctoral program is three years. Students who have completed the Master’s program will be granted a master’s degree. Students who have completed the Doctoral program and have passed a doctoral thesis review will be granted a doctoral degree. Students who have studied economics, business administration, and global business at the School of Economics and Management may go on to the Graduate School of Social Sciences.
In April 2021, the Graduate School of Economics, the Graduate School of Business Administration, the Graduate School of Accountancy, and the Graduate School of Business were reorganized and integrated into the Graduate School of Social Sciences. The Graduate School of Social Sciences consists of five departments: the Department of Economics, the Department of Business Administration, the Department of Global Business, the Department of Professional Accountancy, and the Department of Professional Business.
As a rule, students go on to graduate school after graduating from the undergraduate program in four years. However, high-achieving students can graduate from the undergraduate program early and enroll in the graduate school at the end of the 3rd year thanks to the five-year integrated education scheme between the School of Economics and Management and the Graduate School of Social Sciences. For more information, please refer to the Academic Guide for requirements and procedures required for early graduation. (The School of Economics and Management Rules for Early Graduation were amended in March 2021, and the amended rules are retroactively applied from April 2019. Accordingly, students enrolled in or before April 2020 should refer to the latest Academic Guide.)
Students in the School of Economics and Management can join the Graduate School of Social Sciences via recommendation-based admission screening.
Students who wish to enroll in the Graduate School of Social Sciences can take courses at the Graduate School of Social Sciences early during their undergraduate studies and complete them with the prescribed score. The credits that they have earned for the courses are recognized as acquired credits through the prescribed procedures after enrollment in the Graduate School of Science. In such a case, students can take fewer graduate classes and focus more on doing research at the Graduate School of Social Sciences.
The courses that can be taken early are determined for each department as follows. (The Department of Professional Business does not allow undergraduate registration for graduate courses.)
| Departments | Upper limit of credits | Courses (underlined are compulsory) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics* | 12 | Microeconomics I | Macroeconomics I | Econometrics I | International Economics I | Mathematics for Economic Analysis | Microeconomics II | Macroeconomics II | |
| Business Administration* | 12 | Business Management | Accounting I | Marketing I | Strategic Management | Management in Regional Development | Small Business | Sport Management | Law |
| Global Business | 12 | Management | Marketing | Microeconomics | Macroeconomics | Global Business | Japanese Business | Accounting | |
| Professional Accountancy* | 12 | Bookkeeping I | Financial Accounting | Management Accounting I | Cost Accounting I | Auditing | Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting | Tax Law Ⅰ | Business Law |
Departments marked * teach in Japanese.
For more information on undergraduate registration for graduate courses, please refer to the School of Economics and Management Rules for Undergraduate Registration for Graduate Courses.
Briefing sessions are held several times a year. Please check the official homepage of the Graduate School of Social Sciences regularly.
