GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTEGRATED HUMAN AND SOCIAL WELFARE STUDIES
Chiba Campus
Train professionals who will engage in various places of practice including social welfare and clinical psychology, as well as researchers and educators
Social Welfare Studies Course
We train specialists who are highly specialized as social welfare professionals and can play an active role in various fields, including practice, education, and research.
Master Course
Train professionals in social welfare-related fields who are responsible for practical work
We develop and improve the skills of social work professionals, train supervisors, and foster human resources who will contribute to education and research in the welfare society.
Qualification
Professional Social Researcher
In order to build a welfare society, it is indispensable to identify issues to be clarified and resolved in daily life. By qualifying for “Social Researchers” and earning the prescribed credits, students can obtain the qualification for "Professional Social Researchers," which certifies their social research skills.Career paths after completion
Professionals in social welfare-related facilities and institutions, hospitals, and other various organizations and educators in social welfare-related professional educational institutions who can exhibit leadership in professional improvement, workplace education, and management, or advancement to the doctoral course at a graduate schoolDoctoral Course
Train researchers and educators in the field of social welfare and other related fields
While student aim to submit academic research papers in Japan and overseas or to prepare and complete their doctoral dissertations under the guidance of dissertation advisors on their research themes (issues), we help them obtain doctoral degrees (in
social welfare studies) and train researchers and educators who can play an active role in the field of social welfare and other related fields.
Career paths after completion
Doctoral course: Educators as professional researchers at universities, junior colleges, welfare colleges, higher education institutions, and others.Psychology Studies Course
Contribute to building a better welfare society by solving “mental problems”
The Psychology Studies Course trains professional psychologists who will work with two qualifications and professional researchers who will bring advanced specific knowledge.Clinical Psychology Area
- We provide professional education to help students acquire clinical skills such that they will have the ability to assess psychological problems and their backgrounds and prospects, be with clients to reliably support them, and play an active role in partnerships with communities.
- Students will cultivate their integrated practical skills in actual clinical psychology through clinical psychology practice at the attached Shukutoku Center for Clinical Psychology and practical training at contract training facilities.
Playroom in Shukutoku Center for Clinical PsychologyQualifications
Clinical Psychologist
As a class 1 designated graduate school of the Foundation of the Japanese Certification Board for Clinical Psychologists, we train clinical psychologists who can “be with others.”Certified Public Psychologist
We provide the preparatory curriculum for the examination for Certified Public Psychologists.Career paths after completion
The possible career paths for the students who have completed the Master Course in Psychology include the following.1. Career paths for professionals
- Clinical psychology profession such as clinical psychologist at various facilities related to industry, medical care (psychiatric hospitals), justice, and social welfare
- Counselors at educational institutions
- Psychology-related professions at private companies, such as education and training, personnel recruitment, advertising, and market research
- Researchers at various national, public, and private research institutes, including child guidance centers
- National public service professionals such as assistant family court investigators, and senior local civil servants