・Master's Course:
The program is designed to develop highly skilled professionals who contribute to achieving goals for sustainable well-being through the formulation, implementation, evaluation, and improvement of policies. In the public and nonprofit sectors, the program aims to cultivate managerial personnel in governments, international organizations, and NPOs who engage in evidence-based policy formulation, implementation, evaluation, and improvement. In the private sector, it aims to develop managers and specialists in companies who engage in evidence-based planning, implementation, evaluation, and improvement of corporate initiatives.
・Doctoral Course:
The program is designed to develop highly skilled professionals and researchers who contribute to achieving goals for sustainable well-being through the formulation, implementation, evaluation, and improvement of policies. In the public and nonprofit sectors, the program aims to cultivate senior executives in governments, international organizations, and NPOs who engage in evidence-based policy formulation, implementation, evaluation, and improvement. In the private sector, it aims to develop executives, senior managers, and senior specialists in companies who engage in evidence-based planning, implementation, evaluation, and improvement of corporate initiatives.

All lectures and research supervision in both the Master's and Doctoral Courses will be conducted in English.
・Master's Course:
1) University-wide graduate subjects (2 credits required from designated electives) 
To foster broad and advanced academic knowledge as well as a commitment to creating “science for sustainable development,” the program offers university-wide graduate subjects, including the following:
Thinking about World Peace from Hiroshima, Data Literacy, and others.
2) Graduate school-wide subjects (1 credit required from designated electives and 2 required credits for Research Methods)
To cultivate perspectives and competencies that serve as a common foundation across the humanities, social sciences, and educational sciences, the program offers graduate school-wide subjects, including the following:
Data Visualization A/B, Research Methods, and others.
3) Program-specific subjects offered by other programs (2 credits required from designated electives)
To provide students with opportunities to acquire foundational knowledge beyond their primary field of specialization and to develop broad perspectives and multifaceted ways of thinking, students are required to take subjects offered by other programs, principally outside their major area of study.
4) Program-specific subjects (12 credits required from designated electives and 4 required credits for Special Study) 
Program-specific subjects are systematically offered to promote the acquisition of specialized knowledge and competencies required in economics, business administration, and fields related to these disciplines, including interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary fields. In addition, to cultivate broad-ranging abilities in identifying and solving problems, the program offers Special Study, conducted under a multiple-supervisor system consisting of a primary supervisor and at least two secondary supervisors, including at least one faculty member whose area of expertise differs from that of the primary supervisor.
Examples include Mathematical and Quantitative Analysis for Social Sciences, Microeconomics I/II, Introduction to Business Administration, Policy Science for Development Practice, and others.
5) Graduate school-wide subjects, program-specific subjects in the Policy Science Program, or program-specific subjects offered by other programs (7 credits required from designated electives)
・Doctoral Course:
1) University-wide graduate subjects (2 credits required from designated electives) 
To foster broad and advanced academic knowledge as well as a commitment to creating “science for sustainable development,” the program offers university-wide graduate subjects, including the following:
Specialist-oriented SDGs Idea Mining Student Seminar, Data Science, and others.
2) Graduate school-wide subjects (2 credits required from designated electives) 
To cultivate perspectives and competencies that serve as a common foundation across the various fields of the graduate school, the program offers graduate school-wide subjects, including the following:
Advanced Studies in Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, and others.
3) Program-specific subject (6 required credits): Special Study
To promote the acquisition of specialized knowledge and competencies required in economics, business administration, and fields related to these disciplines, including interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary fields, and to cultivate broad perspectives, multifaceted ways of thinking that transcend narrow disciplinary boundaries, and broad-ranging abilities in identifying and solving problems, the program offers Special Study. The subject also fosters awareness of social issues and the ability to apply one’s own expertise to addressing them. Research supervision is provided under a multiple-supervisor system consisting of a primary supervisor and at least two secondary supervisors, including at least one faculty member whose area of expertise differs from that of the primary supervisor.

To address the evolving direction of international common goals from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) toward Sustainable Well-being Goals (SWGs), education and research must respond to the social and academic need for evidence-based policy formulation, implementation, evaluation, and improvement in relation to international and cross-disciplinary issues. To cultivate individuals capable of contributing to these needs both theoretically and practically, the new program provides education and research based on the Five Guiding Principles of Hiroshima University. The program equips students to analyze a wide range of global policy issues from the perspective of improving individual well-being through evidence-based interdisciplinary approaches grounded in the social sciences and other related fields and to address such issues creatively and collaboratively. Reflecting this educational and research focus, the program is named the Policy Science Program.
Students enrolled in the Master's Course may earn a Master of Economics, Master of Business Administration, Master of International Cooperation Studies, or Master of Philosophy. Students enrolled in the Doctoral Course may earn a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration, Doctor of Philosophy in International Cooperation Studies, or Doctor of Philosophy in Arts and Sciences. These degrees correspond respectively to economics, business administration, international cooperation related to economic development in developing countries, and other areas of the social sciences. In addition, all students are provided with opportunities to study other fields within the social sciences as well as interdisciplinary policy science, in addition to the field directly associated with their degree.

1-5-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8529, Japan
Tel: +81-82-424-6905 / Fax: +81-82-424-6904 (Support Office for the fields of International Development and Cooperation)