Law and Political Science

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Foreign:$ 3.54 k / Year(s) Deadline: Jan 12, 2025
351–400 place StudyQA ranking:5120 Duration:2 years

The Graduate School of Law in Nagoya University (GSL) has been committed to English-taught programs in Law and Politics since 1999. In that year, as a natural extension of ties with universities in Asia and Central Asia, the faculty undertook to establish a two-year Master course in Law and Politics. Open at the outset to students from partner institutions in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Mongolia, the first students under this initiative were admitted in 1999. In the following year the program was extended to universities in Uzbekistan, and admission to study toward an English-based doctoral degree was approved in 2004. Today, the GSL is home to a unique and vibrant student community, with 53 Masters and 21 PhD candidates currently representing 15 countries.
The program is complemented by social activities, student mentorship arrangements, private and public sector internships, language instruction through the Education Center for International Students, annual participation in the Japan Inter-Collegiate Negotiation Competition, and a set of student-driven cross-national seminars (the Peer Support Initiative). These features of our environment reinforce and supplement the opportunities of the traditional academic curriculum in law and politics.
Classroom instruction is enriched through course offerings taught by legal staff of major local corporations, by practicing Japanese lawyers, and by reporters with front-line experience in covering both domestic and foreign news for Japanese media organizations. Optional intensive courses offered between terms further supplement the core curriculum. Students in the Masters program may also include units taught at the neighboring Graduate School of International Development toward the 30 units required toward the degree. Courses outside the program but within the scope of the candidate’s research interests may also be approved, depending on educational and research requirements. In addition to the coursework requirement, students on the Masters program are required to complete a thesis under the supervision of a member of academic staff. Refl ecting on the considerable emphasis that is placed upon this extended piece of work, a mandatory semester course on the writing process is followed by two optional semester-length courses that draw upon and support the later phases of student research and writing up.
We are proud to count among our graduates staff of core ministries, counsel in major corporations, active lawyers and progressive academics of the jurisdictions that have enriched our environment through participation in our programs.

 2016 Political Systems(E)

Fall

2

 2016 Preliminary Seminar A(E)

Fall

2

 2016 Special Problems(Campus Asean Joint Education Course)(E)

Fall

2.0

 2016 Special Problems (Good Governance vs. Corruption)(E)

Fall

2

 2016 Contemporary Japanese Law I(E)

Fall

2

 2016 Japanese for Social Science I(E)

Fall

2

 2016 Political Science(E)

Fall

2

 2016 Reading Legal Documents(E)

Fall

2

 2016 Reading Political Documents(E)

Fall

2

 2016 Seminar IA/IIA/IIIA(E)

Fall

2

 2016 Seminar IA/IIA/IIIA(E)

Fall

2

 2016 International Negotiation(E)

Fall

2

 2016 Peer Support initiative I

Fall

2

 2016 Special Problems(Case Study of International Commercial Arbitration)(E)

Fall

2

 2016 Comparative Law II (Continental)(E)

Fall

2

 2016 Comparative Law III (Regime-Changing)(E)

Fall

2

 2016 Special Problems(Quantitative Analysis in the Social Sciences)(E)

Fall

2

 2016 Special Problems(Basic Readings on Japanese Law and Society)(E)

Fall

2

 2016 Contemporary Japanese Politics (E)

Spring

2

 2016 Contemporary Japanese Diplomacy (E)

Spring

2

 2016 Introduction to Law (E)

Spring

2

 2016 Japanese Legal System (E)

spring

2

 2016 Preliminary Seminar B(E)

Spring

2

 2016 Japanese for Social Sciences II (E)

Spring

2

 2016 Japanese for Social Sciences III (E)

Spring

2

 2016 Politics in Asia (E)

Spring

2

 2016 Special Problems (How to Train the Legal Profession) (E)

Spring

2

 2016 Peer Support initiative Ⅲ

Fall

2

 2016 Seminar IB/IIB/ⅢB(E)

Spring

2

 2016 Seminar IB/IIB/ⅢB(E)

Spring

2

 2016 Comparative Constitution(E)

Spring

2

 2016 International Politics(E)

Spring

2

 2016 Peer Support initiative Ⅱ

Spring

2.0

 2016 Special Problems (Introduction to International Commercial Arbitration)(E)

Spring

2

 2016 Special Problems(Quantitative Analysis in the Social Sciences Ⅱ)(E)

Spring

2

 2016 Political Thoughts(E)

Fall

2

 2016 Special Problems (Comparative Private Law)(E)

Spring

2

 2016 Seminar IA/IIA/IIIA(E)

 

2

 2016 Special Problems (Post-Cold War Security Issues) (E)

Spring

2

 2016 Internship I

   

 2016 Internship II

   

 2016 Seminar IA/IIA/IIIA(E)

Fall

 
  • Application Data Sheet;
  • Application for Admission on the LL.M.(Comparative Law) Program in Law and Political Science Form No.1;
  • Field of Study and Proposed Study Program on prescribed Form No.2
  • A certificate of graduation or prospective graduation or degree conferral issued by the university attended by the applicant;
  • An official transcript of academic record issued by the university attended by the applicant; If original documents are not available, certified copies of the original documents should be supplied. 
  • Documents certifying English Language Proficiency; an official score report of TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), IELTS (International English Language Testing System), or TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication). Score reports must be sent directly from the institution providing the testing service to the Graduate School.  
  • Certificate of Japanese Language Proficiency Test score sheets or equivalent, if available (for reference only); 
  • A letter of recommendation on prescribed Form No.3, issued from the university of affiliation’s president or dean (addressed to the President of Nagoya University);
  • Two photographs (4.5cm × 3.5cm in size) taken within the past six months with the applicant’s name and nationality written on the back, one of which should be pasted on the application form;
  • A list of theses, articles or any books the applicant has published, if any, providing the title, date of publication, name of publisher and a summary for each item;
  • An original certificate of citizenship or nationality, or a copy of an information page of the applicant’s passport  
  • Health Certificate (Form No.4) based on a medical examination within the past six months

Scholarships

  • MEXT Scholarship
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