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The four graduate schools of Meikai University were established for further pursuit in academic research in this age of constant change in society, economy and information. They were made to fulfill Meikai University's mission to develop people that can be active in the international community of the future to move humankind toward universal happiness and prosperity. In 1977, the Graduate School of Dentistry was established. In 1998, the Graduate School of Applied Language Studies, Economics and Real Estate Sciences were founded. In 2000, doctorate programs were established in the graduate schools of Applied Language Studies and Real Estate Sciences.
Graduate School of Economics
All the industrialized nations in today's world, including Japan, face urgent problems in their economics. At the root of the problem lies the fact that their societies underwent a huge transformation at the turn of the 20th century, and the structures underlying their economies changed greatly. The following key phrases capture the dilemmas that face society today: the aging society and lifestyles; globalization of the world economy; development and environment; and the division of roles between public and private organizations.
The Graduate School of Economics offers opportunities for research that go beyond conventional study methods based on books and reference materials, and involve practical applicability, combining construction of theoretical models with a full respect for facts as well as analysis based on processed data. The aim is to train people capable both of identifying and understanding problems and of proposing solutions. Students are also offered the chance to study various problems in the area of tax law with a theoretical approach to meet the requirements of the business world.
Major Areas (Master's Program)
- This field offers classes on advanced economic theory, econometrics, and the history of economic thought that provide the basic theoretical foundation for other fields and specializations within the broad field of economics. The aim is to develop students' powers of analysis, to enable them to grasp the essence of problems from a wide-ranging, scholarly perspective, to conceive models, and to conduct quantitative analysis.
- This field has a direct bearing on many issues in society today, covering study of the role of government (budget and financial authorities) as well as the economic behavior of households (consumers). Students conduct research into public policy and how it relates to the role of the market and the state in financial systems. In public welfare, the aim is to foster people capable of designing new systems and formulating new policies.
- This field focuses on economic systems, the behavior of governments and enterprises, and related economic history from an international perspective, with particular attention given to wide-ranging international economic and business management policies covering the international economy, international business management, world economic history, and international accounting. Taking account of the historical and political relationships between industrialized countries and developing countries, research is conducted into policy in international economics and business management at theoretical and practical levels.
- This field examines the relationship between development and the environment. Students look at the possibilities of economic and resource development, as well as the negative economic effects (environmental destruction, resource depletion, etc.) accompanying them, and acquire knowledge in a variety of topics relating to the collection of data on and analysis of economies around the world and problems of resource management, in order to explore the possibilities of sustainable development.
- This field deals with the themes of the family and aging society, with the main focus on issues to do with welfare at the micro level of the individual and the family. This allows students to look at such timely topics as medical insurance and the systems for care of the elderly, as well as issues surrounding women pursuing professional careers and returning to work after raising a family from the perspectives of systems and policies.
