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The class on May 8th will be cancelled. Make-up class will be held at period 2 on May 11th. The classroom will be IAR 1222E.申し訳ありません、このコンテンツはただ今 英語 のみです。 For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language.
Research Assistant Applicaiton Deadline has been extended to June 16, 2019.公共政策学教育部
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Since I graduated from GraSPP, I have been moving from one place to another. Currently, I am located in New York. I still hold on to old documents –lecture notes and presentation handouts I compiled after late-night discussions with classmates—from my time at the University of Tokyo. I keep them because they remain relevant to my professional career. For me, however, GraSPP’s legacy lies not just in these material items. It lies in the experiences that I gained during my time in Tokyo. First off, the seminar courses I took on international law and armed conflict at GraSPP were very practical and applicable to my current career. In my present role I closely follow the formulation of international policy at the United Nations and the decision-making process of its Security Council. [caption id="attachment_19769" align="alignright" width="225"] In front of the mural in the UN Headquarter, depicting "Mankind's Struggle for Lasting Peace"[/caption] GraSPP was different from many undergraduate programs in that most of the classmates I interacted with already had experience in the professional world. They were diverse and international people. I spent hours with the groups I met through GraSPP –identifying hurdles to agricultural development in Africa, debating the ethical reasons the rich intervene in the lives of the poor, and seeking to understand the root causes of the Darfur conflict. Today, these individuals are active in their respective fields related to public policy. A decade later, wherever they are in the world, they remain my close friends. The older you become, the harder it is to find friends who accept you based solely on your beliefs –looking beyond your social and organizational connections. That is why these friends remain precious to me. Furthermore, because of GraSPP’s degree requirements, I pushed myself to become an expert on a multitude of subjects such as developing economies and financial policy –fields I would not have become familiar with had I pursued a more research-centric master’s program. To be an expert on public policy making, one needs to be aware of what is the latest policy development in different fields. At the United Nations headquarters, I have come to understand that one needs to be familiar with a number of diverse realms –from climate change to artificial intelligence—in the pursuit of international peace and security. Finally, writing a thesis at GraSPP was one of the foremost reasons I selected the program. Throughout my time at GraSPP I received advice from professors, experts and classmates. Their mix of academic and practical perspectives constantly challenged my theories and made them more applicable to the real policy-making process. This is what makes research at GraSPP so different. This exchange of ideas is what makes GraSPP suitable to all young professionals, including those who already have experience in the professional world.申し訳ありません、このコンテンツはただ今 英語 のみです。 For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language.
Being a student as well as a practitioner of economics I was looking forward to do a doctoral degree in a course which gives me a freedom to amalgamate the theoretical knowledge in economics in solving the real life problems. It was then I got an information about Graduate School of Public Policy(GraSPP) at the University of Tokyo through the Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia(JISPA). Back in India, I was aware that the University of Tokyo enjoys the most prestigious university status in Japan and it is one of the most reputed universities globally. I made a decision that if I was selected to the JISPA I was going to give my first preference to the GraSPP over the other available options. I got selected into the MPP/IP program and joined the program with students from many other countries. Being a foreigner in a Non-English speaking country used to bother me slightly, but when I landed here the GraSPP administration had arranged for every kind of support which an international student may require at the initial stage of settling down in Japan. The GraSPP fraternity itself was very welcoming with a mix of students from both Japan and outside.
The MPP/IP courses was very well designed and were taught by very skilled faculty members who make sure that we learn the skills and implement them for the benefit of the society. I took all the optional courses which I liked and was hugely benefitted. The course structure included a perfect mix of courses which are theoretical and compulsory and elective courses which prepare to specialize in the area of your interest.
My supervisor for the master's thesis always used to inspire me to keep looking for what interests me in the field of social science, especially, in the area of economics. It was during that time that I decided to go ahead and pursue the Doctoral Program from the GraSPP with the specialization in International Finance and Development. The requirement for the selection into the Doctoral Program was a bit rigorous as it required a good performance in the specific courses which are designed especially for the Doctoral studies. After a lot of hard work, I could manage to qualify for the Doctoral Program at the GraSPP. I entered into the program with several other students from different countries and with different areas of interests. The course requirements for the Doctoral degree involves the courses which help you in gaining skills as well as develop an overall perspective to look into the social and public policy issues. Courses like Research Design Workshops and Project Design Workshops enable you to present your research outputs before the faculties of the related fields and also the experts and get their feedback to improve your research and it is a continuous process. It is designed in a way that give more weightage to the research.
I have been hugely benefitted from workshops and seminars (for example, Tokyo Workshop on International and Development Economics (TWID)) in which the external experts come and give a talk or present their works almost regularly. Also, the GSDM (Global Leader Program for Social design and Management), in which I was briefly a part of, provides a wonderful platform to use your research in a way which can help solve the pertaining issues of the society. It provides an opportunity to interact and collaborate with the scholars from different fields of science and social science.
The GraSPP administration makes sure that as a doctoral student you get all the help and support in conducting your research with a free mind. So far, the Doctoral Program has been quite a learning and rewarding experience for me.
