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学部 (がくぶ, gakubu) Japanese meaning: faculty | Kotomora
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かれ
は
法ほう
学がく
部ぶ
の
学がく
生せい
です
。
He is a student in the Faculty of Law.
This university has six faculties.
Usage patterns 学がく 部ぶ で 〈 事こと 〉 を 専せん 攻こう する to major in ~ at the undergraduate level
She is majoring in psychology at the undergraduate level.
学がく 部ぶ を 卒そつ 業ぎょう する to graduate from an undergraduate faculty
He graduated from his undergraduate faculty last year.
学がく 部ぶ に 進しん 学がく する to go on to undergraduate study (as opposed to graduate school)
He went on to undergraduate study rather than graduate school.
Kanji 学 study, learning, science Related words 学部 refers to a whole faculty or school within a university, whereas 科 denotes a smaller department or specific course of study inside it.
学部 is a larger faculty or school of a university, while 学科 is a smaller department or program that exists within a 学部.
Don't confuse with 学部 is the larger faculty (e.g. Faculty of Letters), while 学科 is a more specialized department or course of study within that 学部.
学部 is the undergraduate faculty of a university, while 大学院 is the postgraduate school for master's and doctoral study.
Word family· 27 medical school; faculty of medicine
faculty of law; school of law; college of law
faculty of engineering; school of engineering; department of engineering
Etymology Compound of 学 (がく, 'learning, study') and 部 (ぶ, 'division, department'). The term was adopted in the modern university system to denote an academic faculty or college.
文ぶん 学がく 部ぶ
N3
faculty of letters; school of humanities
department of economics; faculty of economics
Show 17 more school of pharmacy; department of pharmaceutical sciences
faculty of science; school of science; college of science
faculty of agriculture; department of agriculture
faculty of science and engineering; college of science and engineering; school of science and engineering
school of commerce; faculty of commerce
faculty of dentistry; dental school
faculty of humanities; school of humanities
undergraduate student; undergrad
dean (of a university faculty)
elementary school section; primary school division
faculty of physical education; school of physical education
undergraduate student; undergraduate
faculty of informatics; school of informatics
faculty of political science and economics; school of political science and economics
faculty of education; school of education
faculty of liberal arts; college of liberal arts
faculty of humanities and sciences; college of arts and sciences
