2022 Volume 20 Issue 2 Pages 123-127
On February 27, 2020, the Graduate Institute of Japanese Political and Economic Studies Master Degree, Tamkang University in Taiwan signed a master's degree double degree agreement with Okayama University Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences in Japan. This paper clarifies the actual situation of this double degree system, and examines the problems. The Graduate Institute of Japanese Political and Economic Studies Master Degree, Tamkang University has a double degree agreement with the Graduate School of Law, Doshisha University, and although Tamkang University students may study abroad in Japan using the double degree system, Japanese students are not able to study abroad. It is clarified that there are no examples of students who have come to study abroad at Jiang University using the double degree system. In addition, it is argued that the internationalization of graduate schools has been accomplished simply by concluding a double degree agreement with Japanese graduate schools, and that the students who use this double degree system between Japan and Taiwan are one-sided. It is also pointed out that it does not appear to be a "diplomatic relationship" between Japan and Taiwan, rather that it is based on "private business relations," and that there should be a demand for Japanese students to study in Taiwan.
