As the capstone of your four years of study, you are required to take the Graduation Seminar and complete a Graduation Project.
While you take the Seminar you will prepare a Project A (a 6000 word research paper) or a Project B (a 5000 word paper along with the creation of a media presentation [movie, website, software, etc.] that represents your search.

At the end of every semester, students who are completing Graduation Projects prepare posters to present their research to other students and faculty. Each student draws upon the academic English skills that they have developed since their first year to summarize and present their project’s theme, data, and results. As a presenter, you take questions from younger students, and you can look back upon your own experiences at Meiji Gakuin University while providing academic leadership to other students who will graduate in subsequent years.

“Overcoming Population Decline: A Prosperous Future Japan with Immigrants”

“Overwork: The Dark Shadow over Japan’s Labor Environment”

“Representation of Japanese Culture in the UK: Media, Gender, and Popular Culture”

“Taiwanese SME Managers’ Approach Toward ESG”

“Data Analysis of Internationalization of Higher Education and Labor Market Outcomes”

“Corporate Sustainability: An In-Depth Analysis of How ESG Scoring Can Differ Between Countries, Industries, and Rating Agencies.”

“Factors of Attractive Political Speeches”

“Privatization’s Impact on Japan’s COVID-19 Response: Medical Industry Analysis”

“Does the Use of Instagram Degrade an Individual’s Self-Esteem?”

If you do not go on a study abroad program in the 3rd year, you will start to prepare your Graduation Project from your 5th semester.
In your second semester, you will take the Research Project Seminar and prepare a “Project Proposal.” From the first term of your 4th year, you will enroll in a Project Seminar and then complete your project while taking the Graduation Project Seminar during your last semester.
The faculty places you in a Project Seminar in order to study with a professor whose expertise in politics, economics, culture or society is closest to your area of interest.

If you go abroad during your 3rd year, you will submit a proposal in February.
Instead of taking the Research Project Seminar and Research Project Seminar you will receive guidance from their Project Advisor. Upon your return to campus, you will then take the Graduation Project Seminar with that advisor to complete your project.