Three Policies

Diploma Policy

Based on the founding spirit, the educational philosophy of the school is to cultivate "chidoka" as advocated by the founder, Takayoshi Endo, through practical education.

Faculty of Policy Planning and Management aims to cultivate talented individuals who are able to consider various social issues and come up with concrete solutions, and awards degrees to students who have acquired the following skills and earned the required number of credits.

High ethical standards

  • A sense of mission and ethics to identify real-world problems and proactively work to solve them

Wide-ranging education

  • Universal knowledge and communication skills to develop the rich humanity necessary to quickly respond to changes in the real world and collaborate with a diverse range of people

Specialized knowledge and skills

  • Ability to understand various fields such as law, public administration, public policy, economics, and sociology, and to use these to discover and consider various social issues and derive concrete solutions

Curriculum Policy (Policy for organizing and implementing the curriculum)

In order to achieve its diploma policy, Faculty of Policy Planning and Management will organize and implement the following curriculum in collaboration with Department of Economics and Department of Policy Informatics.

Specialized Education

In Faculty of Policy Planning and Management, all students are required to take 8 credits of compulsory courses in their first year, which serve as a foundation for understanding the specialized fields of each department. "Introduction to Economics" is a compulsory course common to both departments. In addition, each department offers three elective courses from the second year onwards, and each course is assigned a compulsory elective course within the academic field of that course.

Seminar education

In the second year, "Faculty Basic Seminar I" and "Faculty Basic Seminar II" are offered as a guide to specialized seminars from the third year onwards. In the third year, "Research Seminar I" and "Research Seminar II" are offered to acquire more specialized knowledge and skills in each specialized field and to develop research capabilities through an accumulation of surveys, team activities, presentations and so on.
In the fourth year, "Research Seminar III" and "Research Seminar IV" are established to provide guidance to individual students so that they can compile their graduation research as a culmination of their four years of study.

In Faculty of Policy Planning and Management, the knowledge and skills acquired in each course are listed in the syllabus, and the learning outcomes are evaluated according to the evaluation methods and standards listed in the syllabus. Furthermore, by introducing GPA, the learning situation of students can be grasped and used for guidance.
Students will be awarded a degree as stipulated in the Diploma Policy by acquiring the number of credits set out in the above categories, and by acquiring a total of 124 credits or more.

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Admission Policy

The Faculty of Policy Planning and Management aims to nurture individuals with the capacity to consider various issues in society and work toward specific solutions. 

Fundamental Qualities Required of Prospective Students

  1. Students who have acquired the basic academic skills necessary for university study through extensive learning in the high school education curriculum. 
  2. Students who have a desire to identify real-world problems and acquire the sense of duty and morals needed to actively contribute to their resolution in an independent manner. 
  3. Students who can adapt to real-world changes and who have a desire to acquire comprehensive knowledge and communication skills to cultivate the rich humanity needed to cooperate with diverse individuals. 
  4. Students who have a desire to acquire practical and advanced specialist abilities to identify and resolve real-world problems.
  5. Students who have a desire to learn in various fields, including Law, Public Administration, Public Policy, Economics, and Sociology. 
  6. Students who have a desire to deeply understand the theories and skills learned at university in connection with real-world problems of society and who have a desire to comprehensively apply their specialist knowledge and skills to resolving those issues.

Basic Policy for the Selection of Incoming Students

The interviews will focus on whether the candidates have a clear idea of what they want to learn at university and their future plans. Through the interviews, candidates’ ability to understand the questions posed by the panel will be assessed, along with their ability to express their ideas in their own words. 
Documents such as school records and study plans will be assessed. The evaluation of these documents will consider the results of learning and activities up through high school, the specifics and feasibility of their university study plans, and the results of activities such as creative works and qualifications acquired in high school. 
To assess whether the students have accurately understood what they learned up to high school, a scholastic aptitude test will be conducted to assess their general comprehension, mathematical ability, capacity for expression, and linguistic ability based on the content of high school classes.

  1. Selection by School Recommendation
    Admission will be determined through a comprehensive assessment of interviews, formal recommendations from school principals, school records, study plans, and essays. 
    1. (1)Selection by School Recommendation Under the Designated School System
      Candidates will be assessed based on the content of the essays, with an emphasis on capacity for thinking, making decisions, and expressing opinions.
    2. (2) Selection by School Recommendation Under the Open Recruitment System
      (Academic Evaluation Category) Candidates will be assessed based on the content of the essays, with an emphasis on capacity for thinking, making decisions, and expressing opinions. 
      (Qualifications/Certifications Category) Candidates will be assessed based on qualifications and certifications, with an emphasis on knowledge and skills.
  2. Comprehensive Selection
    Admission will be determined through a comprehensive assessment of interviews, school records, study plans, and essays.
    1. (1) Comprehensive Selection for Scholarship Students
      Candidates with particularly outstanding results will be selected for a scholarship.
      (Presentation Category) The assessment of presentations will focus on the candidates’ capacity for thinking, making decisions, and expressing opinions based on their understanding of various social issues, proposal of unique solutions based on investigations and analyses, clarity of expression, techniques used in the presentation, and appropriate responses to questions.
      (Qualifications/Certifications Category) Candidates will be assessed based on qualifications and certifications, with an emphasis on knowledge and skills.
      (Recommendation by a Teacher Who is a CUC Graduate) Candidates will be assessed based on character assessment forms, school records, and essays, with an emphasis on their capacity for thinking, making decisions, and expressing opinion.
      (Inquiry-Based Learning Category) Through an inquiry-based learning report and an oral examination, candidates will be assessed from the perspectives of their actions in inquiry-based learning, their logical organization and explanation of their own efforts, and the learning and motivation they gained from the experience, with an emphasis on independence, diversity, and cooperation.
    2. (2)General Comprehensive Selection
      (Aptitude Test) Candidates will be assessed based on the results of an aptitude test to evaluate whether they have accurately understood what they learned up to high school, with an emphasis on knowledge and skills.
      (Qualifications/Certifications Category) Candidates will be assessed based on qualifications and certifications, with an emphasis on knowledge and skills.
      (Activity Evaluation Category) Candidates will be assessed based on their participation in extracurricular activities, with an emphasis on independence, diversity, and cooperation.
    3. (3)Simultaneous Comprehensive Selection
      (Activity Evaluation Category) Candidates will be assessed based on their participation in extracurricular activities, with an emphasis on independence, diversity, and cooperation.
      (Academic Evaluation Category) Candidates will be assessed through a basic scholastic aptitude test, with an emphasis on knowledge and skills. The test is intended to assess whether the candidates have understood what they learned through high school subjects and courses. Candidates with particularly outstanding results will be selected for a scholarship.
    4. (4)Culture/Sports Achievement-based Comprehensive Selection 
      (Selection for Scholarship Students/General Selection category) Candidates will be assessed based on their achievements in cultural and/or sports activities, with an emphasis on independence, diversity, and cooperation. 
  3. General Selection
    Admission will be determined through a comprehensive examination of documents such as a scholastic aptitude test, a comprehensive written test, the results of the Common Test for University Admissions, and school records.
    Candidates with particularly outstanding results will be selected for a scholarship. In the Independence Assessment Category, independence will be assessed on the basis of the process of participation in high school learning and the desire to study at university. Knowledge and skills will be given greater consideration for the Individual Examination Category and the Common Test for University Admissions Category.
    1. (1) Individual Examination Category
      Candidates will be assessed based on the results of a scholastic aptitude test, with an emphasis on knowledge and skills. In addition, a comprehensive assessment will be made considering multiple factors. Their capacity for thinking, making decisions, and expressing their opinions will be assessed based on a comprehensive written test. Independence, diversity, and cooperation in extracurricular activities will be assessed based on high school learning outcomes, including school records. Knowledge and skills will be assessed based on qualifications and certifications.
    2. (2)Common Test for University Admissions Category
      Candidates will be assessed based on the results of the Common Test for University Admissions, with an emphasis on knowledge and skills. In addition, a comprehensive assessment will be made as follows: independence, diversity, and cooperation in extracurricular activities will be assessed based on learning outcomes, including school records, up through high school; knowledge and skills will be assessed based on qualifications and certifications.
  4. Special Selection
    1. (1) Special Selection for International Students
      Admission will be determined through a comprehensive assessment of interviews, study plans, essays, and Japanese-Language Proficiency Test results. The results of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test will be used to assess whether the student has sufficient ability to communicate in Japanese at the university, and an interview will be conducted with an emphasis on independence, diversity, and cooperation.
    2. (2)Special Selection based on Recommendation by the National Association of Principals of Commercial High Schools
      Admission will be determined through a comprehensive assessment of interviews, school records, and study plans. Scholarship students will be selected through a comprehensive assessment of knowledge and skills based on the acquisition of university-designated highly difficult qualifications.

Three policies of the department

Department of Economics Department of Policy Informatics

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