Faculties and Departments
Women’s education at Shoin, with over 100 years of 'experiencing the real thing,’ embraces a diverse range of people. We have a wide variety of studies developing the ability to think and act independently through a multifaceted and comprehensive assesment of the goal-reaching process.
Faculty of Liberal Arts
■Department of Liberal Arts
※Scheduled to begin April 2025
Gracefully, Beautifully
Living in the modern world in your own way.
Pursuable Career paths
- Information and communication industry
- Service industry
- Civil servants (police officers, city hall employees, etc.)
- NGO/NPO
- Tourism/hotel industry
- Finance/insurance industry, etc.
Expected occupations and roles
- Planning and marketing
- Research and analysis
- IT engineer
- Business
- Sales, etc.
■Department of Japanese Language and Literature
Japanese Language and Literature Course / Calligraphy Course / Creative Writing and Expression Course
Reading, writing and speaking.
Beautiful words will guide you to your dreams.
Pursuable Career paths
- Junior high school and high school teacher (Japanese)
- Calligraphy teacher (high school)
- Librarian teacher, librarian
- Civil servant
- Japanese language teacher, etc.
Major qualifications
- Junior high school teacher I (Japanese)
- Senior high school teacher I (Japanese, calligraphy)
- Librarian, etc.
■Department of English as an International Language
Global Communication Course / Language Education Practice Course
Talking, communicating, understanding.
Dialogue teaches us the beauty of one another.
Pursuable Career paths
- Hotels
- Airlines
- Travel industry
- English teachers (junior high and high school)
- Japanese language teachers, etc.
Major qualifications
- Junior high school and high school teacher (English), etc.
■Department of Psychology
Comprehensive Psychology Course / Clinical Psychology Course
Listening to the voice of the heart.
Forming beautiful relationships with people and society.
Pursuable Career paths
- Child guidance
- Medical institutions
- Hospitals and others
Major qualifications
- Licensed psychologist*
- Clinical psychologist (post-graduate qualification)
- Mental Health Social Worker (PSW/ Qualification to sit the national examination)
- School Social Worker (SSW)
- Clinical psychologist (can be obtained upon graduation by fulfilling credit requirements), etc.
*After graduation, students must complete a postgraduate course to train as a licensed psychologist or obtain prescribed work experience to be eligible to sit the exam.
■Department of Life Planning
Life Design Course / Food Design Course
Enjoying today. Looking ahead to tomorrow
Skills and know-how for beautiful living
Pursuable Career paths
- Financial Planner
- Product development for food manufacturers and others.
Major qualifications
- Financial Planning (FP)
- The Official Business Skill Test in Book-keeping Levels 2 and 3
- Junior high school/high school teacher (home economics), etc.
■Department of Beauty and Fashion Studies
Fashion Studies Course / Cosmetology Course / Beauty Course*
*Applications for the beauty course will close when the maximum number of places (40) is reached.
Fascinate, feel, think.
The creation of beauty enriches the world
Pursuable Career paths
- Designer
- Patternmaker
- Stylist
- Make-up artist
- Hairdresser, etc.
Major qualifications
- Junior high school teacher (home economics)
- Senior high school teacher (home economics)
- National examinations for beauticians (qualification to sit for examinations), etc.
Faculty of Childhood Education
■Department of Childhood Education
Early Childhood Education and Care Course / School Education Course
Staying close, watching over and guiding.
For the beautiful future of children.
Pursuable Career paths
- Primary schools teacher
- Kindergarten teacher
- Childcare teacher
- Nursery school teacher
- Nursery teacher
- Junior high school teacher (English), etc.
Major qualifications
- Nursery school teacher
- Kindergarten teacher (1st class)
- Elementary school teacher (1st class)
- Junior high school teacher (English)
- Librarian
- Librarian teacher (concurrently studying for a primary school teacher's license), etc
Faculty of Health and Nutrition
■Department of Health and Nutrition
Dietitian Major* / Food and Nutrition Major
*The dietitian major is not open to international students.
Nourishing the body and mind.
Good food is the source of life and health.
Pursuable Career paths
- Planning and development in food-related companies
- Nutritionist in food service companies
- Nutritionist at nursery schools and childcare centers
- Nutritionist at social welfare facilities, nurseries and kindergartens,etc.
Major qualifications
- Nutritionist
- Junior high school and high school teacher (home economics)
- Nutrition teacher 2nd class
- Food specialist, etc.