The departments of Japanese universities are mainly divided into three systems: humanities system, social science system and natural science system. The corresponding departments are as follows:

The humanistic system corresponds to literature, language, philosophy, psychology, history, archaeology, cultural anthropology and so on. Most Japanese universities classify the above departments as subjects of literature department. ?

The social science system corresponds to law, economics, business administration, political science, business studies, sociology, international relations and so on. Most importantly, most universities exist as independent departments.

Well-known liberal arts universities are: hitotsubashi university.

Most comprehensive universities have liberal arts, such as Dongda University, Kyoto University, Waseda University and Keio University.