Independent Study

Basic Information	Independent Study enables students to conduct research on a topic of their choice under the guidance of a supervisor who is an academic faculty member of Keio University. This usually involves meetings between the student and the academic faculty member. Students will be required to submit a substantial piece of written work that reports the results of their research to their supervisors.
Open to	- Short-term International Students (including Keio International Program students) - Japanese Language Program students * Full-time students enrolled in an undergraduate faculty or graduate school at Keio cannot take the Independent Study. (正規生は、Independent Studyを履修することができません。)
Notes	Students are responsible for finding a FULL-TIME academic faculty member at Keio University who is willing to become their supervisor for the proposed research. Students may register for only one Independent Study course per semester.
Credits	2 credits
Application Procedures	1. Find your potential supervisor, and discuss your research plan. 2. Fill out the form and obtain the supervisor’s comment and signature. An Application Form is available from Application Form* section below. 3. Submit your application form to ic-courses＠adst.keio.ac.jp via e-mail.
Application Deadline	Spring Semester 2021 : April 14 (Wed) 10:00am(JST) Fall Semester 2021 :October 8 (Fri) 10:00am (JST) *After the deadlines above, "Independent Study" CANNOT be added and for cancellation, instructor's permission is required.
Application Place	Office of Student Services (International Exchange Services Group), Mita Campus *for Spring Semester 2021, please submit your application form to ic-courses＠adst.keio.ac.jp via e-mail.
Selection	The committee will determine acceptance into the course.
Note	Students are responsible for finding a FULL-TIME academic faculty member at Keio University who is willing to become their supervisor for the proposed research.
Application Form	- INDEPENDENT STUDY Application Form (WORD) - INDEPENDENT STUDY Application Form (PDF)

FACULTY SEARCH

To search for a supervisor, please refer to the following web sites. Some of them are available only in Japanese.

KEIO RESEARCHERS INFORMATION SYSTEM	https://k-ris.keio.ac.jp/search?m=home&l=en
Keio University’s Pure web portal	https://keio.pure.elsevier.com/
Faculty and Graduate School of Letters	http://www.flet.keio.ac.jp/en/faculty/
Faculty and Graduate School of Economics	http://www.econ.keio.ac.jp/en/about/faculty-list
Faculty and Graduate School of Laws	http://www.law.keio.ac.jp/en/staff/
Graduate School of Human Relations	https://www.hr.keio.ac.jp/en/index.html
Faculty and Graduate School of Business and Commerce	http://www.fbc.keio.ac.jp/teacher/index.html
Faculty and Graduate School of Science and Technology	https://www.st.keio.ac.jp/en/tprofile/
Faculty of Policy Management/ Environment and Information Studies	http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/en/pmei/faculty.html
Graduate School of Media and Governance	http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/gsmg/en/about/faculty/
Faculty of Nursing	http://www.nmc.keio.ac.jp/faculty/
Graduate School of Health Management	http://gshm.sfc.keio.ac.jp/en/organization/
Law School	http://www.ls.keio.ac.jp/en/faculty.html
Graduate School of Business Administration (KBS)	http://www.kbs.keio.ac.jp/en/faculty/
Graduate School of System Design and Management (SDM)	http://www.sdm.keio.ac.jp/en/faculty/
Graduate School of Media Design (KMD)	https://www.kmd.keio.ac.jp/faculty
Faculty and Graduate school of Pharmaceutical Science	http://www.pha.keio.ac.jp/en/faculty/index.html