Admission
Application for April/October 2013 enrollment has closed.
Application Guidelines
for the Master′s Program (April/October 2014)
Course Overview
International Program in Economics accepts at most 10 students a year. Students may enroll either in April or October.
International Program in Economics offers a two-year Master's program that does not require students to learn Japanese in order to obtain a degree. Core courses comprise of Macroeconomics, Microeconomics and Econometrics, which are conducted in English. In addition, a wide variety of topic courses are also given in English so that students have sufficient choices of subjects to complete their degrees (See Information on courses). Some courses in Graduate School of Economics are offered in Japanese. Although International Program in Economics students can take these courses, they are advised to check the the language of instruction before registering for a course. Some courses are 2-credit courses that meet once a week for a single semester, while others are 4-credit courses that meet twice a week for a semester or once a week for two semesters. To complete the International Program in Economics' Master's program, International Program in Economics students need to take a minimum of 30 credits by the end of two years, to write a Master thesis in English or Japanese based on the supervision of International Program in Economics professors and to pass Master’s Thesis Examining (Defense of Thesis).
Graduate School of Economics has 5 departments (Senko). International Program in Economics and students belong to the Department of "Studies of Contemporary Economy" (Gendai Keizai Senko). Their thesis will be supervised by only International Program in Economics professors (See Members). If a professor does not belong to "Studies of Contemporary Economy (Gendai Keizai Senko)," but is a member of International Program in Economics, International Program in Economics students can be supervised by him/her. However, a non-member of International Program in Economics may not be chosen as a supervisor even if he/she belongs to "Studies of Contemporary Economy (Gendai Keizai Senko)."
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