Career Support
Career Options after Graduation

Based on its founding principles, the University of Tsukuba is fostering human resources who have "internationality", "future vision", and "problem-solving" ability. Our graduates are highly appreciated in various fields such as private companies, government offices, education and other fields.
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Career Options after Graduation for 2011
| Schools / Colleges | Graduated | Graduate School? | Employed | Employed | Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry | Education | Public Service / Independent Administrative Institution | Residents | |||||
| School of Humanities and Culture | 254 (160) | 48 (24) | 139 (99) | 98 (71) | 12 (9) | 29 (19) | 67 (37) | |
| School of Social and International Studies | 172 (95) | 26 (8) | 114 (70) | 85 (51) | 5 (4) | 24 (15) | 32 (17) | |
| School of Human Sciences | 117 (68) | 39 (24) | 64 (40) | 32 (19) | 8 (6) | 24 (15) | 14 (4) | |
| School of Life and Environmental Sciences | 267 (128) | 191 (90) | 63 (31) | 41 (23) | 6 (4) | 16 (4) | 13 (7) | |
| School of Science and Engineering | 597 (85) | 431 (57) | 141 (25) | 117 (22) | 9 (1) | 15 (2) | 25 (3) | |
| School of Informatics | 240 (78) | 128 (18) | 82 (44) | 60 (30) | 22 (14) | 30 (16) | ||
| School of Medicine and Medical Sciences | 211 (133) | 33 (20) | 172 (108) | 39 (39) | 6 (6) | 36 (35) | 91 (28) | 6 (5) |
| School of Health and Physical Education | 232 (62) | 57 (13) | 131 (34) | 96 (23) | 25 (10) | 10 (1) | 44 (15) | |
| School of Art and Design | 114 (89) | 36 (25) | 40 (34) | 34 (29) | 3 (2) | 3 (3) | 38 (30) | |
| Total | 2,204 (898) | 989 (279) | 946 (485) | 602 (307) | 74 (42) | 179 (108) | 91 (28) | 269 (134) |
Note: (Parentheses) indicates the number of female students.
| Programs | Graduated | Graduate School (PhD)? | Employed | Employed | Researchers | Returned to Previous Employment |
Others | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry | Education | Public Service, Independent Administrative Institutions |
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| Education | 101 (38) | 50 (18) | 6 (2) | 41 (14) | 3 (2) | 17 (8) | 34 (12) | ||
| Humanities and Social Sciences (first 2-yr part of doctoral program) |
97 (60) | 23 (13) | 37 (22) | 30 (16) | 6 (5) | 1 (1) | 13 (7) | 24 (18) | |
| Business Sciences (first 2-yr part of doctoral program) |
48 (12) | 10 (2) | 36 (8) | 2 (2) | |||||
| Business Sciences (Professional Degree Program) |
29(10) | 26 (7) | 3 (3) | ||||||
| Pure and Applied Sciences (first 2-yr part of doctoral program) |
279 (28) | 50 (3) | 212 (23) | 193 (18) | 7 (1) | 12 (4) | 17 (2) | ||
| Systems and Information Engineering (first 2-yr part of doctoral program) |
475 (61) | 38 (4) | 385 (40) | 368 (38) | 1 (1) | 16 (1) | 1 | 3 | 48 (17) |
| Life and Environmental Sciences (first 2-yr part of doctoral program) |
304 (126) | 48 (18) | 195 (76) | 153 (58) | 9 (3) | 33 (15) | 1 | 1 (1) | 59 (31) |
| Comprehensive Human Sciences (Master's Program) |
82 (47) | 15 (8) | 34 (23) | 28 (19) | 6 (4) | 1 | 26 (13) | 6 (3) | |
| Comprehensive Human Sciences (first 2-yr part of doctoral program) |
328 (159) | 46 (13) | 151 (68) | 80 (31) | 47 (20) | 24 (17) | 4 (3) | 51 (27) | 76 (48) |
| Library, Information and Media Studies (first 2-yr part of doctoral program) |
35 (18) | 6 (2) | 24 (12) | 20 (8) | 4 (4) | 2 (1) | 3 (3) | ||
| Total | 1,778 (559) | 236 (63) | 1,088 (282) | 878 (190) | 111 (44) | 99 (48) | 7 (3) | 175 (72) | 272 (139) |
Note: (Parentheses) indicates the number of female students.
| Programs | Graduated | Employed | Employed | Researchers | Returned to Previous Employment |
Others | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry | Education | Public Service, Independent Administrative Institutions | ||||||
| Humanities and Social Sciences | 22 (10) | 7 (2) | 2 (1) | 5 (1) | 8 (2) | 7 (6) | ||
| Humanities and Social Sciences (second 3-yr part of doctoral program) |
7 (4) | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 3 (2) | 1 | 1 (1) | ||
| Business Sciences (second 3-yr part of doctoral program) |
13 (2) | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 (2) | |||
| Business Sciences (Professional Degree Program) |
29 (6) | 27 (6) | 2 | |||||
| Pure and Applied Sciences | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Pure and Applied Sciences (second 3-yr part of doctoral program) |
42 (5) | 17 | 12 | 5 | 12 (2) | 4 | 9 (3) | |
| Pure and Applied Sciences (3-yr part of doctoral program) |
18 (5) | 6 (1) | 4 | 2 (1) | 10 (2) | 2 (2) | ||
| Systems and Information Engineering | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Systems and Information Engineering (second 3-yr part of doctoral program) |
56 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 12 |
| Life and Environmental Sciences | 5 (3) | 3 (2) | 2 (1) | |||||
| Life and Environmental Sciences (second 3-yr part of doctoral program) |
90 (35) | 30 (10) | 18 (5) | 1 | 11 (5) | 21 (8) | 12 (2) | 27 (15) |
| Life and Environmental Sciences (3-yr part of doctoral program) |
3 (1) | 3 (1) | ||||||
| Comprehensive Human Sciences | 66 (20) | 34 (8) | 13 (2) | 12 (5) | 9 (1) | 16 (5) | 8 (1) | 8 (6) |
| Comprehensive Human Sciences (second 3-yr part of doctoral program) |
44 (18) | 12 (4) | 3 | 7 (4) | 2 | 14 (6) | 13 (5) | 5 (3) |
| Comprehensive Human Sciences (3-yr part of doctoral program) |
25 (16) | 8 (5) | 6 (3) | 2 (2) | 7 (5) | 8 (6) | 2 | |
| Library, Information and Media Studies (second 3-yr part of doctoral program) |
7 (3) | 3 (2) | 1 | 2 (2) | 1 | 2 (1) | 1 | |
| Total | 430 (128) | 136 (33) | 61 (8) | 37 (16) | 38 (9) | 102 (34) | 112 (22) | 80 (39) |
Note: (Parentheses) indicates the number of female students.
* For information on job assistance, please see the link below.