Akita University

Akita University has established the following set of basic principles, and has formed five essential goals in order to realize them. [Basic Principles] •Promotion of world-class education and research •A great commitment to community service and the resolution of global issues •Teaching students so that they may become able to assume an important role globally as well as locally [Essential Goals] •To establish a student-centered education system,to nurture personnel who possess a wide-ranging education, in-depth specialization, rich personalities and high-level ethics •To promote various research projects, basic as well as advanced,which are intended to promote a harmonious co-existence with nature •To create broadercommunities including local areas •To establish internationally-based educational and research centers to deal with various global issues •To have the President active in achievingthese goals [Institutional Goals] Undergraduate Courses •To help students become capable of contributing to society with a broad range of general knowledge, advanced expertise, and sound ethics •To nurture students to become capable of making a greater contribution to the intellectual and economical development of the local communities •To train students to improve overall communication skills, carrying out international exchange Graduate Courses •To train students to have advanced expertise, intellectual creativity and sound ethics •To train students to become capable of performing as leaders who have advanced research competency