Outline

The College of Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba was established in 1975 as a successor to the Department of Art in the Faculty of Education at Tokyo University of Education, and has been working to train art professionals. The Sculpture Course remains one of the courses in the Fine Arts major to this day. The Graduate School of Art Studies was established as a doctoral course in 1976, followed by the Graduate School of Art Studies as a master's course in 1977. Since then, the College of Art and Design course and the Graduate School of Art Studies have produced many experts in the field of sculpture. In 2001, the doctoral course was reorganized as the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences as a major in Art Studies, and in 2007, the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences as a major in Art Studies and the Graduate School of Art Studies as a master's course were reorganized to open a master's course in art and a doctoral course in art, and the field of sculpture is also moving forward with more advanced creative research.

The aim of this program is to train sculptors who will hone their sense of form and expressiveness based on the principles of sculpture, and who will have a broad perspective and creative energy, and who can contribute to society in a wide range of areas.

At the undergraduate level, the basic policy is to provide a rich education that allows students to learn comprehensively. For this reason, students will learn theory, and in particular use models in exercises and practical training to acquire knowledge and skills about mass, surface, space, and materials. As students progress through the master's and doctoral programs, they aim to engage in more advanced creative work and theoretical research.

Students can take up careers that utilize the specialized knowledge and skills they have acquired at the undergraduate and graduate schools, such as sculptors, plastic artists, ceramic and glass artists, modelers, and other designers involved in three-dimensional modeling. Many also go on to study in the education sector, at junior high school, high school, or university.