- Tuition Fee:
- Local: n/a
- Foreign: $ 4.93k / Year
- Deadline:
- 5 Tháng một
- StudyQA ranking:
- 450pts.
- Duration:
- 2 years
In 2008, the University of Tokyo launched a new International Master's/Doctoral Degree Program: Information, Technology, and Society in Asia (ITASIA) at the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies (GSII). This program offers intensive graduate level education designed to foster analytical strength and insight into Asian societies and international relations, at a time when information and communication technology is having an increasingly profound impact on the region.
The program is tailored to both international and Japanese students who are motivated to pursue active professional careers on the regional and global stages. All instruction is given in English, so proficiency in Japanese is not a prerequisite. Unlike the conventional Japanese academic calendar, the academic year at ITASIA begins in October.
ITASIA is comprised of two degree programs: one that grants an M.A.S. (Master of Arts and Sciences) degree and the other a Ph.D. degree.
Students in the M.A.S. program are trained to grasp changing political, economic, and social realities of globalizing Asia through media, communication, and information studies together with the related methodology and skills, so that after graduation they can make appropriate judgments and recommendations in their respective professional environments. The M.A.S. program is appropriate for those interested in pursuing careers in public administration, media, business, and academic institutions.
Admissions decisions will be based on a written application that includes TOEFL and GRE scores, rather than on the customary entrance examination. In some cases the admissions committee also will conduct some kind of interview.
A certain number of scholarships will be made available based on merit.
Name |
Title |
Credits |
Term |
ITASIA101 |
Introduction to Asian Studies: History and International Relations (Lecture) |
2 |
A1 |
ITASIA102 |
Introduction to Asian Studies: History and International Relations (Seminar) |
2 |
A1A2 |
ITASIA201 |
Introduction to Media and Communication in Asia (Lecture) |
2 |
S1S2 (for entrants in 2015) |
ITASIA202 |
Introduction to Media and Communication in Asia (Seminar) |
2 |
S1S2 (for entrants in 2015) |
ITASIA301 |
Introduction to Social Research (Lecture) |
2 |
A2S1(2016-2017) |
ITASIA302 |
Introduction to Social Research (Workshop) |
2 |
A2S1(2016-2017) |
ITASIA401 |
Introduction to Information Technology |
2 |
S1 |
M.A.S. Thesis |
4 |
year-round |
Name |
Title |
Credits |
Term |
ITASIA123 |
The World System in the 21st Century |
2 |
S1S2 |
ITASIA124 |
International Conflict Study |
2 |
S1S2 |
ITASIA125 |
Social Inequality and Religion: South and East Asia Compared |
2 |
S1 |
ITASIA128 |
Surviving Cancer in Asia: Cross-boundary Cancer Studies |
2 |
A1A2 |
ITASIA129 |
Japan in Hong Kong: HKU-UTokyo Joint Summer Program 2016 @ Shun Hing College |
2 |
S1S2 |
ITASIA131 |
Modern Japanese Diplomacy |
2 |
S1S2 |
ITASIA132 |
International Migration and Ethnicity |
2 |
A1A2 |
ITASIA133 |
Japanese Foreign Economic Policy |
4 |
A1A2 |
ITASIA141 |
The Politics and Diplomacy of Contemporary China |
2 |
A1A2 |
ITASIA142 |
Cross-Strait Relations |
2 |
S1 |
ITASIA143 |
Understanding Taiwan in Global Settings |
2 |
A2 |
ITASIA144 |
Understanding Japanese Companies in China |
2 |
A1 |
ITASIA231 |
Visualizing Postwar Tokyo: through the method of "Attack Me!" |
2 |
A2 |
ITASIA237 |
"Animating Life" Kadokawa Summer Program 2016 |
2 |
S2 |
ITASIA417 |
Analyzing and Organizing Humanities Data with XML |
2 |
S1S2 |
ITASIA418 |
Publishing XML Data with XSLT |
2 |
A1A2 |
ITASIA801 |
Academic Thesis Writing |
2 |
S1S2 |
Advanced Lectures on Emerging Design and Informatics XV |
Transportation Engineering |
2 |
S1S2 |
* GraSPP: Graduate School of Public Policy
** GSHS: Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology
*** GSE: Graduate School of Engineering
**** GSLP: Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
***** GSAS: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
S1: April 5 - June 3, 2016
S2: June 6 - August 1, 2016
A1: September 26 - November 18, 2016
A2: November 21, 2016 - January 26, 2017
Time slots: 1=8:30-10:15 2=10:25-12:10 3=13:00-14:45 4=14:55-16:40 5=16:50-18:35 6=18:45-20:30
Master's Preliminary Presentation, Master's Qualifying Presentation
(As of 2016, subject to changes)
* Japanese government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) scholarship students are exempt from the examination fee as well as the entrance fee and annual tuition.
* Those entering the Ph.D. program in September 2017 are exempt from the examination fee as well as the entrance fee if they earned a Master's or professional degree at the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo in September 2017.