Abstract
This article examines how consciousness of Japanese undergraduate students has been influenced and transformed through university education. University period is a transition time for students to prepare themselves to go out to the real world, and students tend to sensitively react to their experiences in their everyday lives. They are searching for the way to apply their academic learning to practical knowledge in the society, and are searching for their life path, meaning of their life, and what difference they can make to the world. How students spend their university days significantly affects their worldview and how they relate themselves to the world. By using data based upon the semi-structured interview with each student, I will examine the factors which have influenced the consciousness of undergraduate students from academic, social, and personal perspectives. I have attempted to reveal 'students' voices' about their university lives, by using the qualitative research method.
