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Hiroshima City University to open graduate school of peace studies in 2019

by Kyosuke Mizukawa, Staff Writer

On April 27, Hiroshima City University announced that it will open a graduate school of peace studies in April 2019, and it submitted an application to establish the program, as of this day, to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

As part of the peace studies program, the university plans to include subjects in which students will study the survivors’ memories of the atomic bombing and nuclear disarmament, and aims to foster human resources in the city of Hiroshima who can contribute to building peace in the world. According to the university, it will be the very first national or public university in Japan to establish a peace studies program.

The planned peace studies program will be a two-year master’s course accommodating 10 students. It will be comprised of 30 subjects, including the survivors’ memories of the atomic bombing, nuclear disarmament and nuclear arms control, and diplomatic and nuclear issues involving South Korea and North Korea, through which students will learn about the catastrophic damage caused by the use of nuclear weapons and effective ways to solve international problems. The university also plans to conduct an entrance examination for working adults and international students.

Hiroshima City University has already included the creation of the peace studies program in its second mid-term plan (for fiscal years 2016 to 2021) and has been expediting preparations to establish the course. The university is aiming to establish a doctoral program as well. The university says that it will seek to develop human resources who can contribute to formulating policies for peace building and working out measures to prevent disputes and conflicts.

(Originally published on April 28, 2018)

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