Non-specialised courses: For generalist students, there are three popular courses for students: Masters in Public Policy, Graduate Program on Global Society, and the International Master's Degree Program: Information, Technology, and Society in Asia.

These courses do not require prior domain knowledge, and are often popular for students seeking breadth in diversifying knowledge from their undergraduate studies.

Specialised courses: UTokyo offers a wide range of graduate programmes including Economics, Science, and Engineering.

The GPPN Dual Degree Programme allows students to get a two Masters in Public Policy from two separate universities.

One year would be spent in the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo, and another year would be spent in a partner university that includes Columbia University, Sciences Po, London School of Economics, and the National University of Singapore.

Note: Students apply into the Masters in Public Policy programme first, and then apply for the Dual Degree during their first semester of studies.

Non-specialised courses:
Most of Waseda's humanities-based graduate programmes are designed for students who are new to the field. Some popular courses include the Master of Arts in Journalism, and Masters in International Relations.

Specialised courses:
The STEM faculties offer specialised courses in both science and engineering.

This 14-month programme grants students two MBAs from Nanyang Technological University and Waseda University.

It allows students to study with a dual focus on both global business and management of technology.

Non-specialised courses: Keio's programmes focus on giving students a hands-on experience and teaching career-related skills to better prepare its students for the workforce. This includes in fields such as business, cybersecurity, environmental leadership, systems thinking.

Specialised courses: Keio's specialised courses are mainly in the field of economics.

Keio University partners with a wide range of schools across Europe and Asia for its Double Masters programmes. Most notably it offers Double Masters with ESSEC Business School, Sciences Po, and Ecole Centrale Group from France, KTH Royal Institute of Technology from Sweden, and Fudan University from China.

Titech's Masters Programmes are highly specialised for students who wish to pursue research in a laboratory on campus. Students on the International Graduate Programme will select a professor to work under for their two years in a research lab, while also undertaking graduate courses.

The Tokyo Tech-Tsinghua University Joint Graduate Program is a two year programme that grants students two Masters degrees, one from Tokyo Institute of Technology and one from Tsinghua University.

Students alternate semesters in each university, and will have one academic research supervisor in each university. Students will also be part of one of three courses under the programme: Nanotechnology, Bioscience and Biotechnology, and Decision Science and Technology.

Kyoto University offers a range of graduate programmes in English typically specialising in science and engineering.

The Kyoto-Cornell International Collaborative Degree Opportunity is a two year programme that grants students a Master of Business Administration from Kyoto University and a Master of Management in Hospitality from Cornell University.

Students spend their first and final semester at Kyoto University, with their two semesters in between at Cornell University. They will study leadership, hospitality, marketing, AI and IT management, under their professors and professionals in the field.

Nagoya University offers a wide range of graduate programmes under its Global 30 International Graduate Programme from engineering to cultural studies.

It also offers the Nagoya University Global Environmental Leaders Program for those who are interested in Climate Change, Water and Waste Management, and Biodiversity Conservation

Many of Kyushu University's masters programmes are specialised courses within their various domains such as engineering, economics and natural sciences.

Tohoku University's programmes mainly specialise in either economics or engineering. They offer highly specialised courses for aerospace engineering, robotics and biomechanics.

They also offer the Graduate Program in Global Governance and Sustainable Development, an interdisciplinary course that combines Governance, Development and Environment courses into a single curriculum

Hokkaido University's masters courses are mainly science specialised courses, in physics, life sciences, chemistry and material science, as well as engineering.

They offer scholarships for their Integrated Science Programme that waives the tuition fee and provides a monthly stipend. (See Scholarships page)

Under its Global 30 project, Osaka University offers graduate courses that specialise in the sciences including Integrated Science, Physics, Biotechnology, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, and Quantum Engineering.

GLOBIS University is a leading graduate business school in Tokyo offering full-time,part-time and online programme in Masters in Business Administration (MBA). It is Japan’s No. 1 MBA programme in terms of student size. It offers a flexible and practical approach to a modern MBA curriculum, customised for individual needs.

**GMAT/GRE scores are optional but recommended

Temple University Japan (TUJ) is an international campus of one of the United States' largest research universities—Temple University in Philadelphia. TUJ’s Master in Management Programme. Through the programme, students are expected to develop knowledge and experience around business concepts, data analysis, financial and accounting principles, and organizational ethics.

Shizenkan University is a newly opened business school with a beautiful, modern campus located in Nihonbashi, in Central Tokyo. It aims to strike a balance in their methodology and teaching between science, technological innovation and human sustainability, and for a fusion of Western Rationalism with Eastern philosophy and culture.