Master of Social and Cultural Sciences

The former Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences was established in April 2002, which offered a three-year independent, interdisciplinary and comprehensive Doctoral Program based on a wide range of fields given in the Faculty of Letters and the Faculty of Law. The Division of Instructional System Studies (Master’s Program), which was designed to foster e-learning professionals, was founded in April 2006. In April 2008 was established the present Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences (GSSCS) which consists of Master’s Program and Doctoral Program, by reorganizing the former Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences (Doctoral Program), Graduate School of Letters (Master’s Program), Graduate School of Law (Master’s Program), and Division of Instructional System Studies.

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.