Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)

NIHU’s six institutes offer courses at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI. The six graduate (doctoral) courses take advantage of the institutes’ respective resources to train scholars for broad perspective and a high level of expertise and learning.

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SOKENDAI web site

SOKENDAI Number of Students(As of May 1, 2022 Unit: People)

Department
(~FY2022)
Program
(FY2023~)
Name of
Institute
Number of
Students
Number of
degrees awarded
(FY2021)
Cultural
and
Social
Studies
Regional Studies Department
of
Advanced
Studies
Anthropological
Studies
MINPAKU 12 (5) 4
Comparative
Studies
11 (4) 4
Japanese Studies Japanese
Studies
NICHIBUNKEN 16 (8) 4
Japanese History Japanese
History
REKIHAKU 12 (0) 0
Japanese
Literature
Japanese
Literature
NIJL 6 (0) 3
Japanese
Language
Sciences
NINJAL
Global
Environmental
Studies
RIHN
Total 57 (17) 15

(Numbers in brackets: Overseas students)

Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies Program List