The Faculty of International Studies (FIS/Kokusai Gakubu/国際学部) at Kyoritsu Women’s University specializes in international studies, through which students learn about cultures and societies in this rapidly changing and increasingly globalized world and acquire the skills to survive the challenges of globalization, with particular emphasis on foreign language communication skills.

The FIS introduced a new curriculum in April 2018. In order to better understand the multiple dimensions of globalization, we provide three ‘Courses’, Area Studies Course, Communication Studies Course, and Global Studies Course, which guide students to find and learn different approaches to the structure and phenomena of this increasingly complex world. Within these three Courses, there are nine ‘majors’ as subfields that encourage students to structure their studies according to specific guidelines. At the end of the first year, students choose which Course and major they want to pursue and develop their studies according to their interests.