13 PhD programmes in Social Sciences in Japan
Integrated Sciences for Global Society
The goal of Integrated Sciences for Global Society degree at Kyushu University is to train students to be advanced researchers or professionals with integrated interdisciplinary education.
International Program in Economics
The University of Tokyo offers a three-year Doctoral degree in International Program in Economics, and the program does NOT require Japanese language ability to obtain the degree.
Human Science
At Kyushu University, the Human Science International Course is a Doctoral program in English for non-Japanese students with sufficient English capability. Students are educated and supervised in English and can obtain their Doctoral degree regardless of their Japanese language capabilities.
Mathematical Science for Social Systems
The development of science and technology which copes with rationalization and internationalization of financial assets management could be done through research of financial engineering and mathematical finance. We offer a Mathematical Science for Social Systems degree at the Osaka University.
Modern Economics and Business
Hokkaido University offers the Modern Economics and Business degree for both national and international students.
Information, Technology, and Society in Asia
In 2008, The University of Tokyo launched a new International Master’s/Doctoral Degree Program: Information, Technology, and Society in Asia (ITASIA) at the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies (GSII).
Public Policy
The Graduate School of Public Policy from The University of Tokyo is pleased to announce that the doctoral program has launched.
Global Society
The Graduate Program on Global Society at The University of Tokyo is dedicated to bringing together students from across the humanities and social sciences interested in studying, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the phenomena and practices that constitute the unfolding process of globalization.
Asian Engineering
The University of Tokyo is acting as a pioneer in the establishment of the Asian Engineering Tripolar Framework, and shall contribute to the stability and development of the region by nurturing internationalized human resources within the framework.
Economics
The Graduate School of Economics at Keio University International Center aims to foster researchers who can appropriately analyze and think deeply about economic phenomena and are also practitioners capable of playing an active role in issue resolution in society.
Economics
The Kyushu University International Graduate Program in Economics (IGPE: IMPE + IDPE) is one of the programs mentioned above and is based upon the standard global curriculum of postgraduate level economics, and is aimed at fostering talented individuals who can creatively solve the problems presented in the contemporary economy by learning at the front-lines of economics.
Community Studies
Students enrolled in Community Studies from Kyushu University will receive the following training: gaining the ability to explain from a deep level of knowledge social phenomena in the area of theory and practice or social research with a focus on either cultural anthropology, religion, folklore, sociometrics, regional welfare sociology, family sociology or research that cuts across these fields.
Psychology
The Faculty of Human-Environment Studies will step ahead into new research areas, which a coexistent society in the twenty-first century is asking for, based on this new and reorganized research body, and we will play an important role in studies within Asia of course and further internationally. The Psychology program is offered at Kyushu University.