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Faculty of Law (東京大学法学部) is one of the 10 constituent faculties, and Graduate Schools for Law and Politics (東京大学大学院法学政治学研究科) is one of the constituent 15 graduate schools at University of Tokyo. The Faculty and the Graduate School operate as one.

Faculty of Law is one of the oldest 4 faculties (Science, Medicine, Law and Letters) of the University of Tokyo and the oldest law school in Japan. Most of Japan's high-level bureaucrats are graduates of the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Law, and it has long produced political and judicial establishment in Japan.

Fifteen Japanese prime ministers are graduates of this Faculty, (Takaaki Kato, Reijiro Wakatsuki, Osachi Hamaguchi, Koki Hirota, Kiichiro Hiranuma, Kijuro Shidehara, Shigeru Yoshida, Tetsu Katayama, Hitoshi Ashida, Ichiro Hatoyama, Nobusuke Kishi, Eisaku Sato, Takeo Fukuda, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Kiichi Miyazawa).

Degree programs

Undergraduate Programs at Faculty of Law

As with other undergraduate programs at the University of Tokyo, students move from the College of Arts and Sciences to the faculties of Advanced Studies. Faculty of Law offers Bachelor of Laws in Law and Politics.[1]

The courses are as follows:

Courses prior to 2017 are listed below.

Graduate programs at Graduate Schools for Law and Politics

The Graduate Schools for Law and Politics offers academic programs and a J.D. program (専門職学位課程) equivalent to law school.[2]

Centers

The Faculty of Law has three centers as follows.[3]

See also

External links


  1. ^ "Graduate Schools for Law and Politics Faculty of Law The University of Tokyo". Graduate Schools for Law and Politics Faculty of Law The University of Tokyo. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  2. ^ "Graduate Schools for Law and Politics Faculty of Law The University of Tokyo". Graduate Schools for Law and Politics Faculty of Law The University of Tokyo. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  3. ^ "Graduate Schools for Law and Politics Faculty of Law The University of Tokyo". Graduate Schools for Law and Politics Faculty of Law The University of Tokyo. Retrieved 2022-05-30.

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