Chukyo University
The Mie Chukyo University opened as Matsusaka University in 1982 as the first university in Mie Prefecture specializing in social sciences. The Departments of Political Economy, Political Science, and Economics were established. A Teacher Training Department was established in 1987, and a master's degree graduate program for the School of Political Science was established in 1997. This was expanded into a doctoral program in 1999.