Our MBA Program is aimed to develop business leaders with both professional managerial skills and the sense of responsibility to the society as a part of corporate citizenship. An emphasis is placed both on particular skill sets required in a specific business function, and on the well-balanced skill development to be an effective general manager who is capable of integrating multi-faceted business phenomena.

In order to fulfill the above objectives, the MBA Program is designed to have two major activities; normal class sessions based on case method and MBA thesis development. Eight core courses are designed to provide basic management skills, and elective courses are offered to further strengthen specific functional skills and to facilitate deeper understanding of general management issues.
About two thirds of the curriculum are conducted by "case method" where practical business problems are analyzed and discussed in small group setting as well as in larger class. Theoretical topics are covered by lectures. Exercises in computer application, group projects on various topics and management simulation exercises (business games) are used as well. Students are required to pass at least seven core courses with a required grade point average or above, and at least ten elective courses.
Second year students spend eight to ten months for their master's theses under the supervision of faculty advisors. Oral presentation is required at the end of the second year before official submission. MBA thesis provides students with an opportunity to practice acquired conceptual and managerial skills throughout the program.

Keio Business School adopts trimester system:
First Term beginning in April through July (also called Spring Term)
Second term from September through December (Fall Term)
Third term from January through March (Winter Term).

Between every term, we have the summer break (six weeks), the Christmas and New Year break (two weeks), and the spring break (two weeks).

Each year, approximately ninty applicants representing a wide range of industry backgrounds and interests are admitted to the MBA Program. Although the program is primarily conducted in Japanese language, ten to fifteen percent of the students come from countries other than Japan.

Eight core courses are allocated to each term of the first year as follows:
First Term
Accounting and Control, Management Science, Organization Behavior, and Marketing
Second Term
Business Environment, Financial Management, and Operations Management
Third Term
General Management (Business Policy and Strategy)

Over the two years of this program, students have to pass at least ten electives. Elective courses are listed along with functional fields. Note: The following list is not exhaustive. Numbers in parenthesis represent the term number in which the course is offered.

・Accounting and Control

Economic Analysis for Management Decisions (2)	Financial Theory (3)
International Finance (1)	Japanese Securities Markets (1)
Management Control Systems (2)	Management of Financial Institutions (1)
Management of Japanese Firms IV (3)	Managerial Accounting (2)

・Business Environment

Economic Analysis of Industries (2)	Japanese Business Environment (3)
Management Law (2)	Multinational Management (1)
Business Environment and Administrative Policy (1)

・General Management/Business Policy and Strategy

Competitive Strategy (2)	Issues on Entrepreneurship (1)
Japanese Management (3)	Management of Innovation and Technology (3)
Management of Service Industries (2)	Management of Small Enterprises (1)
Management of Technology (1)	Techno-strategy (3)
Business Ethics (2)	Business History (2)

・Information System

Information Literacy and Problem Solving Skills (2)	Information Systems I (3)
Information Systems II (1)	Information Systems III (3)

・Marketing and Operations Management

Consumer Behavior (3)	Design of Production Systems (3)
Distribution System (1)	International Production Policy (1)
Management of Japanese Firms II (3)	Management of Japanese Firms III (3)
Market Strategy (3)	Marketing Communication (3)
Marketing Strategy (1)

・Organization Behavior

Cross-Cultural Management (3)	Entrepreneurial Strategy (1)
Management of Japanese Firms I (3)	Network Leadership (2)
Strategic Human Resource Management (3)	Stress Management (3)
Venture Enterprise Management Strategy (2)

・Quantitative Method in Management

Business Economics (1)	Decision Analysis (1)
Economic Theory I (1)	Economic Theory II (2)
Planning and Decision-Making (3)	Statistical Methodology I (2)
Statistical Methodology II (2)

Students who successfully meet the requirement on the core course credits can proceed to the second year. All students are required to complete their MBA thesis under the academic guidance of faculty members. Each student selects one advisor based on his/her academic interest in February and attends research seminars run by the advisor every week from April through December in order to deepen knowledge and skills on his/her interested subject and related issues.

Students who have 1) passed the course requirement and 2) completed MBA thesis are given MBA degree at the commencement in late March. Congratulations!

Most classes of the MBA Program are held in Japanese except for courses offered to exchange students from foreign business schools. Full-time students, therefore, will have class discussions, reading and writing assignments all in Japanese. A good command of the language is indispensable for international students. For international applicants whose native language is not Japanese, there is a Japanese proficiency test at the entrance examination.