About Faculty of Environment and Information Studies
Contributing to the Development of Global Society by Using New Sciences, Technology and Design
The twenty-first century is characterized by a special emphasis on "Environment and Information" which must be integrated in higher education to resolve contemporary problems. The Faculty of Environment and Information Studies introduces students to the methodologies of new sciences, technology and design, apply their newly-acquired knowledge to help them to understand about planet earth, human beings, society, nature and life, and find solutions to problems.
The Faculty of Environment and Information Studies seeks (1) mathematics and science majors who can learn and apply methods of advanced technologies to society, (2) arts majors who can use such technologies for social improvement, and (3) mathematics and science or arts major who can exclusively study the subject as undergraduates.
Research at SFC is inter-disciplinary and not bound by any rigid academic structure. Approximately one hundred research activities in various research areas are conducted in the Faculty of Policy Management and the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies.
Borderless Education Integrating the Arts and Sciences
The educational structures of the two faculties do not lay down a boundary either between the arts and sciences or the two faculties. Students who belong to either one of the two faculties can enroll in any courses and Seminars offered by the faculties.
SFC believes that some of the wide-ranging problems faced by contemporary society arise from many different reasons. None of these problems can be understood or resolved by taking recourse to a single conventional field of study. A more comprehensive and integrated approach is required to resolve these problems. SFC, therefore, provides a borderless education in the hope of resolving some of these intricate and wide-ranging social problems.
In fact, many science-oriented students belong to the Faculty of Policy Management, which is generally perceived as an arts-centered faculty, while many arts-oriented students belong to the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, which is understood to be a science-centered faculty.
Students at both faculties are offered the same curriculum with some minor procedural differences, such as a requirement for advancement to the following year.
Admission Quota for Academic Year 2011
Regular Examination quota: 275
Self-Recommended Admission (A.O. Nyushi in Japanese) quota (total of April and September admissions): 100
Number of Full-time Faculty Members
49
(excluding non-tenured faculty members, as of 1 April 2011)
Location
Students spend their first to fourth years at the Shonan Fujisawa Campus.