University of the Ryukyus

The Graduate School of Tourism Sciences is a single major (Major in Tourism Sciences) graduate school newly established in 2009. Embracing the phenomenon of tourism from the perspective of tourism sciences, and in accordance with educational research based on this, the aim of our graduate school is the pursuit of research and the training of top quality professionals in the area of tourism who possess both expertise and leadership skills and who can be at the forefront of sustainable tourism promotion and tourism development, not just for Okinawa Prefecture and Japan, but within an international context.

The phenomenon of tourism, which is the subject of educational research at our graduate school, transforms dynamically and embraces multifaceted and interdisciplinary aspects related to health, culture, ecology, business, community development and the exchange of people in the regions, reflecting regional characteristics (small islandness, vulnerability, subtropicality, etc). In terms of nurturing top quality professionals possessing specialized knowledge related to tourism sciences who can accurately analyze the phenomenon of tourism, at our graduate school we offer an educational program to develop human resources that have both the quantitative analytical means and fundamental specialized knowledge related to the three academic fields of nature and the environment, management and economics, which is consistent with the needs of regional societies which aim at being tourismcentered prefectures or countries.

Master's Program