Meiji Gakuin University

Meiji Gakuin University’s pioneering Faculty of International Studies was established in 1986. It consists of the Department of International Studies and the Department of Global and Transcultural Studies. Students in the Faculty study for all four years at the University’s Yokohama campus. Our campus is also home to the Graduate School of International Studies, and the Institute of International Studies. The Faculty’s affiliated Institute for International Studies supports professors’ research activities in order to continually enhance the curriculum that constitutes the Faculty’s educational core. Meiji Gakuin University’s International Peace Research Institute, which has a deep relationship with the Faculty’s curriculum, is also on the Yokohama Campus. It provides information and sponsors learning events related to peace studies research. YISA (Yokohama International Studies Association) is the Faculty’s own alumni organization, and it creates networks for past and present students through its plans for symposiums and lectures. The forces of globalisation continue to strengthen the mutual integration of peoples and regions around the world. With an eye towards the society of tomorrow, the Faculty strives to educate capable people who can actively contribute to a diverse range of fields and activities in and outside of Japan.