Career Paths of Graduates
The career paths of the 82 students who graduated from the department of Social System Design, Social System Design Course, between April 2025 and March 2026 are as follows.
1. Breakdown by Industry
Of the 70 job applicants, 69 students found employment. Of the 69 who found employment, 65 (94.2%) were hired by companies or organizations, while 4 (5.8%) became public servants.
The industries with the highest number of new hires are the service industry (20.3%), the information and communications industry (IT or media) (15.9%), manufacturing industry (14.5%), trading company (13.0%), and the finance and insurance industry (10.1%).
Employment rate: 98.6% ※Excluding students who do not wish to seek employment
2. Location of the Headquarters of the Companies
Among the 69 graduates who secured employment, 39.1% are based at companies headquartered in Tokyo, followed by 33.3% in Hiroshima Prefecture. However, even if a company’s headquarters is in Tokyo, graduates may be assigned to work in Hiroshima Prefecture or other prefectures; therefore, the actual percentage of graduates working in Hiroshima Prefecture is expected to be higher than this figure.
3. Characteristic Career Paths
In addition to entrepreneurship education, language training, and digital technologies such as AI and ICT, the success of the “Graduation Project”—in which students launch their own projects and work through the entire process from identifying bottlenecks to proposing solutions—has also contributed to this, an increasing number of students are taking the initiative to choose fields that interest them—such as foreign and global companies, the information and communications sector, preparing to start a business, joining regional revitalization corps, or pursuing graduate studies abroad—and designing their own career paths.
[Entrepreneurship and Startup Preparation] 3 students
[Succession of Family Businesses (Initiatives for Business Growth)] 1 student
4. Major Employment
| Industry | Major Employment |
| Service industry | HIROGIN area design Co. Ltd., Soup Stock Tokyo co., Ltd, ANA CATERING SERVICE CO., LTD., Qatar Airways Company Q.C.S.C. |
| Information and Communications Industry | Hitachi Solutions West Japan, Ltd., RITAWORKS Inc., Leverages Co., Ltd. |
| Manufacturing industry | SATAKE CORPORATION, CHUDENKO CORPORATION, CHUDEN PLANT Co., Ltd, HIROTEC Corporation, Fukusuke Kogyo Co., Ltd |
| Financial and Insurance Industries | CHUGOKU bank Ltd., THE SAIKYO BANK, LTD. The Hiroshimaken Credit Cooperative., Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited |
| Trading company | TSUNEISHI CORPORATION, DAIWABO INFORMATION SYSTEM CO., LTD. |
| Transportation industry | Hiroshima Electric Railway Co., Ltd., Kintetsu Railway Co., Ltd., NIPPON EXPRESS |
| Public servant | Hiroshima Prefecture, Okayama Prefecture, Kagoshima Prefecture |
| Distribution industry | Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd., IZUMI Co., Ltd. |
| Lodging industry | Kaigetsukan Group (Kaitsgetsu). APA GROUP (APA Hotel) |
| Energy industry | HIROSHIMA GAS Co., Ltd. |
| Pursuing Higher Education |
| University of Sussex Masters courses, Hiroshima University Graduate School、Hiroshima City University Graduate School, Doshisha University Graduate School |