After its foundation, the department is striving from diverse academic and social aspects in overall fields of school and social education to improve quality of human life through education, raise capacity of social organization, and materialize social development. Also, the graduates of this department are currently fully active in all kinds of professional education fields such as teaching, education policy and administration organization, education related organization, corporate, and public media based on such educational ideology.

The department aims on nurturing professional and high class personnel with educational ability and disposition by providing diverse practical experiences so that the students can connect the profound educational theories built based on scientific and philosophic understanding for people at not only the field of education, schools, but also many fields of corporate and society.
- Secure theoretical perspective that covers the whole arena of education
- improve logical and creative research ability for thesis from field of interest
- nurture professionals of education with applicable ability after securing practicality
- nurture positive professionals based on educational responsibility
- develop general and international educational theories based on philosophical criticism and experiences at indigenous educational environment