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 Training individuals with a solid knowledge and practical ability in economics
and tax policy is one of the most important aspects to stabilize public
finance and taxation systems and to formulate economic development strategies.
Deeply aware of the importance that such an international contribution
of training of individuals had for Japan, the first nation to have achieved
economic development in Asia, the International Graduate School of Social
Sciences (IGSSS) at Yokohama National University began the Master’s Program
in Public Policy and Taxation (PPT program) in 1996 with cooperation from
the World Bank and Japan’s National Tax Agency. This program combines systematic
lectures on economics and tax policy, and an internship for acquiring practical
knowledge gained in the field of Japan's tax administration at the National
Tax College of the National Tax Agency. The progam we offer has the longest
history among similar programs in Japan and has earned a high reputation
from both inside and outside Japan. We are proud to inform you that there
are only 10 colleges in the world which have programs under partnership
with the World Bank, including Columbia University and Harvard University
in the U.S., and Tsukuba University and Keio University in Japan. Students
who pass a rigorous selection process are admitted to the program from
developing nations all over the world - Asia, Africa, South America, etc.
The admitted students will study in the rich educational environment of
Yokohama National University’s tree-filled campus. |
| IGSSS offers various master degree programs conducted in English in addition
to this program. There is a master degree program conducted in English
for Indonesian Governmental Scholarship students (IGS program) established
by the request of the Indonesian and Japanese governments and funded by
the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Also, IGSSS started
a double-degree program in which Indonesian students study in Indonesia
for one year and in this graduate school for another year. Students receive
degrees from both the Indonesian university and YNU, under an educational
linkage agreement with two universities in Indonesia, University of Indonesia
and Gaja Mada University. Therefore, the PPT program students can acquaint
themselves with students in various programs other than the already diverse
group of students in the PPT program, thus expanding their international
network in various ways. |
Sixty graduates of this program are active in their home countries, utilizing
the network they have expanded at this graduate school in addition to knowledge
and skills they gained through education in the program. We are highly
proud of the accomplishments of this program so far. We welcome applications
from any bright, motivated individual who wishes to study at this graduate
school to learn how to improve tax policy in developing nations and whose
ideals match our own vision of making a contribution to international society
in general.
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Masakatsu Okada
Chairperson of Department of Economics
International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of
Economics
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