The University of Sheffield
Prospective Postgraduates

MA Japanese Studies

Josephine Soei, Student in the Department of East Asian Studies

Key facts

  • School of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
  • 1 year full-time

Fees and funding

Financial information for postgraduate taught courses

Entry requirements

You'll need a good first degree in any subject. You don't need prior knowledge of an East Asian language. If you don't have a degree but you have experience of East Asia, we'll consider your application.

Native speakers of Japanese are welcome to apply but you won’t be able to take the optional language modules.

English language requirement: overall IELTS 6.5 with 5.5 in Reading, 6.5 in Writing, 5.5 in Listening and 5.5 in Speaking, or equivalent.

Entry requirements for international students

Any questions?

If you'd like to know more about any aspect of our courses, contact us:

E: k.gallagher@sheffield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)114 222 8423

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About the course

This is a highly flexible course. You choose the modules according to your interests. We teach language modules at all levels: beginners, intermediate and upper-intermediate.

Modules

  • Media and Public Communication in Japan
  • Global Governance and Japan
  • Work and Organisation in East Asia
  • Investing in East Asia
  • Trading in and with East Asia
  • Postwar Japanese Politics
  • Business and the Economy of Japan
  • Japanese language modules (of the appropriate level)
  • Project (core)

Teaching

  • Small groups
  • Lectures

Assessment

  • Essays
  • Examinations
  • Presentations
  • Extended project

Options

You can study a shorter programme on our courses for a Postgraduate Certificate (4 months, 60 credits) or Postgraduate Diploma (9 months, 120 credits). You'll need 180 credits to achieve a masters degree, getting 60 credits from your extended project.

Your Career

Our graduates hold influential positions in business, government, the arts and academia. Some of them are journalists, television producers, interpreters and translators. Others are city brokers and analysts. They work for organisations such as the BBC World Service, BNP Paribas, British Council, British Museum, Deloitte, HarperCollins, Jaguar Land Rover, Lloyds Banking Group, Nintendo, Siemens, Sony, Toyota and the World Food Programme

Our Expertise

We are one of Europe's leading centres for the study of China, Japan and Korea. We have links with partner universities in East Asia that support our dynamic research culture. Our academics bring theories, methods and findings from their research to their teaching.

All four of our interdisciplinary research clusters inform what we teach. They are: Social Change and Transition in East Asia; Regionalisation and Globalisation; East Asian Identities and Cultures; Business, Political Economy and Development.

We collaborate with the University of Leeds, through the White Rose East Asia Centre, to deliver world-class research and research training in Japanese and Chinese studies. The Sheffield Confucius Institute, which is supported by the Chinese government, explores Chinese language and culture.

Specialist resources

Our postgrads have their own study space and IT facilities at the Sir Sze-yuen Chung Resource Centre. The University’s libraries have an extensive selection of texts and online resources in Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Apply now

You can apply for postgraduate study using our Postgraduate Online Application Form. It is a quick and easy process.

Postgraduate Online Application Form