4 Best Journalism Master's Degree Programs in Japan for 2024

Upon successful completion of the study program students receive an international private Master in Communication Studies degree awarded by the school's main campus in Zurich, Switzerland, based on the recommendation of the faculty of the local campuses where credits were earned, and upon the recommendation of the school's Academic Council.

While the structural changes of information society caused largely by the revolution of digital technology are rapidly going on, a phenomenon of media convergence is emerging in the various journalistic fields. The Graduate School of Journalism and Media is established to pursuit new principles of public interest as well as to build new theories of ethics of journalism and media in the midst of increasingly changing globalized community. Graduate school has two purposes to both educate students and train journalistic professionals. In order to accomplish these purposes, the two courses are placed in the graduate school where the faculty is composed of academics and resident journalists. The Graduate School contributes to improving the quality of journalism as a whole through education and training.

Through the two areas of basic psychological research and research on media and information communication and communication involving humans, we aim to develop human resources with advanced knowledge and skills in psychological and communication science. As a common purpose of the entire field, it is effective to acquire a methodology that can objectively approach various problems of human society and to have the ability to perform scientific verification and communication based on easy-to-understand explanations and empirical data. The aim is to develop the ability to give presentations and convince them to carry out the required projects. In the field of psycho science, the training of aspiring researchers who have acquired a high level of understanding and research methods on human behavior and psychology, and in the field of communication science, various things related to "people, media, and society" that are becoming more diverse. We analyze problems scientifically and train human resources who can play an active role in a wide range of fields in the information media society that connects people to people and people to society.

We strive to cultivate students to become high-level professionals with investigative and collaborative skills, and the communication skills necessary in modern society. The Studies in Contemporary Society program is composed of two courses. The information communication specialty deepens theoretical and practical analysis skills regarding various problems related to the information communication that forms the basis of modern society. Also, we support students who are working adults who aim to increase their qualifications by acquiring information education qualifications or IT passport qualifications or becoming information processing experts or fundamental information technology engineers. These career enhancements are becoming increasingly important as IT continues to rapidly progress. Studies in Contemporary SocietyThe clinical sociology program conducts research about clinical sociology related to contemporary life and death and gender. By conducting research to help eliminate violence towards women and children and to support the victims while this violence is being eradicated, by understanding the culture and customs connected to birth and burial of the dead, and by deepening insight into human existence, we aim to train our students to become graduates who have the clinical skills to offer better support and care to others, and the skills to investigate and analyze social structure, consciousness, and conditions. Both courses aim to cultivate students to become higher-level professionals with clinical and communication skills, who strive to work together with the specialized academic and professional fields demanded by modern society.