Tokyo, Japan
Jissen Women's University
Graduate School of Human Life Sciences
Master's Program of Food Science and Nutrition
The aim of the program is to
provide an in-depth knowledge in the respective
academic fields of nutrition, food science, food preparation, and
hygiene. Furthermore, students enrolled
in this program undertake research under the direction of
an assigned professor and then
research results form the basis for their master's
thesis. The most common research projects are solutions to nutritional
problems related to illnesses caused by lifestyle, investigation into
food preferences, development of technology to handle food
hygienically, and development of foodstuffs, making practical use of
biotechnology. Some of the research topics are carried out in the form
of collaborative research with other universities and research
institutions. In addition to experiments in the laboratory, the
curriculum also includes fieldwork in hospitals.
- Graduate School of Humanities:
- Japanese Literature
- English
- Art History
- Graduate School of Human Life Sciences:
- Food Science and Nutrition
- Human Environmental Sciences