Jun 08 2022
We conduct education and research that integrates specialized domains in the humanities and sciences, with a focus on the subject of sake, adopting content that provides a bird’s eye view of diverse fields, ranging from raw materials and production to the sale and consumption of sake, as well as culture, history, tradition, and health, in addition to the areas of specialization of the students.
Students acquire knowledge and skills in their own specialized fields through courses in their major, and acquire basic and extensive knowledge of sake in Special Courses in the Sakeology Course, which includes Sakeology Introduction I–V, Sakeology Basic and Advanced Practice, and Sakeology Seminar. Sakeology Introduction I–V is an omnibus lecture series developed through the collaboration of humanities and science faculties, including content to provide a holistic view of diverse fields—from the raw materials and production to the sales and consumption of sake, as well as its connections to culture, history, tradition, and health. Sakeology Basic Practice is laboratory-level practice in the raw materials and brewing methods used for sake production. Sakeology Advanced Practice is a practical training program in sake production at Niigata Prefectural Sake Research Institute and sake breweries in which students can acquire the problem-solving and communications skills necessary in the real world. Further, through the Sakeology Seminar, students acquire interdisciplinary problem-identification and problem-solving skills. Through these activities, we go beyond the bounds of the academic division between the humanities and sciences to train human resources, who are at the core of innovation and creation, with interdisciplinary knowledge and creativity.
In the doctoral program, students will acquire advanced knowledge and skills in their own specialized fields through courses in their major. They will obtain specialized and extensive knowledge of sake through Advanced Sakeology and acquire an international mindset in Sakeology International Graduate Study. In addition to attending the Advanced Seminar in Sakeology, students will deepen their research themes in research and seminar courses such as Advanced Graduate Study and Synthetic Seminar to obtain advanced interdisciplinary problem-identification and problem-solving skills leading to new value creation. Through these courses, we seek to train human resources with an advanced level of expertise, combining an international mindset and leadership skills going beyond the bounds of the academic division between the humanities and sciences.
In addition to acquiring specialized knowledge and the ability to utilize expertise in the fields of the humanities and social sciences, and natural sciences, the Sakeology Course offers an overview of diverse fields related to sake, ranging from the raw materials and production to the sales and consumption of sake, as well as the connection between sake and culture, history, tradition, and health. We foster graduates who can resolve social issues and innovate for new value creation (graduates of the master’s program), having a high level of expertise that combines an international mindset and leadership skills (graduates of the doctoral program). The Sakeology Course is intended for the study of sake, but the skillset acquired through it can be utilized in various fields. Therefore, the students nurtured here in the Sakeology Course will be able to play an active role not only in the sake industry, including in brewing, distribution, sales, and trading companies, but also in research and development positions in various fields, civil services, research in the context of academia (doctoral program graduates), and consulting, and emerging industry fields including business creation.
The Special Courses in Sakeology are conducted mainly by the faculty members of Sakeology Center. Lectures, practices, and seminars are conducted by the faculty members of Sakeology Center, and in-house faculty members and external lecturers in particular fields of specialization.
To enroll in the Sakeology Course, candidates are required to pass the entrance examination of the Graduate School of Modern Society and Culture (Major in Economics and Management) or the Graduate School of Science and Technology (Life and Food Sciences Department), depending on their desired field of specialization.
Information regarding the entrance examinations will be released in late May. Please refer to the homepage of the relevant graduate school.
