Program Information

Doctoral Program (Second Stage Doctoral Program, 3-Year Second Stage Doctoral Program, 4-Year Doctoral Program)

Doctoral Program

"The spirit of freedom and independence"

Individuals must be capable of performing independent research projects by setting their own research themes, realizing goals they have set for themselves as human resources aiming to be university faculty members or researchers playing a central role in diverse research and educational institutes related to the fields of politics and industry.

"Involvement in society from a global perspective"

Individuals must possess a global perspective and be capable of performing independent research and development projects by setting their own themes in collaboration with society in and outside of Japan. Individuals must have an understanding of diverse culture and history as a foundation for taking on roles as educational researchers or leaders at domestic and international institutes.

"Specialized knowledge, skills and abilities"

Individuals must be capable of contributing to the creation of new wisdom and value with a high level of creative research and development capacity, and rich knowledge. Individuals must be capable of planning and managing high-level research and development projects utilizing their wide-ranging specialized knowledge and their abilities to carry out research.

"Excellent problem-solving skills"

Individuals must be capable of sharing information and knowledge in their specialized field, cooperating and working with others, and creating new wisdom and value that support a knowledge-based society.