Economics

Ever since the founding of the University in 1965, the Faculty of Economics, taking full advantage of its close relationship with the business community has consistently functioned to conduct economic research in general, with emphasis on distribution, and meeting the social needs by training well-educated persons. The Faculty of Economics consists of two departments: the Department of Economics and the Department of Business Administration. The Faculty aims at training well-educated persons with broad global perspectives and shrewd information processing capacity founded on the solid basis of specialized knowledge.

Mastering conceptual approaches to decipher society.

The Department of Economics aims at training persons with solid basic knowledge to accurately ascertain economic and social conditions and having the capacity to apply the findings in practice.

Ryutsu Keizai University was established by Nittsu Gakuen Educational Corporation in 1965. At the time of its establishment, the Japanese economy was riding the wave of rapid economic development and at the dawn of the age of mass production and mass consumption. Yet, distribution and logistics systems were underdeveloped and still immature, which became a major deficiency issue in terms of economic development. The situation was of grave concern, as leaving these problems unresolved would have not only seriously affected the pace of economic development but would have affected the quality of national life at various levels.

With the above described social situations as background, the University was established for the purposes of advancing research in distribution economics, which was one of the immediate key economic issues at the time, to train knowledgeable specialists in the fields, as well as to educate persons capable of contributing to the betterment of social welfare at large.

The University started as a single-department university with only the Economics Department of the Faculty of Economics. In 2006, the Department of Sports Science and Health was opened. Currently, the University has expanded into a medium-sized institution, having 5 faculties and 8 departments, as well as offering 5 postgraduate courses. Our continued endeavor, founded in the principles and purposes of foundation, to identify the direction of future social needs and educate persons capable of making social contributions in various fields resulted in the University expanding in this manner. Today, Japan is becoming an aging society with a declining birth rate. Consequently, more emphasis is beginning to be placed on increased coverage in welfare and the sustentation of a spiritually rich lifestyle. The University will continue to educate and conduct research along its educational principles to train persons that can meet the needs of society.