Abstract
This paper aims to discuss the expanding mechanism of establishing Environment-related schools and graduate schools, related to the reform of faculties of Liberal Arts in 1990s. Using the frameworks of Life cycle theory of scientific research and Higher education policy, this paper looked down at the expanding mechanism and examined the cases of Nagasaki University, Okayama University and Nagoya University. As a result, the higher education policy as well as the efforts of establishment of Environmental Science turns out to be one of the most important factors to the establishing mechanism of environment-related schools and graduate schools related to the reform of facultiesof Liberal Arts. Also, the difference of reforming process limited the scope of Environmental Science in each institution.
