One of the outstanding features of GSID as a graduate school is that it emphasizes practical education by offering Overseas Fieldwork (OFW) and Domestic Fieldwork (DFW). Every year more than 30students in the master's program spend about two weeks in a developing country, to learn project management methods such as Project Cycle Management (PCM), and to acquire communication and research skills in a group setting, interviewing skills, writing skills, etc. Also GSID facilitates internship opportunities and promotes high-level practical education programs for doctoral students in collaboration with international development/cooperation organizations.
Concerning the information of internship, you can access from PCs in GSID building by visiting "Information for Our Department Members."

International students, who make up nearly half of the student body, are attracted to GSID because of its excellent academic reputation and various courses, many of which are conducted in English. GSID's requirement that Japanese students have a good command of the English language and participate actively in lectures and seminars conducted in English led GSID to become designated as an educational institution for the Asian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP). The international environment at GSID - foreign students coming from more than 30 countries - provides an ideal opportunity for students to exchange opinions and to understand different cultures.

The International Development and Cooperation Course of the Master's program has been designed to be accessible to international students. The entrance examination is given in English, and the classes, with a few exceptions, are taught in English. Students are therefore able to get the credits required to complete the course using only the English language.

GSID's faculty members specialize in various academic fields related to international development, and cooperation, including a new field such as Information Technology (IT) for development. Furthermore, GSID continues to build and improve its interdisciplinary approach to education in each department.