I am from Hunan, a province of south-central China. I graduated from Northeast Forestry University, located in Harbin, and my major was Tourism Administration and related to eco-tourism. During my undergraduate program, I took some courses related to environmental issues in the context of the tourism industry.
Firstly, as one of the most famous private universities in Japan, Sophia University is located in Tokyo, the capital of Japan, which gives us students plenty of chances to get access to many advanced resources to broaden our vision and enrich our experiences. Secondly, Sophia is renowned for its international study environment where we can exchange opinions and make friends with students all over the world. More importantly, the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies has many good professors with colorful backgrounds and specializes in studying environmental economics, ecological economics, and environmental finance and in solving global environmental problems from diverse directions, which are what I have been being interested in. Therefore, Sophia is a perfect choice for me.
My major was more related to economics and management in tourism when I was an undergraduate student. Even though I had learned something relevant to the environment, I did not have a general and systematic knowledge of global environmental issues. Our graduate school provides many different courses taught by professors from different countries with different backgrounds, which not only helps us better understand the environmental problems from international, multicultural and inter-disciplinary aspects but also gives us the important opportunity to explore different courses to find a certain research direction which we are really interested in or good at.
I plan to continue my Ph.D. program in Japan after my graduation from the master program. I love and enjoy doing research, so I probably would stay in academia and try to make as many contributions as I can to environmental protection in the future.
Japan is a very special country and has its own advantages and disadvantages. To me, I like most Japanese culture and this country’s safety system. As a developed country, Japan has made many outstanding achievements and has set a good example to many other countries in many different fields. I have been living in Japan for only one and a half years while Japan is a quite complex country, which means there is still a lot waiting for me to explore, and I am quite looking forward to it.
Graduate Program of Global Environmental Studies (GENV)
