Graduate School of Law and Politics

Needs-Centered Research Helps Train Advanced Researchers and Businesspeople

This graduate school is special in that it not only trains researchers but also human resources capable of responding meticulously to society’s needs. At the Masters level, within the single Department of Law and Politics, there are two courses: the academic course for training researchers; and the expert course for turning out skilled professionals in law and politics. In the expert course, there are five programs—practical law, business law, public policy, international relations, and independent research—that offer meticulous guidance. The Doctoral level program consists of three Departments: Politics, Fundamental Jurisprudence, and Civil and Criminal Law. Students conduct research into law and politics through insight into the realities of the world and through advanced methods stressing objectivity and moderation.

Unique Features of the Graduate School

• The program accepts both those who aim to become researchers in law and political science in the future and those who aim to acquire advanced and highly specialized knowledge and skills required by society
• Master's program graduates are employed as highly specialized professionals in public service, tax accountant offices, and the legal departments of general companies, while doctoral program graduates are active as university faculty members
• In the doctoral program, when applying for the entrance examination, students are required to select either the screening criteria for researchers or the screening criteria for advanced professionals (in principle, applicable only to those who enter the program as working professionals)
• At the joint research report meetings held regularly, students can check their own academic achievements and research progress by presenting the results of their research to each other, and receive advice from each faculty member across the boundaries of their major field of study