Broader, deeper and more flexible!
If undergraduate studies were regarded as “broad but shallow,” you may think that graduate studies are “narrow but deep.” Actually, the kind of studies that the students are required to engage in after entering graduate school is both “wide and deep.” Of course, the theme of individual papers that a student writes at graduate school may inevitably be relatively narrow. However, to write “narrow but deep” papers, you must engage in “broad and deep” studies. While advancements in science are segmentalized into areas of specialty, on the other hand, they also serve to create one new relationship after another between these various areas of specialty. To become an outstanding specialist, it is becoming increasingly important to have broad-ranging knowledge and flexible research perspectives not only relating to one’s own area of specialty but also on related fields. The biggest appeals of Meiji University Graduate School of Agriculture are the broad-ranging subjects of specialized study being offered, excellent faculty members, and an open research environment.
Dean, Graduate School of Agriculture
IKEGAMI, Akihide
