Each Faculty

The Faculty of Law based on its tradition as the oldest private law school in Japan, will foster the following human resources to realize the founding spirit of "Liberty and Progress.

1. Human resources with a legal mind and the ability to analyze and negotiate politically
2. Human resources who can contribute broadly to society by acquiring a background in law and political science

Department of Law

The Department of Law will cultivate the following human resources

1. Human resources who have acquired systematic and specialized knowledge of law through theoretical and practical legal education in the fields of basic law and substantive law
2. Human resources with a legal mindset who can utilize acquired knowledge to solve legal problems in an appropriate manner.
3. Human resources who can play an active role in various fields such as legal professionals, legal researchers, public officials, teachers, and private companies.

Department of Political Science

The Department of Political Science will nurture the following human resources.

1. Human resources who understand correctly that human beings are social animals, and who are able to consider the relationships among the values and interests of diverse entities without being biased toward any particular position.
2. Be able to consider the formation, maintenance, and development of social order from a normative perspective and make practical contributions to society.
3. To love knowledge, learn from history, cherish local communities, and consider human society from a global perspective

Department of Global Politics

The Department of Global Politics, with the mottos of "Dreams are endless and our feet are on the ground" and "The stage of activity is global," fosters the following human resources.

1. Possess not only observational and analytical skills but also conceptual, negotiation, and implementation skills to deal with global-scale issues and various problems in Asia in the global era of the 21st century.
2. Have a sense of global citizenship to take positive action toward the realization of a global symbiotic society
3. Demonstrate originality and initiative

The Faculty of Letters, under the curriculum of each department, aims to nurture the following human resources.

1. Human resources who can demonstrate original thinking skills based on a broad perspective and deep education through research and investigation of literature, materials, and information from the East and West.
2. Human resources who can objectively determine their own position in history, the world, and society, understand others with flexible sensitivity, and fairly evaluate diverse values.
3. Human beings who can examine the issues at hand, think of solutions, and communicate these solutions persuasively.

Department of Philosophy

The Department of Philosophy aims to nurture the following human resources backed by a deep philosophical education, human understanding, and broad vision, based on the university's founding spirit of "freedom and progress".

1. A person who can think things through logically and deeply, present and communicate persuasive arguments and solutions to problems.
2. People who, with an international perspective and diverse interests, can gain insight into the state of the world, people and society, and the issues they face, and who can actively advocate for these issues with a broad mind toward others.
3. People who are not influenced by the times or authority, who are full of "enterprising spirit," and who are able to consider and communicate while maintaining a positive attitude toward things.

Department of Japanese

The Department of Japanese, through specialized study of the history and current state of Japanese literature, language, and performing arts under the prescribed curriculum, aims to nurture individuals with the following qualities and abilities who can accurately communicate their own views in their own words in an increasingly globalized and information-oriented 21st century society.

1. A person who has a rich sensitivity to not only the world of Japanese literature, but also to various contemporary events.
2. The ability to analyze and consider logically the various phenomena sensed with a rich sensitivity.
3. Creativity to link the results of analysis and consideration to the construction of original worlds and ideas.
4. The ability to express the results obtained through the above qualities and abilities in an attractive manner to society.

Department of English

The Department of English, in accordance with the educational goals of the Faculty of Letters as a whole, will cultivate human resources as indicated below.

1. A person who has acquired the ability to think and the ethical awareness to think more deeply about one's own life and the world through the study of literature, based on the "language" of English.
2. A person who has acquired the ability to analyze and think scientifically through the study of linguistics based on the "language" of English.
3. A person who is able to contemplate the question, "What is a human being?
4. A flexible and rational person with a high level of sensitivity and empathy for human things, and at the same time, a person who can not only have that empathy as an emotional feeling but can also speak logically and logically to others through words.
5. A person who possesses English, Japanese, reading, writing, logical thinking, and analytical skills.

Department of History

The Department of History under its prescribed curriculum, will nurture human resources as shown below.

1. A person who can deepen his/her academic interest in history and have "eyes to see history" by learning the methodology of history based on concrete historical documents.
2. Students will have the ability to search for historical materials and judge their value, and will be able to conduct practical research that makes appropriate use of historical materials.
3. Human beings who can judge human history, including contemporary society and future prospects, with an "eye for history.

Department of Geography

The Department Department of Geography, under the curriculum provided by the department, will cultivate human resources as indicated below.

1. Human resources with the ability to understand "regional characteristics" from a geographical perspective through the study of geographical methodology.
2. Human resources who have the will to communicate to society the "regional characteristics" obtained from a geographical viewpoint.
3. Human resources who have the ability to take the initiative in addressing and solving social issues obtained from a geographical perspective.

Department of Psychology

The Department of Psychology shall nurture human resources as follows

1. Human resources who are capable of gaining multifaceted and objective insights into people and society by acquiring a wide range of psychological knowledge and skills.
2. Human resources who can examine various problems related to the mind from a professional standpoint and who can generate new knowledge on their own.
3. Human beings who possess accurate presentation skills, communication skills, and group activity skills, and who can utilize their own knowledge and skills in collaboration with others and effectively communicate them to society.

The Department of International Politics aims to nurture human resources with the mottos of "Dreams without End and Feet on the Earth" and "The Stage of Activity is Global.

1. Human resources who can take a systematic view of contemporary society with a focus on economic phenomena and economic problems
2. Human resources who can make useful policy proposals in society.

The policy for their development is as follows: □ The Department of Economics will foster the following human resources

1. Cultivation of interdisciplinary extension capabilities in both research and education
2. Capacity building to promote problem-solving by students themselves
3. Cultivation of independent career development skills
4. Cultivation of the mind, body, and spirit

The Department of Economics cultivates the following human resources: □ Department of Economics International Economics

1. Human resources who are active on the front lines of society
2. Human resources who can accurately grasp real economic trends from a wide range of perspectives based on knowledge of economics and thinking methods, and who can seek ways to solve problems through logical thinking methods

The Department of International Economics fosters the following image of human resources: □ The Department of International Economics Modern Business fosters the following image of human resources

1. Human resources who are aware of their role as global citizens
2. Human resources who can exercise leadership as a leader of the international economy

The Department of Business Economics aims to nurture the following human resources: □ The Department of Business Economics aims to nurture the following human resources

1. Human resources who are motivated to manage companies based on the structural changes in the macroeconomy
2. Human resources who can acquire specialized knowledge in corporate analysis and actively contribute to corporate management.

The Faculty of Social Sciences cultivates human resources who have the ability to comprehensively elucidate and understand the structure and dynamics of modern society and the way people in society live their lives, and who have the ability to seek solutions to social issues. The following objectives are set for each department.

1. Department of Policy Science on Society: To develop human resources who can discover and analyze social problems based on knowledge of various social sciences, and who can conceptualize policies from a comprehensive perspective and from the viewpoint of citizens.
2. Department of Sociology fosters human resources who have acquired the knowledge and methodology to grasp and examine the ever-changing reality of society from multiple perspectives based on the major theories of sociology.
3. Department of Media and Communication Studies: The Department of Media and Communication Studies fosters human resources with multifaceted thinking and foresight who can respond immediately to changes in the media environment from a broad perspective, making full use of knowledge and techniques in the social and information sciences.

The Faculty of Business Administration will develop human resources as shown below, based on the founding objective of "being a faculty that cultivates human resources capable of demonstrating practical skills in response to technological advances in industry.

1. Acquire a foundation of knowledge and abilities centered on business administration and including related fields such as economics, information, and general education.
2. Foster the desire and ability to use this knowledge and ability to contribute to society, including corporate management.
3. To cultivate an attitude of high ethical standards when making various decisions and taking various actions.

In addition to the common educational objectives of the faculties listed above, the areas of knowledge and abilities emphasized in each department and program are as follows.

1. The Department of Business Administration focuses on business organization, human resource management, and management resource management through accounting,
2. The Department of Business Strategy aims to develop ideas and formulate new management strategies under the global business environment,
3. The Department of Markets and Management is to respond to changes in the market environment and create new markets,
4. The Global Business Program is designed to provide students with a deep understanding of mutual understanding in a diverse environment, global standard business administration in English, and Japanese business management.

■ The Faculty of Intercultural Communication will nurture human resources as indicated below.

1. Students should be interested in and passionate about cross-cultural understanding and multicultural conviviality, and be able to solve problems proactively, positively, and creatively through language skills and the ability to receive, analyze, and disseminate information.
2. In the spirit of "freedom and progress," as indicated by the Faculty of Intercultural Communication, the student will have the knowledge and ability to create new mutual understanding and possibilities by creating a circuit of dialogue on various intercultural issues.
3. In addition to language skills and cross-cultural empathy, students will possess a sound critical mind, as well as a strong sense of independence and cooperation.
4. They have the " Practical wisdom " to live freely as "global citizens" who are respected beyond national, ethnic, religious, and historical barriers through actions based on a spirit of philanthropy and equality.

The Department of Sustainability StudiesFaculty of Sustainability Studies is designed to play a central role in the educational process to fulfill one of the three objectives of Hosei University, "to contribute to the construction of a sustainable global society by solving increasingly diverse global issues," while cultivating a rich humanity and a sense of culture required of modern people. The Faculty of Information Science and Technology will cultivate T-shaped and U-shaped human resources by acquiring interdisciplinary expertise and policy-making skills for practical issues, while fostering a rich humanity and the liberal arts required of modern people.

1. The student will have an understanding of the principles of "coexistence of humans and the environment" and "coexistence of humans with the environment" as the core values of a sustainable society, and will have the education to look to a sustainable future based on a broad knowledge of the trajectory of humanity and the issues of contemporary society, the ability to think and a rich sensibility.
2. Human resources who have the ability to consider various global and local political, economic, social, cultural, and scientific (science and technology) issues from the perspective of sustainability, and who have the policy ability to conceive and implement appropriate solutions.
3. Human resources who have the citizenship to lead a sustainable society and the communication skills necessary to form a collaborative network that contributes to society while respecting diverse values.

Based on the faculty's educational philosophy of realizing wellbeing, both the Department of Community Development Studies and the Department of Clinical Psychology will train individuals with a welfare mindset who can contribute to society from a broad welfare perspective. Based on this, the educational goals of each department are as follows.

Department of Community Development

1. To nurture professional human resources who can contribute to the creation of a rich welfare community that also takes into consideration people's mental problems.
2. Cultivate human resources who can proactively tackle problems occurring in the local community as welfare leaders of the community.

Department of Clinical Psychology

1. Cultivate human resources with expertise in mental health issues, taking into account local lifestyles and systems, people's lives, and welfare services.
2. Cultivate human resources who have systematically studied psychology related to individuals, families, and communities.

The Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences will nurture the following types of human resources: 1.

(1) Foster human resources with the ability to analyze, abstract, and model real-world phenomena and human behavior by providing an environment that promotes students' curiosity and encourages them to develop an attitude of inquiry into the essence of the subject matter.

2. to give students experience in problem solving in a wide range of fields centered on mathematical approaches, and to develop human resources with the ability to solve abstracted real-world problems based on the concepts of information science and to open up the future.

(3) To help students acquire the attitude to logically summarize their own ideas and express them in various ways. Through this, we develop human resources with the communication skills to accurately and extensively convey their ideas from a broad perspective and the ability to communicate internationally.

In addition, each department fosters students with the following specialized skills related to information science. 4.

Department of Computer Science

4. to cultivate individuals with knowledge and skills in computing and its infrastructure, which is the essence of information processing, through a balanced acquisition of knowledge in software and hardware

Department of Digital Media

5. to cultivate individuals with knowledge and skills in various media information and its processing, including audiovisual information, by providing them with a wide range of knowledge in information representation and digital processing.

The Faculty of Lifelong Learning and Career Studies fosters "autonomous and independent human resources who can design their own careers" and "professional human resources who can be involved in designing and redesigning the careers of others and provide a wide range of support.

The above human resources will be developed systematically through the study of seminar courses, theory courses (Fundamentals I, II, III, Common Courses, Specialty I, Specialty II), method courses, practical courses, and related courses, as well as through studies based on the three areas of "Developmental and Educational Career," "Business Career," and "Life Career.

The Faculty of Engineering and Design will nurture the following human resources.

1. Human resources who can contribute to the formation of a safe and secure society and lifestyle, respecting local history and culture and emphasizing human sensitivity and harmonious coexistence with nature.
2. Be able to take the lead in the development and further enhancement of engineering technology from the perspective of the urban and global environment, with consideration for the well-being of humankind and the preservation of the natural environment.
3. To be able to identify problems, think of methods and techniques to solve those problems, find solutions by making full use of those methods and techniques, and present and implement the solutions.
4. Possess comprehensive design skills to create new value by integrating knowledge not only from engineering but also from other fields of study.
5. Be able to contribute to people's safety, health, and well-being with an understanding of the positive as well as negative aspects of science and technology.

Department of Architecture

The Department of Architecture has set the acquisition of an "architectural mindset" consisting of the following seven items as its educational goal, and fosters human resources who possess not only engineering knowledge and reason, but also a wide range of intellect and sensitivity.

1. Comprehensive design ability:
   Possesses comprehensive design ability and skills as an engineering discipline that creates and designs correct values by integrating knowledge with other disciplines, while being based on engineering. Possess the ability to view architectural problems from a wide range of perspectives and find solutions independently and continuously.
2. Cultural:
   The perspective of history and culture distinguishes architecture from other engineering disciplines. Architecture is a discipline that cultivates an appreciation of different cultures and is oriented toward the present and the future, with reference to the past. Students will be able to understand the cultural nature of architecture.
3. Ethics:
   How to preserve the global environment must be the basis of the ethics of professionals involved in architecture, urbanism, and the environment. Students can understand that architectural design involves social responsibility.
4. Axioms of Architecture:
   If the initial source of architecture is shelter, then safety, security, and comfort are fundamental axioms of architecture. The student possesses the fundamental knowledge that architecture is the cornerstone of a healthy society.
5. Artistry:
   The compatibility of technology and art is an eternal theme. When architecture integrates these two elements, it can move people. The applicant has acquired this kind of artistic background.
6. Liberal Arts:
   Logically analyzing and understanding the social demands that form the background of architecture is the soil in which architecture is conceived. Understand that knowledge of mathematics, physics, and other natural sciences, as well as information technology, is the basis for objective and comprehensive insight, and possess basic academic skills in these areas.
7. Expressive skills:
   To build is to integrate, and communication and teamwork are essential for integration. Cultivation of expressive ability at various levels, which plays a role in these skills, cultivates the ability to make proposals with an eye on society. Students understand the above and acquire those basic skills.

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering cultivates engineers who have the following qualities.

1. Respect for history and culture and symbiosis with nature:
   Thinking, analytical, and applied abilities to form a personality that respects local history and culture from a global perspective and to contribute to the development of social infrastructure systems that coexist with the natural environment.
2. Engineer ethics:
   The ability to contribute to public safety, health, and welfare by appropriately dealing with disasters and the natural environment, with an understanding of the negative effects of science and technology
3. Basic engineering skills:
   Basic skills in mathematics, natural sciences, and information science essential for the development of social infrastructure systems
4. Basic specialized knowledge:
   Basic specialized knowledge in materials engineering, structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, hydraulic engineering and hydraulics, planning, etc., necessary for planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and evaluating infrastructural systems
5. Ability to use and apply specialized knowledge:
   Based on basic engineering and specialized basic academic skills, students learn more advanced specialized knowledge in urban planning, environmental systems, and facility design, and through experiments, practical training, and graduation research, acquire the ability and methods to consider and evaluate differences between theory and practice, and use and apply these to practical problems. Ability to use and apply them to actual problems
6. Comprehensive design ability:
   Design ability to solve various problems related to the planning, construction, and maintenance of sustainable social infrastructure systems based on basic engineering skills, basic professional skills, and the ability to utilize and apply specialized knowledge
7. Communication skills:
   The ability to summarize and describe one's thoughts logically and objectively and to make appropriate presentations and discussions, as well as basic international communication skills, especially in English
8. Continuous learning ability:
   The will to continuously and actively improve one's abilities with a sense of purpose, and the ability to carry out this improvement in a systematic manner
9. Ability to carry out tasks:
   Ability to accurately analyze and understand various constraints and to carry out tasks in a planned manner in cooperation with others and the organization

Department of Engineering and Design

The Department of Engineering and Design will nurture human resources with the following knowledge and abilities.

1. Cooperation and harmony with people and the environment:
   The ability and nurturing to think multilaterally about human-centered design in an aging society and the creation of products and systems that take into account the global natural environment
2. Engineer ethics:
   The ability to view all processes of "manufacturing products and systems" from design to production in a comprehensive manner and to be a responsible engineer who can contribute to public safety, health, and welfare based on a global sense of ethics.
3. Design engineering education:
   Basic knowledge of a wide range of fields, including humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and information sciences, as well as engineering, and the ability to apply information, simulation, and expression techniques to specialized fields as tools, and the ability to use them to solve problems.
4. Basic specialized academic skills:
   Basic academic skills in three specialized fields (creation, technology, and management), as well as basic academic skills in common techniques and a series of ideas that form the basis for designing all types of systems.
5. Comprehensive design ability:
   Comprehensive system design ability to plan and practice the process from problem discovery to concept planning, design, and prototyping, based on the concept of "manufacturing and system creation" that integrates knowledge of system design across the board and places humans at the center of design.
6. Communication skills:
   The ability to describe one's thoughts and ideas logically and objectively, and to present them effectively, as well as the basic ability to communicate mainly in English.
7. Continuous learning ability:
   Willingness and ability to continuously improve one's skills with a sense of purpose, such as acquiring technical qualifications and learning English
8. Ability to perform tasks:
   Ability to accurately analyze and understand the constraints of a given environment and deadlines, and to carry out assigned tasks in a systematic manner.

Based on the university's founding spirit of "freedom and progress," the department will practice basic and broad-based educational activities in the fields of science and engineering in an interdisciplinary manner, while strongly developing and promoting advanced intellectual research activities that lead the global age, and cultivating autonomous engineers and researchers who can contribute excellent new technologies and research results in science and engineering to the development of a sustainable global society. The educational philosophy of the Faculty of Science and Engineering is to nurture engineers and researchers who can contribute to the development of a sustainable global society through new technologies and research results in outstanding science and engineering fields.
In order to nurture autonomous engineers and researchers with advanced "Monozukuri" skills, creativity, broad education and international mindedness as excellent human resources in the field of science and engineering in the global era, the Faculty of Science and Engineering has the following educational objectives.

1. To provide students with sufficient problem finding and solving skills in their specialized fields, and to systematically acquire leading-edge technologies and their fundamentals with a view to playing a role in the creation of new fields of study.
2. To implement cross-faculty education in order to accommodate the acquisition of boundary fields and diversification of learning from the students' viewpoints.
3. To cultivate students' internationality in a broad sense by enhancing language education, liberal arts education, and cross-cultural understanding in order to respond to the globalization of society, and to develop socially-minded individuals who can play an active role on a global scale.

In addition, each department fosters students with the following specialized abilities related to the fields of science and engineering, respectively.

Department of Mechanical Engineering

To foster engineers and researchers specializing in robotics, medical welfare, environment and energy, and aerospace, as well as aviation pilots who have acquired knowledge and skills in mechanical engineering.

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Foster human resources capable of developing and promoting advanced fundamental technologies and advanced applied technologies in the fields of electrical energy, micro/nano electronics, circuit design, communication systems, and intelligent robotics.

Department of Applied Informatics

Foster engineers and researchers who will become key persons in the future information industry in the fields of human environment information, social information, information networks, biological information, ubiquitous information, and basic information.

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Fostering management engineers who understand management mathematically and can create new plans in the fields of mathematical systems, enterprise systems, social systems, and production systems.

Department of Advanced Sciences

The Faculty of Life Sciences cultivates human resources who have mastered scientific thinking and problem-solving methods and have the ability to apply these methods to solve problems in all fields of nature, intelligence, and humanity, transcending the framework of science and the humanities.

The Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry fosters the following human resources.

1. Practical researchers and engineers with flexible and comprehensive perspectives who have mastered interdisciplinary studies to solve various problems in life, the environment, materials (resources and energy), and food.
2. Human resources with communication skills, internationality, problem-solving abilities, and career design skills to be independent and active in a diverse society.

In addition, each department will establish the following

Department of Frontier Bioscience:

1. Human resources who have a broad scientific insight and can comprehensively understand everything from the functions of individual biomolecules to higher-order life systems.
2. Human resources who can formulate hypotheses based on logical thinking and verify them through experiments.
3. Human resources who are proficient in scientific English, have rich communication skills, and can be active internationally.

Department of Chemical Science and Technology:

1. Highly skilled scientists, engineers, and researchers who have mastered the philosophy of "green chemistry" and are active in industry on the basis of 21st century advanced chemistry.
2. Engineers and researchers who have steadily acquired specialized knowledge in chemistry and the natural sciences, have the flexibility to solve unknown problems, and have acquired an international mindset.

Department of Clinical Plant Science:

1. Researchers and technicians who can comprehensively understand the interactions between plants and the organisms and environments that harm them, and who can diagnose and treat plant diseases in the field.
2. Personnel who can acquire comprehensive knowledge of food and environmental issues and the economic and social background behind them, and who can respond to global-scale problems brought about by global warming and the globalization of distribution.

The Faculty of Sports and Health Studies will develop the following human resources.

1. Human resources who can work proactively, independently, and creatively for the promotion of sports and health in Japan.
2. Human resources who have the academic knowledge to contribute to the development of academia by not merely accumulating knowledge and theories related to "sports and health" but by developing them through practice.
3. Human resources who can contribute to the survival and development of a healthy global society by collaborating with people from all over the world to solve various issues related to "sports and health.