Rikkyo University

1．Learn from the top members of the business world.
We hold lectures by the top individuals who lead the tourism business such as tourism companies and hotel companies. Students acquire a business administration perspective and develop the ability to design new tourism services.

2．Learn from the real world of the tourism industry.
We provide a well-rounded set of experience-based programs, such as the early practical experience program, in which students learn the role of tourism through short-term overseas experiences, and internships, in which students experience the real world of tourism, and overseas fieldwork. Students pursue the reality of on-the-ground work in tourism through diverse practical experiences.

3．A good balance of basic and specialized study.
We value the basic subjects needed to grasp tourism from diverse perspectives, such as economics, policy, and law. Once students have a solid grounding in these basics, we provide highly specialized subjects, covering topics such as tourism business and regional development.

The ability to acquire the perspective of tourism business administration and to lead society.
Students learn to envision a new shape of tourism in various aspects, such as business administration, planning, and local government, and cultivate the ability to become entrepreneurs or leaders of regional revitalization.

The ability to unearth the charms of regions.
In addition to discovering the rich hidden charms in each region and connecting them to regional revitalization, students also come into contact with the negative impacts of the region’s “touristization,” and acquire the ability to realize sustainable tourism.

The ability to find solutions to problems through research and study.
Through a process of discovering issues of tourism themselves, reviewing literature, engaging in statistical analysis, carrying out on-site research, creating business plans, and so on, students polish their ability to lead to solutions.

1．Well-rounded experience-based classes in which students engage in intercultural exchange.
Students gain a first-hand view of the real world of tourism through on-site experiences, social research, volunteer activities, and more, and gain a deep understanding of how exchange through tourism affects local cultures, and changes the host and guest cultures.

2．Develop your international sensitivity with a wide range of overseas experiences.
We provide well-rounded international education unique to this college including overseas fieldwork and foreign-language study. We also provide an environment which provides many opportunities for international exchange, focused on our overseas partner institutions, allowing students to study with a sense of global awareness.

3．Well-rounded programs to convey individual experiences.
We provide a number of classes in which students write about culture and convey the fun of traveling, such as Travel Journalism and Travel Writing. These develop the ability of students to communicate high-quality information in their own words.

The global-mindedness and wide-ranging cultivation needed to understand diverse cultures.
Tourism scenes around the world call for people who have the global-mindedness and cultivation to understand different cultures. We cultivate multi-cultural perspectives based on regional studies and develop new types of globally minded people, including international civil servants and journalists.

Communication skills that link different cultures.
Students acquire not only proficiency in foreign languages, but also gain experience in making presentations in small-sized seminar subjects, developing their ability to understand and communicate with others in any context.

The ability to communicate information in one’s own words.
Students read travel diaries and records by writers of all periods and countries, and express their own travel experiences. By iterating on this process, students develop the ability to communicate their thoughts and experiences to the world in their own words.