Our Characteristics
Our graduate school stands out for its collaborative guidance from multiple research organizations, three-discipline integration, and student community diversity.
(1) Collaborative Guidance from Multiple Research Organizations
Our first standout characteristic is our research and graduate school program featuring education and research collaboration from multiple research organizations. The Hokkaido University Graduate school consists of two divisions: the research organization where staff are employed, and educational organization where students are enrolled. As such, faculty members in charge of educational research, student guidance, and organization management at the Graduate School of International Media, Communication, and Tourism Studies are all members of groups like Research Faculty of Media and Communication, Center for Advanced Tourism Studies, and the Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education International Education and Research Division.
(2) Three-Discipline Integration
Our second characteristic is the interdisciplinary approach, integrating fusions of humanities and social sciences, humanities and sciences, and industry and academia, to bring a wider range of educational and research fields into the fusion of tourism and media. We have achieved a thorough integration of these various fields by offering classes in collaboration with other departments within in the university, including the Graduate School of Economics, the Graduate School of Public Policy, the Center for Ainu & Indigenous Studies, the Research Faculty of Agriculture, and the Graduate School of Information Science, as well as with organizations outside the university like the Nomura Research Institute, Dentsu, The Yomiuri Shimbun, JTB, EVA Air (certification program), and the Nomura Group (certification program).
(3) Student Community Diversity
Our third characteristic is the diversity of our student community. Our student community is growing ever more diverse in terms of social, cultural, national, and regional backgrounds, because as our admissions policy states, we "emphasize the recruitment of mature students and international students in order to diversify and globalize the student population." In addition, in order to make a more active contribution to society through education and research, the graduate school introduced the Destination Manager Training Program in 2017 using the Certification System for Extension Programs of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, which focuses on continuing education for working people, to cultivate capable people who can contribute to regional revitalization through tourism, and to help share the fruits of their education and research with the regions.
History of the Graduate School
| 2000 | Graduate School of International Media and Communication with a Major in International Media Founded Master's Program - Capacity 27 Students Doctoral Program (Established 2002) - Capacity 14 Students |
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| 2007 | Graduate School of International Media, Communication, and Tourism Studies Founded with a Two-Major System Major in International Media and Communications Master's Program - Capacity 27 Students Doctoral Program - Capacity 14 Students Major in Tourism Creation Master's Program - Capacity 15 Students Doctoral Program - Capacity 3 Students |
| 2017 | Destination Manager Training Program Established Certification Program -Capacity 5 Students per Year |
| 2019 | Reorganization of the Graduate School of International Media, Communication, and Tourism Studies with a Major in International Media, Communication, and Tourism Studies Master's Program - Capacity 47 Students Doctoral Program - Capacity 12 Students |