The Graduate School of International Development aims to educate researchers and professionals who can contribute to international development cooperation and international communications as detailed in our Mission Statement. Through nurturing broad understanding of the issues in development cooperation / international communications and providing advanced skills in eight specialized educational programs, we equip graduates with excellent independent research capability and practical work skills.

In light of the above aims, the International Development and Cooperation Course seeks students with the following abilities and interests.

Persons with a basic foundation in a specific field of international development cooperation who would like to:

1. Pursue careers in international development cooperation and/or socioeconomic development in developing countries;
2. Engage in research or practical work according to the actual conditions and needs of each developing country, based on an understanding of the development experiences of Japan and other Asian countries and critical study of Western development theory;
3. Acquire practical field-based knowledge of development cooperation work, and/or pursue careers as specialists with field-based planning, management, and problem-solving skills;
4. Acquire both specialized academic skills and a broad foundation in development studies, in order to understand realities in developing countries by investigating a specific field of study within its interdisciplinary and general context;
5. Consider ideal patterns for cross-cultural exchange and deepen their own understanding of different cultures through studying with international students, andmake use of this experience in professional fields;
6. Apply their work experience for international development cooperation, and/or, persons currently working in international development cooperation who want to conduct academic research on issues encountered in the field.

In light of the above aims, the International Communication Course seeks students with the following abilities and interests.

Persons with a basic foundation in a specific field of international communications who would like to:

1. Pursue careers as researchers, educators, or professionals in fields related to language and culture;
2. Develop the ability to analyze and comprehensively understand today’s global society through a pluralistic approach to interchange and change between individuals and their cultures;
3. Reconsider from a specialized and interdisciplinary view issues encountered in professional or personal experience of a different culture;
4. Pursue careers as language researchers able to use a corpus, and/or construct language theory based on detailed observation of language;
5. Engage in scientific research into second language acquisition theory and/or foreign language education;
6. Consider ideal patterns for cross-cultural exchange and deepen their own understanding of different cultures through studying with international students, and/or make use of this experience in professional fields.