Learn specialized skills and knowledge to face the economic problems in Japan and throughout the world.
Diploma Policy
The Faculty of Economics grants degrees to those who have taken courses of the faculty, acquired 124 credits that satisfy the requirements for graduation as set forth in the university rules, and acquired sufficient ability to be active in various fields of society as competent human resources with broad and specialized knowledge on economics as well as local community, law, international relations, and information technology.
Curriculum Policy
The Faculty of Economics, in order to achieve the goals set forth in the diploma policy, systematically organizes liberal arts and specialized courses and holds classes in which lectures, seminars, and practicums are appropriately combined. In the first-year education, we offer basic liberal arts courses including introductory seminars, language education and basic courses common to all university faculties.
Admission Policy
We seek to admit those who possess the abilities and motivations listed below, which we deem necessary to begin the educational curriculum prescribed in the Faculty of Economics’ Diploma Policy and Curriculum Policy. To comprehensively assess the learning outcomes and motivations we require of the new undergraduate students we admit, and to admit students with diverse backgrounds, we will use a variety of screening methods, including written examinations, presentations, reports, and interviews.
Basic knowledge necessary for study in the Faculty of Economics;
Thinking skills, judgment, and expressiveness necessary for study in the Faculty of Economics;
Desire to learn proactively in collaboration with a diversity of people;
Interest in various contemporary issues pertaining to regional and global economies, and motivation to analyze and clarify them;
Interest in economics and law as fields that are deeply intertwined with people’s livelihoods and the activities of business and government.
Students learn how to analyze the most delicate economic changes in society. This program emphasizes education that anticipates the needs of our times. Economics students are provided with a sound knowledge of economic theory and skills in information processing.
Legal Economics students study the intersection of law and the economy. Skill in thinking in terms of both economics and law provides students with the ability to be decisive in the future in business as well as in local communities.
Number of Students and Faculty Members
Students (New Students)
Faculty
Economics
977 (224)
27
Legal Economics
440 (105)
11
Total
1,417 (329)
38
*Concurrently appointed to Department of Economics
