～学部(がくぶ)

がくぶ
suffix
faculty, department (university)
1. faculty, department
A division of a university focused on a particular field of study.
経済(けいざい)学部(がくぶ)で学(まな)んでいる。
I'm studying in the economics department.
法(ほう)学部(がくぶ)に入(はい)りたい。
I want to get into the law faculty.
文(ぶん)学部(がくぶ)を卒業(そつぎょう)してから出版社(しゅっぱんしゃ)に入(はい)った。
After graduating from the literature faculty, I joined a publishing company.

～学部(がくぶ) is a suffix attached to a field of study to indicate a university faculty or department.

COMMON FACULTIES:

  • 文(ぶん)学部(がくぶ): faculty of literature
  • 経済(けいざい)学部(がくぶ): faculty of economics
  • 工(こう)学部(がくぶ): faculty of engineering
  • 法(ほう)学部(がくぶ): faculty of law
  • 医(い)学部(がくぶ): faculty of medicine
  • 理(り)学部(がくぶ): faculty of science
  • 教育(きょういく)学部(がくぶ): faculty of education

PATTERNS:

  • ～学部(がくぶ)に入(はい)る: to enter a faculty
  • ～学部(がくぶ)を卒業(そつぎょう)する: to graduate from a faculty
  • ～学部(がくぶ)の学生(がくせい): a student in the ~ faculty

RELATED:

  • 学科(がっか): department (subdivision within a faculty)
  • 大学院(だいがくいん): graduate school
  • 研究科(けんきゅうか): graduate school division
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Added 2026.1.9 18:10 · Revised 2026.2.23 11:35
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