Master of Education

The Graduate School of Education has offered a master’s course program since April 1986. The department currently offers two majors based on the three organizational principles of practical application, interdisciplinary education and current practice: Educational Practices Major - school education (pedagogy and psychology), special needs education, and school health nursing education - and School Subject Methods and Practices Major - Language Education (Japanese and English), Science and Mathematics Education (science and mathematics), Social Science Education (social studies), Technology and Human Life Science (technology education and home economics education), and Arts and Sports Education (music, art, health and physical education). Since the aim of the department is to improve the quality and qualifications of teachers, in-service teachers are also admitted. The school provides instruction in and conducts research on educational practices.

Kumamoto University (KU), a globally active research university with roots in local communities, has adopted a motto that symbolizes the university's unique attributes and expresses its essential quality: "KU Spirit."

Vision

Kumamoto University aims to contribute to the community and global society by cultivating intelligent, moral, and skillful people, while working for the creation, inheritance, and development of knowledge, following the spirit of the Fundamental Law of Education and the School Education Law.

Education Goals

In order to cultivate unique, creative people, the university provides a comprehensive education based on a consistent philosophy followed by all of our undergraduate departments and graduate schools.

Our undergraduate departments, with the help of a broad education, inculcate in students the abilities of international communication, adapting to the information age, and thinking and acting independently.

Our graduate schools cultivate highly specialized workers with comprehensive reasoning ability, technical knowledge, and internationally recognized skills, in addition to deep insight into humankind and nature, on the basis of the undergraduate education that our students receive.

As an institution that is open to the public, the university offers a place where people can engage in lifelong learning.