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Students from all over the globe will learn together. They will develop intercultural communication competence, broad-mindedness, and cooperative skills to bring more peace to the world.

1. Full-time 4-year undergraduate English program, which leads to Bachelor of Arts and Sciences.
2. Language competence: Students will be competent in English and Japanese.
3. Interdisciplinary arts and sciences education: Students will have a wider perspective when solving problems related global issues in society.
4. Integrative perspectives and cooperative skills: Students will be able to think beyond nationality, region, religion, culture, and language.
5. Careers after graduation: Students will be ready to work in Japan or abroad, or pursue academic careers at graduate schools.

IGS is a place of ¡°crossing boundaries.¡± It is a crossing beyond who you have been until now. A crossing beyond the institutions that have shaped and surrounded you¡ªfamily, community, nation. A crossing beyond the norms, morals, and assumptions you have long taken for granted. Through classes and seminars, internships, study abroad programs, and various other activities, IGS supports your efforts to undertake such crossings. 
Learning at university is not always visibly practical or immediately rewarding. Rather, it is often a steady and patient effort to sit with questions and think carefully about how things are formed and how they work. Yet a commitment to what may at first seem ¡°useless¡± can ultimately lead to the imagination¡ªand even the creation¡ªof a better society.
The four years of university are a precious time in which you can step back from the demands of responsibility, productivity, and efficiency imposed by society, and reflect on yourself from a freer perspective. During your four years at IGS, I encourage you to cultivate a genuine curiosity about human beings, society, and nature, and to develop a deep interest in what may at first glance appear ¡°useless.¡±

Seki Koki, IGS Department Head