Master’s in Asia Pacific Studies
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU)
Key Information
Campus location
Beppu, Japan
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
JPY 2,800,000
Application deadline
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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
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Divisions
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.
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.