Graduate Schools

  1. Graduate Schools

Academics centered on the quest for truth and the creation of new knowledge.
Three key concepts to understand Shinshu University Graduate School:

Cutting-edge international research that anticipates the future in order to solve issues that the next generation will face.

The pursuit of Higher Education beyond academia, where faculty and students work together to learn from each other.

Research initiatives that take advantage of the locality of Nagano prefecture and conducts research together with businesses.

Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences[Matsumoto / Nagano (Education) Campus]

Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
[Matsumoto / Nagano (Education) Campus]

Humanities and Social Sciences is all about humans and their behaviors. The subjects in humanities include philosophy, history, literature, and religion. Social science is more related to human behavior, including economics and law, it is a scientific study of human society and social relationships among individuals within a society.
The study of Humanities and Social Sciences will require you to develop a wide range of skills. You will be able to question, solve problems, think critically, make decisions, communicate effectively as well as adapt to modify.

Master's Program

a. Division of Human Cultures
b. Division of Psychology
c. Division of Economics
d. Division of Law

Contact Details

a, b (Matsumoto):


b (Nagano):


c, d:


Graduate School of Education[Nagano (Education) Campus]

Graduate School of Education
[Nagano (Education) Campus]

The Graduate School of Education aims to train future leaders in the field of education with creative and advanced practical research abilities and to enhance the qualities and skills of educational professionals. The professional degree program offers two courses (one for graduate students and another for experienced local teachers) that cover general education topics, school management, curriculum, educational policy, use of ICT in school education, subjects, contents, teaching methods, and special education.

Additionally, this program aims to train teachers to use both practical and professional knowledge. The focus is also on inculcating the ability to design teaching and learning, and to acquire flexible and reflexive perspectives in order to tackle varied challenges in the field of education. Thus, graduate students develop their skills by revising their perspectives on teaching and learning, and improve the curriculum of schools by collaborating with other professionals to solve various issues.

Professional Degree Program

Division of Teacher Professional Development (Teacher Training School)

Contact Details


Graduate School of Science and Technology[Matsumoto / Nagano (Engineering) / Ina / Ueda Campus]

Graduate School of Science and Technology
[Matsumoto / Nagano (Engineering) / Ina / Ueda Campus]

The Graduate School of Science and Technology aims to not only support creative, scholarly research but also foster innovative researchers and professionals with highly specialized skills and knowledge, who can apply their highly creative abilities to advance science and technology and contribute to the local and international community.

Master's Program

Department of Science

Department of Engineering

Department of Textile Science and Technology

Department of Agriculture

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Contact Details

Graduate School of Medicine[Matsumoto Campus]

Graduate School of Medicine
[Matsumoto Campus]

The aims of the various programs provided by the Graduate School of Medicine are as follows:

  1. The goal of the Human Sciences Master's Program is to contribute to society by cultivating diverse and talented individuals and creating a new network of human sciences that link the mind and body.
  2. The fundamental principle of the Health Sciences Master's Program is to foster highly specialized healthcare professionals who have strong ethics and a rich sense of humanity, an international perspective, and the ability to solve clinical problems based on sophisticated scientific evidence. According to this principle, the program aims to contribute to maintaining health, disease/disability prevention, treatment, and care, in addition to improving the quality of life from a spiritual, physical, and social point of view.

Master's Program

Human Sciences

Health Sciences

Contact Details

Graduate School of Medicine, Science and Technology[Matsumoto / Nagano (Engineering) / Ina / Ueda Campus]

Graduate School of Medicine, Science and Technology
[Matsumoto / Nagano (Engineering) / Ina / Ueda Campus]

The Graduate School of Medicine, Science and Technology aims to cultivate capable professionals and researchers with a high level of expertise who can contribute to society through their in-depth knowledge and skills in specialized fields of medicine, healthcare, science, technology, agriculture, and biomedical engineering combined with the flexibility to adapt to society as it changes.

Doctoral Program

a. Department of Medical Sciences
b. Department of Science and Technology
c. Department of Biomedical Engineering

Contact Details

a, c (4year-course) :

b, c (3year-course) :