Master of Tourism
Nishihara, Japan
Master degree
DURATION
LANGUAGES
Japanese
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Apr 2027
STUDY FORMAT
Key Summary
About: The Master of Tourism at a Land Grant University focuses on regional collaboration and Asia-Pacific research through Tropical Marine, Medical, and Island Sciences (TIMES). The Graduate School of Tourism Sciences (est. 2009) offers interdisciplinary training in sustainability. Students study tourism business, development, and resource management before specializing. The programme includes on-site classes in Okinawa on destination management, community engagement, marine island studies, and tourism policy.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in tourism planning, destination management, sustainable tourism consulting, hospitality, and community-based tourism development. Careers include tourism planner, destination manager, sustainable tourism consultant, hospitality operations manager, and community engagement officer.
The Graduate School of Tourism Sciences, established in 2009, is the newest graduate school in the University.
The main characteristic of the graduate school is its unique educational programs that allow graduate students to acquire interdisciplinary and specialized knowledge about tourism. The education framework of our graduate school is based on the core value of “sustainability”. Before selecting a specific field of specialization, students learn the basics of the three main fields of tourism: tourism business, tourism development, and tourism resource management. This trains students to develop the ability to examine tourism studies from a specialized and multidisciplinary approach. The graduate school also conducts classes on Okinawa, which is a leading tourist destination in Japan.
The aim of our graduate school is to cultivate human resources that can lead tourism in Okinawa, Japan, and around the globe, so as to realize the goal of making Japan a truly tourism-oriented country. In addition, our school hopes to nurture prospective leaders who will be able to power mutual understanding internationally and stimulate both national and local economies in the future.
