The Nitobe College Honors Program is an interdisciplinary educational program focusing on cultivating the mindset and skills necessary to thrive in the global society that complements specialized education and research in each department and graduate school.

Undergraduate Curriculum

An interdisciplinary educational program that is administered in parallel to the existing twelve undergraduate schools. Practical all-round education is provided with the aim of fostering students with an international mindset and global perspective.

• Independent and overseas study program to enhance expertise
• Leadership curriculum to develop leadership skills and mindsets
• Global career development by Nitobe College Fellows, alumni of the university who have reached the top of their respective professions.

Graduate Curriculum

Offered alongside the students’ graduate studies, the program aims to develop the qualities and skills essential in finding creative solutions to global problems and to create socially valuable concepts in the international community. Based on high level expertise in each specialized field of graduate studies, Nitobe College focuses on developing competencies, namely the “ability to attain sustainable personal development,” “skills of team organization and management,” “capability of knowledge sharing and application for social benefit,” and a strong sense of “professional ethics” in accordance with each specialized field of graduate studies.

• Microcosm of international society
• Cross-disciplinary learning environment
• Intensive team-based, active-learning curriculum
• Global network to support career building