National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Japanese think tank and university
The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (政策研究大学院大学, Seisaku Kenkyū Daigakuin Daigaku; GRIPS) is a public graduate school in Minato, Tokyo. Funded by the Japanese government, it is the second smallest by enrollment of all the national universities in Japan.
The school offers graduate-level and executive education programs in security and international affairs, diplomacy, international development, economics, political science, disaster risk management, and science and technology policy, among others. Its current president is Hiroko Ōta, a former Japanese cabinet minister, who assumed office in September 2023. It is considered as one of the world's best public policy schools and Asia's leading institutions dedicated to policy and economics research.
Overview
Locally known as GRIPS, the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies is a stand-alone graduate school with an attached research center and a global reach. Modeled after Harvard Kennedy School, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and spun off from Saitama University, GRIPS is composed of academics and practitioners with expertise in policy studies, economics, political science, and public administration. Its mission is to train future policy leaders and contribute to the betterment of democratic governance in Japan and the world.
Around 20% of the faculty and 60% of students are from overseas.
In November 2025, IDEAS ranked GRIPS as Asia's top public policy school and 10th best worldwide in terms of research outputs and citations.
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