Admission Policies

for the (Undergraduate) School of Letters

At the School of Letters, you will learn and consider what humans do. You will discover what we, humans, have done in the past, clarify what we are doing in the present, and, on the basis of these two points, explore what we should do in the future.

The School of Letters is committed to raising capable individuals who can meet the expectations of contemporary society. These individuals, who should have a keen interest in human beings and the society in which they live, are expected to open the path toward the future by demonstrating their reasoning abilities and awareness.

The School of Letters not only covers a wide range of study areas but also spreads across several different fields of expertise. These fields share one common principle—emphasis on the intellectual enthusiasm of learners. In other words, the School values the learner’s thinking process with correct reasoning, and encourages them to not be content with merely knowledge acquisition.

• who continue to search for more answers to a question, and are never satisfied with a single answer;
• who strive to foster their own awareness and express their views about human lives in their own words;
• who can analyze change in contemporary society with a broad perspective;
• who can elevate acquired “knowledge” into the level of “wisdom”; and
• who can recognize the cultures and societies of Japan and other countries multi-dimensionally and comprehensively.

for the Graduate School of Letters

The Graduate School of Letters is engaged in humanities research. It focuses on humans and the various cultural phenomena they create. Given the major changes that contemporary society is undergoing, it is imperative to conduct thorough investigations on humans and their impact on cultural phenomena, as humanities are playing an increasingly significant role in these changes.

The Graduate School of Letters seeks applicants

1. who are currently either students or working individuals who plan to become experts or researchers in certain areas of study. Applicants should have an advanced level of knowledge and academic skills to perform technical research. They are also expected to have interest in topics other than their own fields of expertise in the hope that they can conduct research with multi-dimensional and comprehensive views, based on results from empirical studies of their own fields.
2. who are currently either students or working individuals that plan to become professionals with a high level of expertise. Applicants should have a keen interest in humanities and academic skills needed for technical research. They are also expected to be highly motivated in conducting lifelong learning as well as a deep analysis of many different cultural phenomena.

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