Master in Risk and Crisis Management

Benefiting society by maintaining a “Safe and Secure Lifestyle” through learning the necessary knowledge and skills from various actual cases of proper management of crises such as natural disasters and financial catastrophes.

Our University's parent organization, The Kake Educational Institution (KEI), establish the Okayama University of Science in 1964 with the educational philosophy “To draw out a student’s maximum potential”. In 1995 the Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts was established and KEI consisted of 2 universities, a junior and senior high school as well as 2 vocational schools. KEI has actively expanded in to various fields and for over 40 years seen success in education and research and in fields such as science, engineering, information, environment, medicine, the arts. In April of 2004 at the strong requests of the City of Choshi in Chiba Prefecture, the Chiba Institute of Science was established with the Faculty of Pharmacy and the Faculty of Risk & Crisis Management. The Faculty of Pharmacy aims to preserve and advance the health of each individual while improving the medical environment. In addition the Faculty of Pharmacy strives to educate pharmacists that are able to actively participate in and improve the local medical conditions by developing precise medicines for treatment. As the first university in Japan to established a Faculty of Risk and Crises Management, through a new academic field we are we are paving the way to living safer and more secure lives.