Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP)
The Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP) is a new type of graduate education program established in 2004 through the close cooperation of the five multi-disciplinary departments in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Language and Information Sciences, Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, Area Studies, Advanced Social and International Studies, and Multi-Disciplinary Sciences). Human Security is a new concept focusing our attention on the development of a more humane global society for the 21st century. As such, it requires diverse perspectives and approaches, not only derived from the fields of international relations and the social sciences but also afforded by the natural sciences, area studies, and the humanities. The program not only focuses on understanding and researching various problems related to human security, but is also designed to nurture “human assets” who will make innovative contributions to our global society.
The program offers Master’s and Doctoral courses. Students of this program belong to one of the five multi-disciplinary departments listed above, thereby securing a foothold from which to grapple with new issues in human security. The program offers M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Human Security Studies to those who complete the program. Roughly 16 students for the Master’s course and four students for the Doctoral course are accepted each year. Unlike the five existing academic departments of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, as well as the School of Law and the Graduate School of Public Policy, both of which aim to train experts working for specific organizations, this program purports to nurture highly qualified individuals who will make significant contributions in diverse areas of international affairs and global society. Moreover, in order to encourage a wide range of talented individuals to join the program, the program welcomes those who have been unable to study at the graduate level under existing constraints.
For more information about the program and its entrance examination, please refer to the HSP website.
Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP) 
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