〈Advisor teaching staff〉

• ★Advisor teaching staff are assigned to each and every student. Which members of the teaching staff serve as your advisor teaching staff depends on factors such as the school, year of study. Your advisor may be specifically assigned to you, or the role may be performed by your class leader, one of your lab instructors, or your academic advisor. Please make sure to confirm who your advisor is in advance.
• ★The role of advisor teaching staff is to assist you in enjoying a smooth student life. Please ask them about things you don’t understand relating to your studies or living, or seek their advice. They’ll provide you with useful information, introduce you to other people you could consult, and give you advice.
• ★If you feel that things aren’t going well with your advisor, if you are unable to communicate with them, or if you have any other concerns, please consult the student office for your school. They’ll be happy to help you.

★Advisor teaching staff for each school etc.are as follows:

• College of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation (all schools):
  An advisor is assigned to each student from their first year, and the number of advisors is gradually increased after the second year.
• School of Humanities: First-year students are notified of the name of their advisor and how to contact them after they enroll. For students in their second or subsequent years, their advisor is a member of the teaching staff of the program they have selected.
• School of Law: An advisor is assigned to each student from their first year. After being assigned to a seminar, the advisor is the member of the teaching staff in charge of the seminar.
• School of Economics: An advisor is assigned to each student from their first year. After being assigned a seminar (from the fourth quarter of the second-year onwards),the advisor is the member of the teaching staff in charge of the seminar.
• School of Teacher Education: The member of the teaching staff in charge of the unit (student group) that a student belongs to from the first year is the student’s advisor.
• School of Regional Development Studies: An advisor is assigned to each student from their first year. As the student advances through the years and they are assigned a supervisor, this supervisor will be their advisor.
• School of International Studies: In the first year, the advisor is the instructor for Academic Skills. In the second year, the advisor is the member of the teaching staff in charge of the laboratory to which the student is assigned. From the third-year onward, the instructor of the student’s major program is the advisor.
• College of Science and Engineering: An advisor is assigned to each student from their first year.
• School of Medicine: A tutor is assigned to each student from his/her first year.
• School of Pharmacy: An advisor is assigned to each student from their first year. After a student is assigned to a lab, a face-to-face instructor appointed by the head of the lab also provides advice.
• School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences: An advisor is assigned to each student from their first year.
  From the second year onward, the advisor is appointed according to the course to which the student is assigned. After the student is assigned to a lab in the third year, a face-to-face instructor appointed by the head of the lab also provides advice.
• School of Health Sciences: The Classroom Teacher for each year is the advisor.
• School of General Education: The leader of each class is the advisor.

*For graduate students, a face-to-face instructor is appointedfor each student besides their academic supervisor. For details, please check with the section in charge of your graduate school.