The Faculty of Economics has established practical educational programs in cooperation with domestic and international institutions to develop people who can play an active role in the international field to deal with rapid changes as society moves forward.
In collaboration with our overseas partner universities, we offer lectures that address real world problem-solving. Students will develop the skills through the opportunity to interact with a diverse range of students from abroad and work as a team to solve problems.
This program is designed for second-year students and above to study more practical specialized subjects such as development, environment, trade, finance, policy, management, marketing, and accounting in English. Certificates of completion are awarded to outstanding students.
Students with outstanding grades are eligible to graduate from the university in three years. In addition, if you apply for the Graduate School of Economics and use the Early Graduation system, you can complete your undergraduate and graduate degrees in four years and obtain a master’s degree.
The school offers many small-group lectures with about 20-40 students per class, and seminars for third-year students to learn about specialized fields in depth, with about ten students per year. This enables students to receive close and intense guidance from faculty members. Second- and third- year students participate in the orientation at the time of enrollment as helpers, giving advice on courses and sharing their study-abroad experiences to support first-year students in their studies and student life.
The Faculty of Economics comprises two departments—Economics and Management—while encouraging students to learn across disciplinary boundaries. Students are free to take courses and participate in seminars offered by either department, creating opportunities to integrate economic theory with practical business perspectives.
By examining issues from multiple academic viewpoints and engaging in discussions with peers specializing in different fields, students develop the analytical skills and broad perspective needed to understand the complex relationships among economies, businesses, and society.
Today, economics and business are learned not only in the classroom but also through engagement with the real world. Taking full advantage of its central Tokyo campus, located within walking distance of one of Japan’s leading business districts, the Faculty offers a wide range of experiential learning opportunities, including internships, practitioner-led courses, and collaborative programs with organizations and professionals at the forefront of their fields.
In the heart of Tokyo, where people, ideas, and information from around the world converge, students learn to apply the knowledge and theories they acquire in the classroom to real-world challenges, developing the practical insight and sound judgment essential for future leaders.
The Faculty offers a wide range of opportunities to develop a global perspective, including international business case studies, collaborative projects with companies, and other internationally focused learning experiences. Students are also supported through exchange programs and pathways to graduate study at universities around the world.
At the Faculty of Economics, preparing for an international career is not the exception—it is part of the learning culture. Students are encouraged to broaden their horizons, embrace global challenges, and apply their knowledge in an international context, equipping them to thrive in an increasingly interconnected world.
To cultivate, through broad-ranging study of economics, management and related fields, a capacity for logical analysis of economic activity and social problems in contemporary societies.
To produce graduates to play active roles within and beyond Japan, equipped with advanced skills of problem-solving grounded in broad foundational and specialist knowledge in economics and management, as well as globally-attuned sensibilities, social responsibility, and ethical awareness.
Founded on the spirit of Christian humanism and under the educational principle of “Fostering international leader with broad perspectives and foresight”, and with an aim to foster human resources who will lead the highly knowledge-based society of the 21st century and contribute to international society, the Faculty of Economics sets standards for skills and knowledge students should acquire before graduation as follows. Those who fulfill the graduation requirements shall be deemed to have acquired these qualities and will be awarded a diploma.
In accordance with Diploma Policy, the Faculty of Human Sciences constructs its curriculum with courses aligned to the following purposes under the university mission and departmental educational philosophy of “Sophia, Bringing the world together” with an aim to learn both theory and reality in a balanced manner, through introductory education in class units, small group classes based on Specialized Courses, lectures to foster expertise, core education centered on seminars where teachers and students are close together, and diversified practical education in collaboration with outside organization:
Based on the spirit of Christian humanism, the Faculty of Economics aims to develop human resources who can contribute to global society by fostering the ability to address the issues in the modern society appropriately led by judgement based on multiple perspectives of economics and management. We seek students with following qualities:
Department of Economics
Students will acquire the ability to analyze various social and economic phenomena from economic perspective and to evaluate based on their judgment aiming to become international economists.
Department of Management
Students will obtain not only advanced specialized skills related to Management but also a broad perspective on business and society, and contribute to local and international society.
Departments within the Faculty of Economics:SPSF Department of EconomicsSPSF Department of Management
Sophia Program for Sustainable Futures (SPSF)
This program allows students to study common subjects on the theme of Sustainable Futures while studying a specialized field of study, and to obtain a degree only in English. Each student can deepen his or her learning from various perspectives with a firm professional footing specialized for the realization of a “sustainable future.”
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