As the social and economic wave of globalization continues to spread, there has been a movement to reexamine local cultural values, including the conservation of traditional culture and historical heritage. One of the distinct characteristics of our modern world is that a political phenomenon has occurred concerning the eruption of conflicts among people over the discrepancy between global and local. Students in the Graduate Program in Anthropology (cultural anthropology and archaeology) strive to analyze the situation with systematic understanding and from a long-term and wide-range viewpoint, and in so doing, become cultivated professionals in fields such as specialized research, museum curatorship, cultural administrating, global cultural program managing, and high school teaching.

The curriculum of the degree is centered on studies in cultural anthropology and archaeology while providing an education based on cultural resources studies that promote reallocation of research materials. In addition, groundwork courses essential to the further understanding of anthropology are available. These include studies in cultural resources, scientific cultural history, and information processing. Joint research projects between all the students and faculty in the areas of anthropology and archaeology are also presented every year during both spring and fall semesters, with the aim of fostering student research skills.