Faculty of Education
Graduate School of Education
Mie University

Address: 1577 Kurima-Machiya-cho, Tsu, 514-8507 Japan
Phone: +81-59-232-1211

Outline of Courses in the Undergraduate Programs

The Faculty of Education consists of four courses (divisions):

Training Course for School Teachers

The Training Course for School Teachers started in 1997 as a combination of the former four courses: Primary, Junior High, Handicapped Children's School and Kindergarten. This course has thirteen major fields: Japanese Language, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, Music, Fine Arts and Design, Health and Physical Education, Technology, Home Economics, English Language, Education of Handicapped Children, Early Childhood Education and School Education.

The basic aim of this course is educating prospective teachers who will gain a deep knowledge of the compulsory education, primary and junior high school education, and have a practical teaching ability to keep positively abreast with the rapid changes of society. The students in this course are required to study and acquire extensive knowledge and skills necessary to get at least two teaching licenses among primary school, junior high school, handicapped children's school and kindergarten. They are also required to obtain practical knowledge and skills of computers and other special technical knowledge in teaching.

Each course has enough curriculum of knowledge and skill not only necessary for acquiring teaching licenses but also for acquiring professional knowledge and technical skill.

Course for Information Science Education

Established in 1990, the Course for Information Science Education aims at providing students with professional knowledge and skills in computer science and related fields. Though not required, students can obtain teacher's licenses, especially in High School Information (Computing) and Math.

Course for Continued Education

The Course for Continued Education was founded in 1997 in order to meet the needs of a highly developed and rapidly changing society which needs efficient instructors and leaders of continued social education in a broad sense. It consists of the following two majors: Kinesiology Science and Consumer Science.

The aims of this course is educating efficient future leaders in the field of kinesiology and consumer science in education, culture and industry of the community as well as of schools.

This course provides the students with the necessary curriculum of acquiring teaching licenses of junior and senior high schools.

Course for Human Developmental Sciences

The Course for Human Developmental Sciences was founded in 1999. In 2006 the new division for Teaching Japanese as a Second Language was established within the course.

Outline of Graduate School of Education

The Graduate School of Education, founded in 1989, basically aims at producing people who are able to do research and have practical experience in the field of education or its related fields.

There are three major fields of study: School Education; Education for the Handicapped; and Education for Subjects. School Education has a special course for School Education; Education for the Handicapped has a special course for Education for the Handicapped; and Education for Subjects has ten courses: Japanese Language Education, Social Studies Education, Mathematics Education, Science Education, Music Education, Fine Arts Education, Health and Physical Education, Technology Education, Home Economics Education, English Language Education. Those who have completed the above courses are granted a Master's Degree in Education.

Present school teachers are allowed to take special measures according to Article 14 (and others) of the Criteria for the Foundation of Graduate School.

Attached Facility

Integrated Center for Educational Research and Practice

This center was originally founded as the Center for Educational Technology in April, 1977, and was promoted to the present Integrated Center for Educational Research and Practice in April, 1999.

The object of this Center is to make a comprehensive research about educational practice and, as a result, to contribute to the development and completion of education. At present, the Center concentrates its major effort on:

  1. to hold practical trainings, lectures, and open classes in which information apparatuses, such as personal computers for information science education (about 40 computers) and VTRs, should be used in order to meet educational necessities in highly developed information societies,
  2. to hold study meetings with present school teachers and accepting the teachers officially sent for study by the government as students in order to conduct joint research between the university and local schools,
  3. participating in conducting joint projects with similar centers of other universities.

Attached Schools


Faculty of EducationMie University