This Graduate School offers two special education programs designed to improve the qualifications and skills of students who plan to work in the field of international cooperation. The main features of these programs are as follows.

One of our aims is to establish a center for training environmental leaders capable of identifying problems and formulating strategic solutions at national or local levels through interdisciplinary and international perspectives. The global issue of reducing carbon emissions is an example of such a problem and the need for solutions. Another aim is to provide a platform for collaboration between industry, government and academia to promote cutting-edge environmental research and create coherent practical solutions for environmental issues on a global scale that is not limited to developing countries. We seek to provide value-added knowledge to those engaged in international cooperation.
Achieving this requires addressing five areas: urban system design to prevent global warming, wise use of biomass resources, environmental impact assessment, policy and institutional design and environmental education. Our intention is for developing countries to work hand in hand with Japan to develop international environmental leaders, a task that we will undertake in an effective and practical manner.

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In recent years, we have been required to deal urgently, and from a global perspective, with such issues as poverty reduction, global environmental issues, peace building and infectious diseases. Among the many types of personnel who tackle these issues, international civil servants have become more and more important in terms of their mission and responsibility. In Hiroshima University, the Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC) proudly introduced a new education program for master’s students, “A Special Education Program for Young Professionals Preparing for Careers in International Organizations” in 2011, to support students who envision their future career in international organizations, and has been conducting the development of human resources to solve problems in the international society since its establishment.
Graduate School of Innovation and Practice for Smart Society also conducts this program with the aim of supporting and nurturing students who will pursue careers in international organizations.

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