GRIPS-Tokyo School of Security and International Studies

The Security and International Studies Program is an advanced academic program on international relations and strategic studies under the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies or GRIPS, an elite and highly selective graduate school based in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

Established in partnership with the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, SISP at GRIPS aims to equip scholars with academic and practical skills for understanding and solving security and foreign policy issues.

Located at the heart of Tokyo, the program offers advanced degree at the Ph.D. level. GRIPS combines a broad interdisciplinary curriculum with an applied research focus and a commitment to international, state, and regional policy issues. English is the primary medium of instruction.

The program conducts in-depth research on historical and contemporary security and foreign policy matters, and engage in theoretical as well as policy debates with students, faculty members and outside specialists. Field trips, seminars, academic conferences and collaborative events common at the school are another important means of enhancing the scholars' understanding of subject matters related to East Asia and Pacific Affairs, and International Politics in general.

The school operates on a four-term calendar with a 16-week Fall Term, 8-week Winter Term, 16-week Spring Term, and 8-week Summer Term. In the first year, students are required to undertake course work and earn a minimum of 14 credits from the courses and tutorials. The Security and International Studies PhD Program at GRIPS Tokyo is completed in three to five years. By the end of the first year, students are expected to pass three Written Qualifying Examinations (QE), submit a dissertation prospectus, and pass in one Oral Qualifying Examination which is doctoral dissertation prospectus defense. After completing all four Qualifying Examinations, students can start writing a dissertation to complete it by the end of the third year.

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