(けいざいがくぶ)

けいざいがくぶ
noun
faculty of economics; economics department
1. faculty of economics; economics department
The academic department or faculty at a university that teaches economics and related subjects.
経済学部(けいざいがくぶ)(はい)った。
I entered the faculty of economics.
(あね)経済学部(けいざいがくぶ)三年生(さんねんせい)だ。
My older sister is a third-year student in the economics department.
この大学(だいがく)経済学部(けいざいがくぶ)は、国際(こくさい)経済(けいざい)研究(けんきゅう)有名(ゆうめい)だ。
This university's economics faculty is famous for its research in international economics.

A compound of 経済(けいざい) (economics) and 学部(がくぶ) (faculty/department). Japanese universities are organized into 学部(がくぶ), which are larger divisions than individual departments. Asking someone's 学部(がくぶ) is a standard part of self-introduction among university students.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 経済学部(けいざいがくぶ)所属(しょぞく)する: to belong to the economics faculty
  • 経済学部(けいざいがくぶ)卒業(そつぎょう)する: to graduate from the economics faculty
  • 経済学部(けいざいがくぶ)学生(がくせい): economics student

OTHER 学部(がくぶ) NAMES:

  • 法学部(ほうがくぶ): faculty of law
  • 文学部(ぶんがくぶ): faculty of literature/humanities
  • 理学部(りがくぶ): faculty of science
  • 工学部(こうがくぶ): faculty of engineering
  • 医学部(いがくぶ): faculty of medicine