Graduate School of Political Science

The Graduate School of Political Science was established in 1965 as one of the first graduate schools at Kokushikan University. In addition to the core fields of political science, it is actively engaged in area studies of the United States, Europe, Russia, Asia, and Africa and in addressing Asian and American political issues. Along with research into the politics, thought, and culture of these regions, appropriate language training is emphasized. The Graduate School is responding to the needs of our times by training talented individuals as researchers, staff of think tanks, statepersons, government officials, professors, staff of international organizations, and journalists. There are diverse types of students including international students and mid-career students. In addition, “Japan Program” started from 2013. This program aims to pursue a master's degree of arts and science. Mainly, this program is relevant for foreign goverment workers and teachers.It provides curriculum such as Japanese history, law, politics and culture.

The Graduate School of Economics has set the educational goal to develop specialists in the economic field who can play an active role in various fields and contribute to society. Our curriculum provides a variety of selections for choosing research subjects while equipping expected students with basic academic skills and the ability to solve problems. For this purpose, we organize our master's program into "Research course," "Special Research Course," and "Tax Law and Accounting." Expected students will be able to select various courses in a wider range of research areas, such as economic theory, history, and policy which are the foundation for understanding principles of economics, in addition to applied economics that helps for responding current socioeconomic changes, and studies on taxation and accounting that are useful to develop skills and practical knowledge for finance. For the Ph.D. program, we offer five options, "Economic Theory," "Economic History and Thoughts," "Regional Studies," "Applied Economics," and "Tax Law and Accounting," which aims to develop economic specialists with research and practical skills, and thus can respond various social and economic problems from professional and creative perspectives.