■Admission Policy
The Graduate School of Education Master’s Course aims to achieve the following educational and training objectives:

(1) To provide training and in-service education to cultivate schoolteachers with outstanding specialist knowledge, expertise, and practical proficiency befitting high-level professional designation.
(2) To undertake foundation training of researchers with the capacity for highly creative academic research and development and the potential to contribute to advancements across the whole spectrum of educational activity.
(3) To cultivate human resources capable of making contributions to a variety of areas in the knowledge-based society, demonstrating both the expertise to address a diversity of social needs and a profound knowledge of educational matters.

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■Educational Objectives
●Purpose of the Graduate School of Education
The Graduate School of Education’s purpose is to enable its students to acquire the advanced expertise and practical skills necessary to engage in education-related areas as professional and academic leaders. A humanist and scientific approach is taken to education and research, building on general and specialized knowledge acquired in undergraduate programs.

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■Curricular Features and Structure
The Graduate School of Education (Master’s Course) comprises 15 majors, 48 departments, and 4 courses as outlined in the following table.

●Major / Department / Course

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■Degree
●Designation on Degree Certificate
Each student completing the Master’s Course in the Graduate School of Education will be awarded a master’s degree. The degree name and major area of study will be recorded on the degree certificate as “Master of Education.” However, a student who has undertaken research of a particularly interdisciplinary nature may request for his/her degree name to be recorded as Master of Arts. Such requests must be made under the direction of supervisors and are conditional on approval by the Faculty Council.

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