Hiroshima City University
Graduate School of Peace Studies
*******NEWS *******
- [2023.11.1] NEW April 2024 Admission, MA and PhD Programs, Admissions Guidelines released. ⇒details
- [2023.9.21] April 2024 Admission, MA Programs, Admissions Guidelines for International Students released. ⇒details
[2023.6.2] Online briefing session on admission to the Graduate School of Peace Studies to be conducted. ⇒details
[2023.5.26] October Admission, PhD Programs, Admissions Guidelines released. ⇒details
[2023.5.26] October 2023/April 2024 Admissions, Graduate School of Peace Studies, MA program Admission Guidelines released. ⇒details
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Master’s Degree Program
Purpose of Establishment
As a university located in the city that experienced the first atomic bombing in human history, Hiroshima City University established the Hiroshima Peace Institute in April 1998 as an affiliated research institute. The Institute conducts peace-related education and academic research that aims to contribute to the abolition of nuclear weapons, the establishment of world peace, and the development of local communities.
The establishment of the Graduate School of Peace Studies aims to contribute to the realization of world peace by providing a curriculum that fosters graduates who have acquired; i) analytical academic methodologies in specialized areas such as peace studies, international politics, international law and international relations, and ii) the specialized and wide-ranging skills needed to analyze a diversity of real problems.
Career paths graduates will be prepared for:
We aim to train students to become professionals who have the ability to analyze the dynamics behind international disputes from various perspectives and communicate to the world about effective ideas and methods for realizing peace. Students will be prepared for career paths such as:
(1) Researchers who have the intellectual ability to identify and analyze the connections between i）the framework of international relations and basic structure of politics and governance, and ii）human security, while at the same time being able to propose effective preventive measures aimed at avoiding and solving disputes;
(2) International officials and international NGO and NPO employees who can contribute to the drafting and formulation of international public policy aimed at building and realizing peace, and national and regional public servants involved with public policy and internationally related work; and
(3) Journalists and mass-media specialists who have acquired the skills to astutely and systematically analyze a diversity of issues including current international disputes and global problems, and who have the ability to share information with civil society and the international community from a peacebuilding perspective.
Paths after completing the degree program
● Newspaper or news agency journalist
● Educator at a higher educational institution such as a university, or a think-tank researcher
● Staff of an international NGO or NPO
● International official, national or regional public servant
● Progress to Doctoral degree program
Graduate Faculty members
| Position | Name | Subject | Research Field |
| Professor | OSHIBA, Ryo |
Global Governance |
International Relations |
| Professor | OKIMURA, Tadashi |
Peacebuilding, United Nations |
International Relations, |
| Assistant Professor | KATO, Mihoko | Contemporary Russian Politics and Foreign Policy Refional Organization and their Peace and Security Policies |
International Relations, |
| Professor | GANESAN, Narayanan | Conflict and Cooperation in Southeast Asia |
Southeast Asian Politics |
| Professor | KIKKAWA, Gen |
Peace Studies, |
International Relations, |
| Professor | SATO, Tetsuo |
Contemporary International Law and Peace, |
International Law, |
| Professor | JACOBS, Robert |
Atomic Culture, |
History and Culture of Nuclear |
| Associate Professor | SHIJO, Chie |
Memories of Atomic Bombings |
Historical Sociology, Memories and Representations of the Atomic Bombings |
| Professor | NAGAI, Hitoshi |
Nuclear History II, |
Modern Japanese History, Japan-Philippines Relations |
| Professor | KAWAKAMI, Akihiro | Constitution of Japan and Pacifism | Theory of Constitutional Law, Theory of Local Government, Theory of Human Rights |
| Associate Professor | XU, Xianfen |
Politics and Foreign Policy in Contemporary China |
History of Japan-China Relations, International Relations in East Asia, International Cooperation Studies |
| Associate Professor | SON, Hyunjin | Korean Foreign Policies and Nuclear Issues | International Law, Situation on the Korean Peninsula, North Korean Issues |
| Associate Professor | TAKEMOTO, Makiko | Pacifism and Peace Movements | Modern and Contemporary German History, History of Peace Philosophy and Peace Movements |
| Professor | YAMADA, Yasuhiro | Nuclear History Ⅰ, Nuclear History Ⅱ |
Contemporary History of U. S. Foreign Relations |
- Hiroshima City University Researcher Information
- New Master’s Degree Course in Peace Studies (Japanese page)
***** NEWS: Details ****
Graduate Admissions
●Please download admissions and the prescribed forms from the following link.
You must print these forms in A4-sized and white-colored paper.
○2024 First Semester Admissions
Doctor Course
・General Entrance Examination
Doctor Admission ＞
[A]Entrance Application Form ＞
[B]Resume ＞
[C]Exam Admission Ticket, Photograph Sheet,
Entrance Examination Fee Transfer Certificate Attachment Sheet ＞
Bank Remittance Form ＞
Master Course
・General Entrance Examination
・Special Entrance Examination for Working People
Master Admission （Only Japanese version available）
・Special Entrance Examination for International Students
Master Admission > （PDF）[389KB]
[A]Application Form > （PDF）[457KB]
[B]Resume > （PDF）[257KB]
[C]Letter of Recommendation 1 and 2 >（PDF）[182KB]（word）[46KB]
Application guidelines (Japanese Page)
●The following PDFs are shown for reference only.
(The application period has ended.)
○2023 Second Semester Admissions
Doctor Course
・General Entrance Examination
Doctor Admission > （PDF）[457KB]
○2023 Second Semester Admissions
Master Course
・Special Entrance Examination for International Students
Master Admission > （PDF）[106KB]
●Contact
Admissions Office
Hiroshima City University
3-4-1, Ozuka-Higashi, Asa-Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, 731-3194, JAPAN
E-mail: nyushi&m.hiroshima-cu.ac.jp
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