• Original site of Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences and School of Humanities and Social Sciences

In the academic year 2013, the educational philosophy of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences adopted the United Nationʼs Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) as a key phrase, and since the academic year 2018, NCU has promoted ESD as “education for inquiring into global society and human existence through our association with nature and others, and reviewing our individual sustainable lifestyle and ideals.” We also believe that education is the key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) advocated by the United Nations, and have established a group of subjects to study the various circumstances leading to the 17 SDGs, which we position at the core of our education.
In the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, three departments‒‒the Department of Psychology and Education, Department of Social Studies, and Department of Intercultural Studies‒‒cooperate in providing unique programs with the goal of realizing the philosophy of ESD. Through the diversified educational content and assignment-oriented interdisciplinary and multiple educational programs that these three departments provide, the school aims to develop individuals capable of deeply re-evaluating the nature of humanity and society. In 2025, The Department of Psychology and Education quota for admission is scheduled to increase from 64 to 84.