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Sociology Programs (or equivalent) in Japan

Most colleges and universities in Japan provide sociology courses for students. Listed below are those providing sociology or equivalent degree programs.

Undergraduate

NORTH & NORTHEAST JAPAN – Hokkaido & Tohoku

National & Regional Public Universities

Akita University	Faculty of Education and Human Studies
Akita Prefectural University	Faculty of Bioresource Sciences
Aomori University	Faculty of Sociology
Fukushima University	Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences
Hirosaki University	Community Initiative Program, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Hokkaido University	Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences
Iwate University	Department of Human Sciences and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Niigata University	Faculty of Humanities
Tohoku University	Faculty of Arts and Letters

Private Universities

Akita International University	Faculty of International Liberal Arts
Morioka University	Department of Society and Culture
Sapporo Otani University	Faculty of Sociology
Shokei Gakuin University	Department of Humanities and Social Studies
Tohoku Gakuin University	Department of Human Science, Faculty of Liberal Arts

EASTERN JAPAN – Kanto / Tokyo-Yokohama Metropolitan Area

National & Regional Public Universities

Tokyo Metropolitan University	Department of Human and Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Hitotsubashi University	Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Tokyo	Department of Sociology, Faculty of Letters
University of Tsukuba	School of Social and International Studies

Private Universities

Aoyama Gakuin University – Sagamihara	School of Global Studies and Collaboration College of Community Studies
Bunka Gakuen University	Department of Fashion Sociology
Chiba University of Commerce	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Ferris University	Faculty of Global and Intercultural Studies
Kanto Gakuin University	Department of Sociology, College of Sociology
Keio University	Department of Sociology; Department of Human Sciences, Faculty of Letters Faculty of Policy Management
Komazawa University	Department of Sociology, Faculty of Letters
Hosei University	Faculty of Social Sciences
International Christian University	Department of Society, Culture and Media
Meiji Gakuin University	Department of Sociology, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work
Meisei University	Department of Sociology, Faculty of Sociology & Social Work
Rikkyo University	College of Community and Human Services College of Sociology
Sophia University	Department of Sociology, Faculty of Human Sciences
Tokyo Women’s Christian University	Department of Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences
Tokyo University of Information Sciences	Department of Informatics, Faculty of Informatics
Toyo University	Faculty of Sociology
Waseda University	School of Human Sciences

CENTRAL & CENTRAL NORTH – Chubu & Hokuriku

National & Regional Public Universities

Shinshu University	Faculty of Arts
University of Shizuoka	School of International Relations
University of Toyama	School of Economics Behavioral and Social Sciences Program, School of Humanities

Private Universities

Kinjo Gakuin University	Human Sciences, Department of Multidisciplinary Psychology
Nagoya Gakuin University	Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies
Toyama University of International Studies	Faculty of Contemporary Sociology

CENTRAL WEST –Kansai / Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe Metropolitan Area

National & Regional Public Universities

Kobe University	Faculty of Letters
Kyoto University	Faculty of Education Faculty of Integrated Human Studies
Kyoto Prefectural University	Faculty of Public Policy
Osaka University	School of Human Sciences
Osaka Metropolitan University	Division of Sociology, Department of Human Behavioral Sciences,
University of Shiga Prefecture	Department of Human Relations, School of Human Cultures

Private Universities

Bukkyo University	Department of Contemporary Sociology, Faculty of Sociology
Doshisha University	Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Studies
Doshisha Women’ s College of Liberal Arts	Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies
Kansai University	Department of Sociology, Faculty of Sociology
Kwansei Gakuin University	Department of Sociology, School of Sociology
Kobe Gakuin University	Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies
Konan University	Department of Sociology
Kyoto Seika University	Department of Humanities, Faculty of Global Culture
Kyoto Women’s University	Department of Contemporary Society, Faculty of Contemporary Society
Nara University	Department of Social Research, Faculty of Social Studies
Ritsumeikan University	College of Gastronomy Management
St. Andrew’s University	Department of Sociology, Faculty of Sociology

WESTERN JAPAN – Chugoku & Shikoku

National & Regional Public Universities

Kagawa University	Department of Regional and Social Systems, Faculty of Economics
Kumamoto University	Department of Integrated Human Studies, Faculty of Letters
Okayama University	Faculty of Letters
Yamaguchi University	Faculty of Global and Science Studies

Private Universities

Hiroshima Shudo University	Department of Human Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences
Kibi International University	Department of Business Management and Sociology
Matsuyama University	Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities
Notre Dame Seishin University	Department of Contemporary Sociological Studies, Faculty of Literature
Shiseikan University	Department of Contemporary Sociology, Faculty of Contemporary Sociology

SOUTHERN JAPAN – Kyushu & Okinawa

National & Regional Public Universities

Fukuoka Prefectural University	Department of Public Sociology, School of Human and Social Sciences
Kyushu University	School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation
Nagasaki University	School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences
University of the Ryukyus	Department of Sociology and Human Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Private Universities

Chikushi Jogakuen University	Department of Contemporary Social Studies, Faculty of Human Sciences
Fukuoka University	Department of Culture, Faculty of Humanities
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University	College of Asia Pacific Studies

Graduate Schools

NORTH & NORTHEAST JAPAN – Hokkaido & Tohoku

National & Regional Public Universities

Hirosaki University	Graduate School of Sustainable Community Studies
Hokkaido University	Department of Sociology, Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences
Tohoku University	Graduate School of Arts and Letters

Private Universities

Shokei Gakuin University	Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences

EASTERN JAPAN –Kanto / Tokyo-Yokohama Metropolitan Area

National & Regional Public Universities

Hitotsubashi University	Graduate School of Social Sciences
Tokyo Metropolitan University	Department of Behavioral Social Sciences, Graduate School of Humanities
Tohoku University	Socio-information and Communication Studies Course, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies
University of Tokyo	Socio-information and Communication Studies Course, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies

Private Universities

Bunka Gakuen University	Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
International Christian University	Public Policy and Social Research, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Keio University	Graduate School of Human Relations Graduate School of Media and Governance
Komazawa University	Graduate Division of Arts and Sciences
Hosei University	Graduate School of Sociology
Rikkyo University	Graduate School of Community and Human Services
Sophia University	Graduate School of Human Sciences
Tokyo University of Information Sciences	Graduate School of Informatics
Toyo University	Graduate School of Sociology
Waseda University	Graduate School of Human Sciences School of Social Sciences

CENTRAL & CENTRAL NORTH – Chubu & Hokuriku

National & Regional Public Universities

Nagoya University	Department of Sociology, Graduate School of Environmental Studies
University of Toyama	Graduate School of Humanities (Master Course) Graduate School of Economics
University of Shizuoka	Graduate School of International Relations

Private Universities

Kinjo Gakuin University	Sociology Major, Graduate School of Humanities

CENTRAL WEST –Kansai / Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe Metropolitan Area

National & Regional Public Universities

Kobe University	Graduate School of Humanities
Kyoto University	Graduate School of Education Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies
Nara Women’s University	Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences (Master Course), Human Life and Environmental Sciences (Doctoral Course)
Osaka University	Graduate Shool of Human Sciences
Osaka Metropolitan University	Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences
University of Shiga Prefecture	Graduate School of Human Cultures

Private Universities

Doshisha University	Graduate School of Social Studies
Kansai University	Gratuate School of Sociology
Kwansei Gakuin University	Graduate School of Sociology
Konan University	Graduate School of Humanities
Otemon Gakuin University	Graduate School of Contemporary Culture and Society
St. Andrew’s University	Graduate School of Sociology

WESTERN JAPAN – Chugoku & Shikoku

National & Regional Public Universities

Hiroshima University	Law and Politics Program, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Private Universities

Hiroshima Shudo University	Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences
Kibi International University	Graduate School of Sociological Studies
Matsuyama University	Graduate School of Sociology
Notre Dame Seishin University	Socio-Cultural Studies Course, Graduate School of Literature

SOUTHERN JAPAN – Kyushu & Okinawa

National & Regional Public Universities

Kumamoto University	Field Research Course, Modern Social Human Studies, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences
Kyushu University	Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Global Society
Nagasaki University	Graduate School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences
University of the Ryukyus	Graduate School of Community Engagement & Development

Private Universities

Fukuoka University	Socio-Cultural Studies, Graduate School of Humanities
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University	Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies