The goal of the Faculty of Sports Sciences is to foster three types of human resources: top athletes who will improve their own abilities, sports coaches who help to improve the abilities of athletes based on their own experiences and knowledge, and researchers who conduct sports research from a wide range of perspectives. Another goal of the four-year curriculum is to have all three of the forementioned improve their ability as reflective practitioners, who can accurately find and analyze issues behind happenings in the world today, establish solutions to the issues, and improve themselves in the process.
After the second year of study, students have a choice of two courses: an Athlete Course and a Sports Support Course. Integral to both courses is the idea of fostering reflective practitioners. In the end, the mission of our faculty is to make contributions to the development of sports throughout Nihon University and Japan.