Abstract
In the field of social science in Japanese universities, a great deal of efforts by scholars has been put into research and not so much in intellectual collaborations in education. This is because the mutual relationship between education and research was not clearly conceived. This thesis discusses what kind of merit the international joint seminar using Internet can bring into the studies of international relations.As a conclusion, the use of Internet in the studies of international relations is effective in complementing what traditional tools could not do. For example, to collect comprehensive data of information in Japanese or to exchange information and views among members easily. Of course the international joint seminar could not have been realized without using Internet, but the participants' efforts to improve their basic academic skills are indispensable for the realization of the effective use of Internet in university education.
