Research / Education

Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)

NIHU's six institutes offer courses at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI. The six graduate (doctoral) courses take advantage of the institutes' respective resources to train scholars for broad perspective and a high level of expertise and learning.


SOKENDAI Number of Students(As of May 1, 2023 Unit: People)
Department
(~FY2022)
Program
(FY2023~)
Name of
Institute
Number of
Students
Number of
degrees awarded
(FY2022)
Cultural
and
Social
Studies
Regional Studies Department
of
Advanced
Studies
Anthropological Studies MINPAKU 25 (7) 2
Comparative
Studies
Japanese Studies Japanese Studies NICHIBUNKEN 15 (9) 1
Japanese History Japanese History REKIHAKU 12 (0) 1
Japanese
Literature
Japanese Literature NIJL 7 (0) 2
  Japanese Language Sciences  NINJAL 4 (3) 0
  Global Environmental Studies RIHN 0 (0) 0
Total 57 (17) 15
(Numbers in brackets: Overseas students)

SOKENDAI web site

Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies Program List

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