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On Monday, September 23, the Ritsumeikan University Undergraduate?Graduate School Spring Graduation Ceremony 2013 was held at Suzaku Campus. There, 20 students from the College of International Relations and 20 students from the Graduate School of International Relations were awarded Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.
At the University-wide graduation ceremony, Ms. Erin Chandler (U.S.A) gave a speech as the graduate student representative. Ms. Isabel Cabana Rojas (Chile) also gave a speech as graduate/undergraduate student representative at the departmental ceremony. Many family members and friends of graduates, faculty and staff members were there to celebrate. Graduates will soon start their new careers here in Japan and around the world.

The special website for Global Studies Major has been updated.  There, you can find the interviews of faculty members and current students, admission information and features of this cutting-edge English-based undergraduate program. We also have a Facebook page so please “Like” us and spread the word!

GS Major website  https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/eng/ir/
GS Major Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RitsIR

Global Simulation Gaming (GSG), the main event for the second-year students at the College of International Relations was held on June 29.
Global Simulation Gaming (GSG) is a type of virtual reality gaming of international relations. In GSG, all participants will put themselves into their respective actor roles (agents of international relations) and experience a simulated series of agenda-setting, policy formulation, negotiation and policy implementation processes within major trends of international politics and economics.
This year’s gaming theme is “food security.”  In preparation for the gaming event, students conducted preliminary studies in both single and joint class sessions.
At the GSG event which took place over a　whole day, students playing various international actors signed treaties on agricultural assistance and trade, reported about such issues via the media and newspapers, and actively engaged in negotiations. Despite the clash of interests among actors, students carried forward with negotiations and ended the day with feelings of accomplishment.

A special lecture titled “The UN and the environment” was held on Monday, June 10th at our Kinugasa Campus with Dr. Mushtaq Ahmed Memon (Programme Officer at the International Environmental Technology Centre, United Nations Environment Programme). The event was, co-hosted by the Graduate School of International Relations, and the Institute of Humanities, Human and Social Science, Global Civil Society Research Group.

Dr. Memon holds a doctorate in Environmental and Resource Economics and Management and has been working for the UNDP’s International Environmental Technology Centre since 2005.  More than 30 students and faculty members from College/Graduate School of International Relations attended this special seminar. Q/A session was held at the end of the lecture.  

The College of International Relations and the Graduate School of International Relations have expanded the cooperation with International Organizations to enhance its research and educational program.   

Institute of Humanities, Human and Social Science
https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/acd/re/k-rsc/hss/english/

College of International Relations
https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/ir/eng

Global Studies Major
https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/eng/ir/

Graduate School of International Relations
https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/gsir/eng

On Tuesday, December 25, 2012, Graduate School of International Relations invited　HAYASHI, Nobumitsu, former Executive Director for Japan, World Bank and held a special lecture, “Evolving Role of the World Bank Group and Japan's Partnership.”  Undergraduate and Graduate students, including many international students and faculty members, attended to the seminar.  At the end of the seminar, a Q/A session was held and both undergraduate and graduate students actively participated.

The International Organization Seminar was established for students who aspire to work in international organizations and international cooperation, special lectures are held by guest lecturers who are currently working in international organizations and active in the field. Special seminar is also open to undergraduate students. The English-based “International Organization Seminar” started from this semester.

 International Organization Seminar  https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/gsir/eng/education/first/feature.html/