Tokyo Woman's Christian University

The Graduate School - Doctoral Degree Course

Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences

Modern society has experienced globalization, informatization and population aging at a faster rate than ever. The Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences has established a Doctoral program to reexamine today's complex and ever-changing "human phenomena" with a focus on various aspects of culture that are an outcome of human behavior and knowledge, and various problems that people confront in their relationships with society. The course is also designed to seek clues for solving such issues confronting our complicated modern societies and addressing them from a fresh perspective. This course consists of two divisions: the Division of Humanities and Cultures and the Division of Human Sciences. The course is designed to pursue research by organically combining specialized knowledge acquired through Master's degree programs. The Division of Humanities and Cultures considers various aspects of culture which are an outcome of human behavior and knowledge, and the Division of Human Sciences explores various problems that people confront in their relationships with society. A Doctoral degree is awarded to students who earn at least 16 credits, submit a Doctoral Dissertation, successfully complete the dissertation evaluation and pass the final examination. This course is designed to take three years to complete.

Division of Humanities and Cultures

The Division of Humanities and Cultures aims to develop researchers in the area of education who will play a part in the construction of a new understanding of people in the cooperative society of the 21st century. Moreover, the division fosters specialists who are equipped with solid analytical abilities to resolve issues confronting human cultures in the 21st century and advanced knowledge and insight necessary for solving such issues.

Humanities and Cultures Course List

Research Areas

  • Philosophy of Culture and Art
  • Language and Literature
  • History and Culture

Full-time faculty

Philosophy of Culture and Art
  • Tetsuya Sakakibara

    Professor
    Phenomenology, Philosophy of Caring

  • Akira Baba

    Professor
    Aesthetics, Philosophy of Arts

  • Hiroshi Ohtani

    Professor
    Contemporary Philosophy, History of Western Philosophy, Wittgenstein Studies

  • Yukiko Yamada

    Professor

Language and Literature
  • Hisayo Imai

    Professor
    Literature of the Heian Period of Japan

  • Mariko Noami

    Professor
    Modern Japanese Literature

  • Shin Matsuo

    Professor
    Multicultural Education, Sociolinguistics, Japanese Language Education

  • Akiko Mizoguchi

    Professor
    African Literature in English, English Literature

  • Andrew Houwen

    Associate Professor
    British and American Literature, Comparative
    Literature, Poetry, Cultural Studies

  • Shingo Yamamoto

    Professor
    History of Japanese Language

History and Culture
  • Toshio Motegi

    Professor
    Chinese Studies

Lecturer
  • Hirotoshi Hiwaki

    Professor

Division of Human Sciences

The Division of Human Sciences develops specialists and researchers who have deep insight into the true nature of various problems facing people in their lifetime and have the ability to conduct research and surveys and utilize research findings acquired in a practical manner. In short, the aim of the division is to develop outstanding human resources with the ability and insight to address a wide variety of complex issues that people and their surrounding environments face in the 21st century.

Human Sciences Course List (3KB)
 

Research Areas

  • Life Cycle Developmental Clinical Science
  • Cognitive Social Adaptation
  • Cooperative Society in a Global World

Full-time faculty

Life Cycle Developmental Clinical Science
  • Takeo Tanaka

    Professor
    Clinical Psychology

  • Ryoko Hanada

    Professor
    Clinical Psychology

  • Shinichiro Morita

    Professor
    Clinical Psychology

Cognitive Social Adaptation
  • Koichi Oda

    Professor
    Audio Visual Information Processing, Experimental Psychology

  • Mayumi Karasawa

    Professor
    Cultural Psychology, Developmental Psychology

  • Eriko Kudo

    Professor
    Social Psychology

  • Shinichi Saito

    Professor
    Communication Studies, Media Studies, Social Psychology

  • Akihiro Tanaka

    Professor
    Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science

Cooperative Society in a Global World
  • Minako Konno

    Professor
    Sociology

  • Kiyoko Furusawa

    Professor
    Development Studies

Lecturer
  • Tetsuya Shirasago

    Professor

  • Kenzo Takeuchi

    Professor

  • Masato Nakamura

    Professor

  • Asami Maekawa

    Professor

  • Hidemi Hirabayashi

    Professor

Graduate School of Science

The Doctoral program of the Graduate School of Science provide students with opportunities to know latest high level research in the fields of theoretical and applied mathematics. The aim is to bring up people who can pursue cutting-edge original research in those fields.
A Doctoral degree is awarded to students who earn at least 12 credits, submit a Doctoral Dissertation, successfully complete the dissertation evaluation and pass the final examination. This course is designed to take three years to complete.

Division of Mathematics

Mathematics Course List (3KB)
 

Research Areas

  • Theoretical Mathematical Science
  • Applied Mathematical Science

Full-time faculty

Theoretical Mathematical Science
  • Yoshiyuki Ohyama

    Professor
    Topology

  • Ryo Nikkuni

    Professor
    Topology

  • Tohru Nitta

    Professor
    Machine Learning　 Neural Network

  • Hiroshi Yamauchi

    Professor
    Mathematics, Algebra

Applied Mathematical Science
 
  • Koji Ando

    Professor
    Theoretical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry

  • Yuka Kato

    Professor
    Information Networks

  • Atsushi Takeuchi

    Professor
    Probability Theory

  • Kinya Oda

    Professor
    Particle Physics, Cosmology

  • Taichi Haruna

    Professor
    Complex Systems Science

  • Xuefeng LIU

    Professor
    Numerical Analysis, Computer-assisted proof

Lecturer
  • Sachiko Atsushiba

    Professor