Faculty of Economics

Graduate School of Economics

University of Toyama

The Faculty of Economics was established in 1953. Its predecessor was Takaoka High School of Commerce (established in 1924), extending the history of the Faculty to more than 80 years.

The Faculty of Economics is an important base in the Hokuriku region of Japan that brings up business persons with high-level technical knowledge. In addition, the Faculty is a pivotal research base in Economics, Business Administration and the Law. The staff of the Faculty includes 34 professors, 33 associate professors, and 5 lecturers (as of October 1^st of 2008), who have high ability in teaching and conducting research. More than 19,000 of our graduates are highly regarded in society, and take active roles in the business, government, judicial, academic and educational communities.

The Faculty of Economics consists of three departments: Economics, Business Administration, and Business Law, and each of them provides a large number of specialized and fundamental courses. In addition, a new course system was introduced in 2004. The system aims to extend the boundaries of knowledge in separate departments by adopting unique and superior features of social sciences within each department of the Faculty. This course system allows students to become conscious of future professions, to clarify their goals, and to obtain specialized knowledge and technical skills. In particular, students can choose among seven courses that are provided by the Faculty. During the first year, students study fundamental subjects. As shown in table below, students can subsequently select one course out of four courses, as determined by each department.

Courses that students can choose in each department

Department of Economics	Department of Business Administration	Department of Business Law
Socio-Economic Systems	Strategic Management	Legal Profession
International and Regional Economies	International and Regional Economies	Public Policy
Finance	Finance	Finance
Public Policy	Enterprise Management and the Law	Enterprise Management and the Law

List of Researchers

In addition, the Graduate School of Economics provides two Master's degree programs in "Regional and Economic Policy" and "Corporate Management". The goal of these programs is to train business persons, as well as researchers in Economics, Business Administration and the Law. Research themes of graduate students includes the study of regional activities, industry and business issues, the theory of public policy and comparative policy, the strategy of enterprises, information processing and economic regulations and others. By March 2008, the Graduate School of Economics conferred more than 230 Master's degrees in Economics and Business Administration.

Keeping up with the dramatic changes in globalization, the Faculty of Economics of Toyama University has always been active in various international activities. At present, 75 foreign students are studying in the Faculty at undergraduate and graduate levels, including 17 undergraduate students, 39 graduate students, and 19 special and research students. Most students come from China, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Vietnam and other countries. Besides, the Faculty is closely cooperating with the Center for Far-Eastern Studies, and promotes academic and education exchange and cooperation with foreign countries, particularly in the Far-Eastern region.

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