Year of Establishment and Outline
Waseda University opened its Tokorozawa Campus in April 1987 to celebrate the university’s centennial. Located on Sayama Hill, the Tokorozawa Campus is surrounded by the natural beauty of the woods near Sayama Lake. It was at this unique site that the university founded a new undergraduate School of Human Sciences. Unlike the existing undergraduate schools, which followed the former academic structure, the new School of Human Sciences offered integrated science centered on human beings. At the same time, the Advanced Research Center for Human Sciences was also founded at this campus as a joint-use research facility within the university. The center has undertaken interdisciplinary research projects on integrated human sciences, which encompass the cultural sciences, social sciences, and natural sciences.
The establishment of the Graduate School of Human Sciences at Waseda University was proposed when preparations were being made for the establishment of the undergraduate School of Human Sciences. In fact, the Faculty Committee approved the proposal in the same fiscal year that the undergraduate school was completed and inaugurated, and the Establishment Preparation Exploratory Committee immediately began to take a specific course of action toward the establishment of the graduate school. A meeting of the university’s Executive Board in 1990 approved the plan to establish a graduate school called the Graduate School of Human Sciences, which would encompass the life science and health science disciplines as well as diverse fields in the cultural sciences, social sciences, and natural sciences. Subsequently, the university applied to the Ministry of Education, and permission was granted for the establishment of the new graduate school.
In April 1991, 24 research guidance programs were introduced as part of the Master’s Program of the Graduate School of Human Sciences, and two years later, in March 1993, 49 Master’s students (studying human sciences) graduated. In April 1993, 19 research guidance programs were introduced as the Doctoral Program, and three years later, in March 1996, four Doctoral students (studying human sciences) graduated after undergoing an intra-program degree dissertation review. In 1997, an external degree dissertation review program was introduced.
Since the fiscal year 2000, Waseda University has been pursuing the development of the new Graduate School of Human Sciences in several ways. Some of the more notable methods have been the commencement of Mature-student Entrance Examinations, the reorganization of research guidance programs and consolidation of the human sciences major, and the increase in student capacity.
In September 2004, the Faculty of Human Sciences, comprised of the undergraduate School of Human Sciences and the Graduate School of Human Sciences, was established. From the fiscal year 2006, the research areas that had until then been classified into five different areas were re-classified into eight, and the content of research and education for these areas were clearly laid out.

Mission
The objective of the Graduate School of Human Sciences is to address integrated sciences centered on human beings, which can help improve the quality of people’s lives by maintaining and enhancing the harmony between humans and their environment, and their mental and physical health. The idea is to recover the humanity lost during the rapid advances of science and technology in the past century. To achieve this comprehensive understanding of humans, an extremely wide range of research is being conducted at the Graduate School of Human Sciences. In order to facilitate mutual cooperation between the research areas, each of the research guidance programs has been divided into eight research areas: Regional and Global Environment Sciences, Human Behavior and Environment Sciences, Cultural and Social Environment Sciences, Health and Biomedical Sciences, Social Welfare and Health Sciences, Clinical Psychology, Sensibility Cognition and Information Systems, and Education, Communication and Information Science. All these research areas comprise the human sciences major.
In order to gain an overall picture of interdisciplinary human integrated sciences, students will not only conduct research and devote themselves to the seminars of their research guidance programs, but will also attend a wide range of lectures and seminars related to their research area, as well as study lecture subjects in other research areas.

Objectives Related to the Development of Human Resources and Objectives in Other Education and Research:
The objective in each of the research areas and courses is to develop highly specialized researchers and practicing professionals who can succeed both domestically and internationally. The Graduate School of Human Sciences is one of the first Japanese graduate schools devoted to integrated human sciences encompassing cultural, social, and natural sciences. Therefore, against a background of interdisciplinary approaches surrounding a high level of specialization, the aim is to develop versatile and competent researchers and practicing professionals who are able to apply their skills flexibly and handle the diverse problems presented to human health in modern society.

Enrollment Model (Major Specialties)
The Waseda University Graduate School of Human Sciences offers three programs: a Two-Year Master’s Program, a Doctoral Program, and a One-Year Master’s Program.
There are eight areas in both the Two-Year Master’s Program and the Doctoral Program, and one course in the One-Year Master’s Program. Content details are given below.

[Two-Year Master’s Program and Doctoral Program]
[Regional and Global Environment Sciences]
In this research area, the objective is to analyze the regional and global environment in the fields of natural and social sciences for the purpose of creating a sustainable society. In the natural sciences field, the students conduct research on ecology, environmental science, etc. In the social sciences field, they research environmental sociology, demography, anthropology, etc. Furthermore, this research area values the perspective combining nature and regional society, and aims to develop talented human resources, such as researchers and practicing professionals, whose researching and educational abilities meet international standards.

[Human Behavior and Environment Sciences]
While examining the complex and diverse relationship between humans and the environment, this research area also focuses on the bi-directionality in which humans create and are then molded by their physical, social, and cultural environments. Students conduct interdisciplinary research centered on psychology and architecture that examines the question of the ideal relationship between humans and the environment. Furthermore, this research area takes the perspectives of both environment creation and the developmental psychology of human emotion, and aims to develop talented human resources, such as researchers and practicing professionals, whose researching and educational abilities meet international standards.

[Cultural and Social Environment Sciences]
The objective of this research area is to decipher cultures and societies in Japan and other parts of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, North and South America, etc., through practical fieldwork and the existing literature. In addition, through interdisciplinary research traversing the diverse areas of social and cultural sciences, this research area aims to develop human resources with wide-ranging talents. The intention is to produce researchers with the systematic researching and educational abilities needed for human integrated sciences, and practicing professionals with outstanding specialized abilities, all with a view towards explaining the various problems of modern society and creating sustainable multicultural societies in which multiple ethnicities coexist.

[Health and Biomedical Sciences]
This research area combines the fields of health science and life science to explain the essence of the phenomenon of life from the various perspectives of　anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, nutrition, endocrinology, immunology, neuroscience, biomechanics, etc. The aim is the development of health sciences, which includes the enhancement of health, improvement of the quality of life, as well as the primary prevention of illness. Moreover, this research area aims to develop human resources whose researching and educational abilities meet international standards. The expectation is that these human resources present meaningful recommendations to the government and educational institutions involved in health on the basis of their research results.

[Social Welfare and Health Sciences]
This research area aims at meeting the demands of modern society through the enhancement of human health, medical care, and welfare. Students conduct research on medicine, human factors, assistive engineering, welfare robot development and industrialization, social security policies, gerontological social welfare, disabled children’s welfare, and welfare education of young children. In addition, investigative research is conducted on social welfare and health from various perspectives such as sports and health management and palliative medicine. The aim is that the results of research in these areas are reflected in social welfare and health policies, administration, and practices, and that Human resources developed are on par with international standards. Students who graduate from this area of study are often successful in areas of administration and practice.

[Clinical Psychology]
In this area, research mainly focuses on psychosomatic medicine, cognitive behavioral counseling, school counseling, clinical psychology, and behavioral science related to the maintenance and enhancement of physical and mental health demanded by modern society. Research ranges from fundamental research to practical research in clinical psychology. The aim is that human resources are developed, whose abilities in both the research and practice of clinical psychology meet international standards. Students who graduate from this area of study are involved in the maintenance and enhancement of physical and mental health.

[Sensibility Cognition and Information Systems]
In this research area, the “sensibility” of humans is placed within a series of information handling processes known as sense—perception—cognition, and on the basis of biological information, research is conducted on the structure and functions of the mind, such as sensibility, affectivity, language, and imagination, as well as the methods for measuring these functions. Research ranges from fundamental research to practical research in cognitive science, information science, human factors, system engineering, etc. This research area aims to develop human resources that are on par with international standards, and contribute to the safety, comfort, and improvement of the quality of life of human beings.

[Education, Communication, and Information Science]
This research area takes an interdisciplinary perspective combining education, communication, and information science, and explores the activities and information behavior of humans in a highly advanced information society. Multi-faceted research is conducted from an international perspective of the ideal form of systems and societies centered on humans who pursue comfort while respecting diversity. This research area combines humanities and sciences and science and engineering, and avoids being bound by traditional research fields while conducting system research and development useful to human society. The aim is that human resources are developed, whose researching and educational abilities meet international standards.

[One-Year Master’s Program]
[Education Clinical Psychology Course]
While aiming at the development of society, this course aims at teaching practical methodologies with comprehensive and scientific perspectives. It offers study opportunities that allow working people to balance academic and work responsibilities. Students will learn the following: (1) the importance of viewing situations from the perspective of children, (2) the educational aspects of classes, and (3) teaching methods that focus on the diversity and individuality of people.

Major Subjects and the Various Seminars Conducted
[Regional and Global Environment Sciences]
Environmental Management (1)(2), Demography (1)(2), Biosphere Ecology (1)(2), Environmental Ecology (1)(2), Environmental Sociology (1)(2), Social Anthropology (1)(2), Aquatic Environment Change History (1)(2), Regional Resource Management (1)(2), and Wildlife Ecology and Management (1)(2)

[Human Behavior and Environment Sciences]
Theories of Learning and Motivation (1)(2), Ethology of Human Development (1)(2), Environmental Psychology (1)(2), Architectural Planning (1)(2), and Architectural Environment Studies (1)(2)

[Cultural and Social Environment Sciences]
Industrial and Occupational Sociology (1)(2), Science of Eco-Culture (1)(2), Sociological Studies on Asian Societies (1)(2), Migration Societies (1)(2), Family Sociology (1)(2), Urban Sociology (1)(2), History of Science and Science Studies (1)(2), Material Culture in Japan (1)(2), French Formative Culture (1)(2), German Politics, Society, and Culture (1)(2), and Technological History and Culture (1)(2)

[Health and Biomedical Sciences]
Developmental Biology (1)(2), Health and Cell Science (1)(2), Physiological Science (1)(2), Neuroendocrinology (1)(2), Motor Control and Biomechanics (1)(2), Integrative Physiology (1)(2), Applied Immunology (1)(2), Health Surveillance Seminar (1)(2), Applied Health Sciences (1)(2), and Medical Anthropology (1)(2)

[Social Welfare and Health Sciences]
Disabled Persons Support Theory (1)(2), Management of Technology for Social Welfare (1)(2), Gerontological Social Work (1)(2), Bioethics (1)(2), Sports and Health Management (1)(2), Social Policy (1)(2), Preventive Medicine (1)(2), Welfare Education of Young Children (1)(2), Palliative Medicine (1)(2), Disabled Children’s Welfare (1)(2), Mental Health and Welfare (1)(2), and Assistive Technology in Health Science and Social Welfare (1)(2)

[Clinical Psychology]
Psychosomatic Medicine (1)(2), Cognitive Behavior Counseling (1)(2), School Counseling (1)(2), Clinical Psychology (1)(2), and Behavioral Science (1)(2)

[Sensibility Cognition and Information Systems]
Cognitive Science of Sensibility (1)(2), Safety and Human Factors (1)(2), Assistive Technology (1)(2), Information Processing Psychology (1)(2), Cognitive Science on Social Practices (1)(2), Psychology of Emotion (1)(2), Language and Information Sciences (1)(2), Knowledge Information Sciences (1)(2), Environmental Ergonomics (1)(2), Sensory Information Processing (1)(2), and Ecological Psychology (1)(2)

[Education, Communication, and Information Science]
Teaching and Teacher Education (1)(2), Statistical Evaluation of Information (1)(2), Information and Communication Sciences (1)(2), Networked Information Systems (1)(2), Instructional Design (1)(2), Information and Communication Technology (1)(2), Educational Information (1)(2), Internet Science (1)(2), Educational Development (1)(2), and TESOL, Educational Communication (1)(2)

Master’s Degree and Doctoral Degree