研究科(けんきゅうか)

けんきゅうか
noun
graduate school department; graduate division
1. graduate school department; graduate division
an administrative unit within a Japanese university's graduate school, roughly equivalent to a graduate department or faculty in Western universities
工学(こうがく)研究科(けんきゅうか)に進学(しんがく)した。
I entered the Graduate School of Engineering.
研究科(けんきゅうか)の入試(にゅうし)は来月(らいげつ)に行(おこな)われる。
The graduate school entrance exams will be held next month.
この大学(だいがく)には人文科学(じんぶんかがく)研究科(けんきゅうか)と自然科学(しぜんかがく)研究科(けんきゅうか)があり、博士課程(はくしかてい)まで設置(せっち)されている。
This university has graduate divisions for humanities and natural sciences, with doctoral programs established in both.

In the Japanese university system, 研究科(けんきゅうか) is the graduate-level counterpart of 学部(がくぶ) (undergraduate faculty/department). It is the organizational unit under the 大学院(だいがくいん) (graduate school). Official names typically follow the pattern "X研究科(けんきゅうか)" where X is the field of study.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 大学院(だいがくいん)研究科(けんきゅうか): graduate school division
  • 法学(ほうがく)研究科(けんきゅうか): Graduate School of Law
  • 医学(いがく)研究科(けんきゅうか): Graduate School of Medicine
  • 研究科(けんきゅうか)長(ちょう): dean of a graduate division

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 学部(がくぶ): undergraduate faculty — the undergraduate-level equivalent
  • 大学院(だいがくいん): graduate school — the broader institution containing multiple 研究科(けんきゅうか)
  • 学科(がっか): department; course of study — a smaller division within a 学部(がくぶ) or 研究科(けんきゅうか)
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