National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (政策研究大学院大学, Seisaku Kenkyū Daigakuin Daigaku; GRIPS) is a public graduate school in Minato, Tokyo. Funded by the Japanese government, it is the second smallest by enrollment of all the national universities in Japan. The school offers graduate-level and executive education programs in security and international affairs, diplomacy, international development, economics, political science, disaster risk management, and science and technology policy, among others. Its current president is Hiroko Ōta, a former Japanese cabinet minister, who assumed office in September 2023. It is considered as one of the world's best public policy schools and Asia's leading institutions dedicated to policy and economics research.

Type

National university, Graduate university, University

Founded

1997

Also known as

Seisaku Kenkyū Daigakuin Daigaku