Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) Master’s in Asia Pacific Studies
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU)

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU)

Master’s in Asia Pacific Studies

Beppu, Japan

Master degree

2 years

English

Full time

JPY 2,800,000

On-Campus

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Key Summary

    About : The Master’s in Asia Pacific Studies provides an in-depth understanding of the Asia Pacific region through an interdisciplinary approach. Students explore themes such as regional security, economics, politics, and culture, with an emphasis on critical analysis and research skills. The program typically spans one year full-time or two years part-time, allowing flexibility for working professionals.
    Career Outcomes : Graduates can pursue diverse career paths including roles in international relations, governmental and non-governmental organizations, academia, and business sectors focusing on the Asia Pacific. Skills acquired in this program prepare students for positions such as policy analysts, regional specialists, and cultural advisors.

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Contribute to the future of Asia Pacific region

The Master’s program in Asia Pacific Studies aims to educate and transform students into competent leaders ready to handle challenges facing the Asia Pacific region. The program encourages students to analyze complicated and ever-changing sociocultural conditions and international issues, pursue feasible solutions and pave a path to a prosperous future for the region. Students accumulate professional knowledge and insights, interpret complex facts in objective and systematic manners and provide insightful solutions to problems. During the process, they are encouraged to conduct field surveys in the Asia Pacific region.

Program Overview

Degree: Master of Science in Asia Pacific Studies

Divisions:

  • International Relations (IR)
  • Society and Culture (SC)

Program Duration: 2 years

Yearly Intake: 15 students

Divisions

International Relations (IR)

The International Relations (IR) division is aimed at expanding the students’ empirical knowledge base and sharpening their analytical and theoretical thinking regarding social, political, economic and security phenomena in the globalizing world.

Society and Culture (SC)

The Asia Pacific is one of the most rapidly developing regions in recent decades. To capture the patterns of social and cultural changes occurring, the Society and Culture (SC) division are devoted to promoting comparative academic research on the region. Students can acquire practical skills in formulating and conducting research using theories and methods developed in sociology, cultural anthropology, media and communication studies.

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