Department of Social Design
Faculty of Art and DesignFor those who wish to enroll in 2026
For information on the 2026 curriculum, please see the latest university guide below.
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What is Department of Social Design?
Designing a better future where cities are vibrant and people live happily.
Social design is about contributing to regional revitalization by using ICT technology and planning skills based on the information dissemination power of design. After learning not only visual design but also an understanding of regional culture and business management skills, students will acquire "design" in the broad sense to solve various issues such as the environment, society, lifestyle, regional revitalization, and cultural inheritance.
Admission Policy
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- People who are interested in information design and planning design and have a creative spirit
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- People who broadly explore local industries, local cultures, and the techniques and methods for regional development
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- People who can consider local community issues from multiple angles and organize their own opinions
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- People who aim to become creators or producers in the social design field
Characteristics of the Department
01Major in Information Design that Makes Society More Interesting
Students will learn about multiple information transmission technologies and media, such as the web, graphic design, video, and audio, and will develop information design skills, which allow them to edit information in a beautiful and easy-to-understand way.
02 Planning and Design Major: Discovering and Sharing Social Issues
We foster the ability to identify problems by examining and questioning human activities, the ability to communicate and share these problems with society, and the ability to plan and explore ways to solve them.
03 Cultivating direction skills through industry-academia-government collaboration
By collaborating with local communities, businesses, and government agencies and working together to advance projects, students will develop the practical knowledge to accurately recognize situations and make appropriate decisions, and will become designers in the broadest sense of the word who are skilled in "direction."
Advanced Program
A motivational support program!
Product Design
Practical Program
This program aims to improve the skills of students so that they can be selected and awarded in competitions that students can take part in. It also gives a boost to all participants. Two courses will be held: "Words and Letters." Specifically, participants will learn how to create "words," which are the core of communication. While learning this method from a professional copywriter, they will receive corrections on their work that they will actually submit to the competition. They will also learn how to create "letters," which form the core of the design. Here, too, they will receive various hints from a professional typography designer to help them win a prize. Talking about copy
Four-year learning process
First year: Acquire knowledge to gain an overview of social life
Students will acquire a broad range of knowledge through subjects including two-dimensional composition, three-dimensional composition, and drawing, as well as art history, design history, and color theory.
Second year: Acquire knowledge and skills related to information transmission
Students will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to produce media as a means of communicating information, including web, graphics, drafting, photography, video, and CG.
Third-year project implementation in society
The field of learning will be expanded to society, and students will experience practical projects such as planning and developing services and products in manufacturing and media production sites.
Posing questions for society in the fourth year
Using the skills and thinking they have acquired and experienced in their first to third years, students will pose their own questions to society and research and disseminate proposals for solving those questions.
Department of Department of Photography and Imaging Arts
Graduation Research I/Graduation Research II
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Select your major from the first year
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Information Design Major
Learn about various types of "information" design and hone your own sensibilities
This program provides a comprehensive study of various types of "information" design, including web, video, and graphic design. It hones each student's "sensitivity" and gives them the ability to identify problems, generate ideas, and give form to those ideas.
- Example of lessons
- Introduction to Social Design, Design History, Social Design Exercises, Social Design Applied Exercises, Information Design Exercises I, Visual Design Exercises, Introduction to Computers, Introduction to Multimedia, Western Art History, Japanese Art History, Introduction to Art, Basic Computer Exercises, Color Science, Introduction to Illustration Design, Introduction to Spatial Design, QUEST Exercises, Drawing, etc.
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Planning and Design Major
Reexamining the roots of the problem and sharing it with society
Based on thinking and techniques centered on design and editing, students will learn practical skills such as planning and strategy development, communication design, and producing, and acquire the ability to raise and share issues as a first step in solving social problems.
- Example of lessons
- Introduction to Social Design, Design History, Social Design Exercises, Social Design Applied Exercises, Information Design Exercises I, Visual Design Exercises, Introduction to Computers, Introduction to Multimedia, Western Art History, Japanese Art History, Introduction to Art, Basic Computer Exercises, Color Science, Introduction to Illustration Design, Introduction to Spatial Design, QUEST Exercises, Drawing, etc.
Seminar Pickup
Information Design Major
[Design thinking] × [Technology]
Designing the future of information environments
Based on the design philosophy and expressive techniques such as web, graphic and video that students learn from their first to second years, students will begin working on experimental projects based on their individual interests from their third year. In addition, in their graduation research, students will share their knowledge with each other and make proposals aimed at solving social issues.
Planning and Design Major
[Practical knowledge] × [Internal motivation]
Identifying social issues that concern you
By combining the practical knowledge acquired from the first to third years with students' own intrinsic motivation, students will be able to identify social issues that are relevant to them and conduct analysis and research into clues to solving these issues.
Qualifications and career path data
Qualifications to aim for
- ■ Junior high school teacher license (art)
- ■High school teacher license (arts and crafts)
- ■ Curator
- ■Social educator (training course), etc.
*Crafts are only available to those majoring in planning and design.
Industry Graph
Main Employment Destinations
transcosmos Inc./Huis Ten Bosch Co., Ltd./Technopro Inc. Technopro IT Co., Ltd./Members Inc./Vega Corporation/Maruto Sangyo Co., Ltd./Maxell Co., Ltd./Geo Holdings Co., Ltd./Bit-A Co., Ltd./Astec Paint Co., Ltd./Risuke Office Co., Ltd./Shinwa Co., Ltd./Daishinsha Co., Ltd./Hamashin Glass Co., Ltd./Icom Co., Ltd./Morofuji Co., Ltd./Steamship Co., Ltd./World Seven Co., Ltd./Long Life Holdings Co., Ltd./Yodobashi Camera Co., Ltd./Hakuhodo Products Inc./
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