We will make efforts towards the creation of a society where everyone can shine with the keywords safety and security. Professor Shoji Tsuchida,
Dean of the Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences

Aim of the Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences 　Japan is a disaster-prone country and is frequently hit by natural disasters, such as earthquakes and typhoons. Accidents also claim the lives of tens of thousands of people every year. Furthermore, issues related to the safety of our lives, including the spread of infectious diseases and information security issues, are ubiquitous. This faculty aims to contribute to the creation of a safe and secure society by establishing a new academic field called Societal Safety Sciences that comprehensively researches and studies natural disasters and social (man-made) disasters.

Features of Learning 　To comprehensively understand disasters and accidents, it is necessary to study a variety of existing academic fields, including law, economics, sociology, engineering, medicine, and psychology, in a cross-sectional way. Therefore, this faculty is characterized by interdisciplinary learning that transcends the boundaries of humanities and science. Students will mainly take basic subjects necessary for studying both natural disasters and social disasters in the first year. Students will take more specialized courses based on the basic knowledge learned in the first year from the second year onward. In addition to taking specialized courses, all students will be assigned to a seminar class in the third year. Here, students will learn more about the specialized fields from their academic advisors and proceed with research aimed at solving problems related to safety and security. In the fourth year, students will compile their graduation research to a dissertation.
　The curriculum consists of studying to obtain plenty of knowledge in the first and second years and many practical exercises utilizing this acquired knowledge in the third and fourth years.

Expected Course 　Human resources, who have acquired a wide range of knowledge and practical skills, regardless of whether they are in the humanities or sciences, are expected to play an active role as leaders in companies and local governments. The faculty aims to develop human resources who understand information from experts in each field and make comprehensively optimal decisions.
　The employment situation of students who completed this faculty is good, and they have been achieving high results every year since the faculty sent out the first-generation students. No companies or local governments are unrelated to safety measures and crisis management. That is why we believe that the human resources educated at this faculty are required and expected by society.

Message to High School Students and Examinees 　No other Japanese universities have the faculty of societal safety sciences. Societal safety sciences that the students learn at this faculty are indispensable for creating a safe and secure society. The faculty is looking for like-minded people to learn and create this new and growing academic field together with us.