At the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the following research presentations, each in accordance with students’ research progress, are held: Thesis Proposal Presentations (at the beginning of second year); Interim Presentations (at the beginning of fall semester of second year); and Achievement Presentations (upon completion of the program). The purposes of such presentations are to improve thesis/research-paper studies as well as to disseminate outcomes of the education and research of the school to both inside and outside the university.