HOME > Faculty Profile 　 　The Faculty of Economics provides the economic education to approach the society asking various talents, with the concepts of internationalization, informalization, modernization, synthesization and the emphasis in local communities, environments and human beings, in a spirit of establishment of Matsuyama University. The Faculty has been highly evaluated and expected by the local community as it has turned out many competent human resources. It is pushing forward with the aim of the further development along with the succession of the tradition. 　The feature of the Faculty is the three courses (The Synthetic Economic Policy Course, International Economic Course, The Community, Environments and Human Science Course) with a variety of unique subjects designed in order to encourage talents. For example, the two study abroad programs,‘ East Asian Economy’in Shanghai, China and ‘Korean Peninsula Economy’in Seoul, Korea are conducted every year. It also yearly offers the industry-government- academia seminars,‘ Venture Business and Market Economy’,‘International Sightseeing’ and ‘Cultural Economics’by visiting lecturers. In 2006, ‘Hometown Communion Seminar’ will be held with the cooperation of Matsuyama Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In 2005, the Faculty conducted ‘Local Industrial and Cultural on-the-spot Training’ and ‘Pilgrimage Visit to 88 Temples in Shikoku’ as an experience-learning program. 　 　The merchandise and services supporting our affluent lives are offered by enterprises. Business Administration is a field to stay the system and the action principals of such enterprises being at the core of the society. It is said that enterprise management exists to manage and apply business resources such as manpower, goods, money and information efficiently. The Faculty provides students with various study programs to thoroughly master the specialized knowledge and technology required to manage business resources as well as to foster better entrepreneurs and excellent leaders. There are six courses in the faculty: Business Management, Information, Accounting, Distribution, Management Education and International Business. 　Business Administration is a practical study closely connected with the development of industrial society. The Faculty also provides students with the practical learning opportunities, computer education so that all students can master the operation of Personal Computer, and an internship system in which students acquire credits through on-the-job training at companies. It is the great feature of the Faculty to foster capable people with education including both theory and practice. 　 　The English Department aims at cultivating a selfsufficient person with an international outlook who can take an active role in the front line of the international society. The basic goal is to make students acquire English skills as a communication tool. Students are also expected to have global view point concerning human beings, languages and cultures through the studies of the histories and contemporary international issues in Englishspeaking countries, intercultural communication, English literature, linguistics and education. 　The Department is characterized by a curriculum focused on using English practically. English for International Communication (EIC) is a compulsory subject for first year students to third year students. Students are placed into five different classes according to their English level and take English native speakers’ lessons. English composition is a compulsory subject on essay writing for second year students. There are five classes that native speakers are in charge of as well. A computer instructional network program is required for first year to third year students. As a part of the program, students are obliged to take the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) three times a year. Some who entered the university after 2005 when the new curriculum was introduced, marked over 700 points in the TOEIC. The Department has also a wide variety of the subjects to develop students’English proficiency for strategy to certificate examination and Presentation in English. Besides the regular courses in a class room, the Department carries out a freshman camp seminar, which all first year students attend under the slogan, ‘Let’s speak English and make friends.’ and English training camp for those who are interested. Both camps are held for one night and two days. 　 　The educational goal of the Department is to foster self-supporting citizens with intellectual capability and independence. Sociology is extremely suitable to the cultivation of human resources as society members who can think of society earnestly, have consciousness and responsibility and act to build a better society. The Department expects that students learning the knowledge of sociology and sociological research methods will have the capability of offering challenges by themselves, collecting and analyzing necessary information, grasping and reporting situations exactly, and proper policy and taking actions policy. 　The Department is characterized by the balance and system of basic and specialized education. In order to use these features efficiently, seminar classes in which teachers in charge provide students with learning guide are arranged to each grade. 　As a substantial basic education, the Department trains students beginning with the first year to acquire the capability of receiving and dispatching preciseinformation,and consolidates the foundations of their Japanese and foreign language skills focused on English and operation of PC. Moreover, the Department prepares numbers of creative subjects for students to acquire the power of surviving modern society. In addition, the curriculum is designed so that students can acquire a wide range of cultural knowledge. 　The specialized education in the Department includes six courses, Sociological Theory, Social Research, regional, International and Environmental issues, Media and Modern Society, and Social welfare. Students can learn systematically focusing on the specific courses of their interest. 　 　The Faculty of Law was established as the fourth school at Matsuyama University in 1986 in response to the high expectation of local society. The Faculty has turned out numbers of excellent human resources to the business, official, and educational worlds. It cannot be overemphasized that the target of law education is the discipline of legal mind. The Faculty of Law attaches importance to the goal is not only fostering 'Legal Mind'. It also puts a special emphasis on the practical study, which is a tradition inherited from Matsuyama Koto Shogyo Gakko (Matsuyama Higher School of Commerce) as the origin of Matsuyama University, and aims at sending out human resources with a broad view in consideration of training students' personality through liberal arts. 　The educational program in the Faculty is as follows. First, students must select and study 12 prerequisite subjects, such as the Constitution, Civil Code, and Politics, so that they study the specialized subjects systematically and efficiently. Second, on completion of the first year, each student is to choose a course from three selectable courses; Public Selection by learning basic knowledge, Corporate Legal Affairs, and Basic Legal Career. They can learn specialized subjects in any of these courses. Third, the Faculty takes into consideration that other subjects are indispensable to students learning law (e.g., subjects of accounting and management are indispensable to the learning of the Corporate Law and the Commercial Law). Therefore, students can learn a wide range of subjects of other faculties. Fourth, the Faculty attaches importance to the opportunity of detailed researches and discussions in small groups, with condition that all and senior students take a seminar with specialized subjects. Although it is optional, students can prepare for their graduation theses. 　The discipline of legal mind refers to not only making students memorize legal articles but also training them to become a person who can comprehend the actual aspects of the present world and make an adequate judgment from a wide viewpoint. The Faculty hopes that your young and flexible sensitivity and ambition. 　 　The College of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the six-year education trains students to become advanced professionals with a view of ethics. Since many students become researchers in universities, enterprises or research institutes, the college focuses on highly advanced education in the specialized fields. 　In our Society, professionals also need to have not only specialized knowledge but also a wide range of education. The college has a curriculum including a variety of subjects, which are IT Skills, Medical Economics, Medical Supplies Marketing, Pharmaceutical Laws and Consumer Laws besides specialized pharmaceutical subjects. IT Skills and other knowledge will be certainly helpful in the medical fields such as pharmaceutical companies, cosmetic makers, trading companies, medical supplies sales companies and pharmaceutical administration. 　The goal of the college is to cultivate advanced specialists through the six-year pharmaceutical education. 　 Economics Graduate Courses (Master's and Doctor's Courses) Business Administration Graduate Courses (Master's and Doctor's Courses) Language Communication Graduate Course (Master's Course) Sociology Graduate Courses (Master's Course and Second-half Doctor's Course) 　In order to advance the functions of Matsuyama University further, the master's course of economics was established in 1972. The doctor's course (second-half doctor's course) of economics was opened in 1974, master's course of business administration was established in 1979, and doctor's coursed (second-half doctor's course) of business administration was open in 1981. The graduate course of economics has turned out students with doctor's degrees. The master's and doctor's courses of sociology were established in 2006. The master's course of language communication was established in 2007. 　The goal of the Graduate School is training students to acquire capability required for special occupations from a wide viewpoint. Students aiming to acquire licensed tax accountant's qualification will have a privilege of immunity from the state-run tax law examination and a part of the state-run accountancy examination if the students complete specified seminars at the Graduate School. 　The Graduate School started accepting members of society from companies. Along with local surveys and social activities including on-the-job training, the Graduate School has been further deepening exchange with the local community. 　The graduate course of sociology cultivates people who aim at their career improvement in the fields of information and media, local community problems, and welfare medical treatment. 　 　Matsuyama Junior College, which was established in 1952, is the only nighttime junior college of commerce in Shikoku. It has sent out more than 5,800 graduates. Under the educational system with a maximum capacity of 100 students, subjects in a wide variety are taught between 6 and 9:10 PM from Monday to Friday. These subjects include specializedones(i.e.business administration, economics,and law),computer-related subjects in the aim of acquiring Information Technology qualifications, and practical ones taught by licensed tax accountants and lawyers. With the change of the times, the number of working students is decreasing. Instead, the number of the students who are transferred to Matsuyama University and other universities is increasing. There is a system of admission by recommendation to each faculty of Matsuyama University as well. Matsuyama Junior College celebrated the 50th anniversary of the foundation in 2003. Matsuyama Junior College aims at a further leap with long-range prospects for the society in the 21st century kept in mind. Matsuyama University Office of Public Relations 4-2 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8578 JAPAN Phone: +81-89-926-7140 / Fax: +81-89-922-6064 E-mail: mu-koho@matsuyama-u.jp Phone: +81-89-926-7148 / Fax: +81-89-926-7151 E-mail: mu-kokusai@matsuyama-u.jp