The MBA Program

The Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS) offers students the opportunity to earn an MBA degree in International Business Strategy at Hitotsubashi University. In order to meet the requirements of an MBA degree, students must take a minimum of 66 credits during the First Year. This requirement applies to students in both the One-Year Program and the Two-Year Program at Hitotsubashi ICS.

Course work in the MBA program consists of two-credit or four-credit courses. Individual classes are 120 minutes in duration. Therefore, typically, a two-credit course is a four-month-long course that meets once a week for 2.0 hours per week, or a two-month-long course that meets twice a week for 4.0 hours per week. A four-credit course is typically a four-month-long course that meets twice a week for 4.0 hours per week. Classes are scheduled in three or four time slots: once in the morning (9:45 am start) during Term 1, and twice in the morning (8:30 am start) during Term 2 (Winter), Term 3 (Spring), and Term 4 (Summer), and twice in the afternoon during all the terms.

Students in the Two-Year Program have the option of custom-building their second year curriculum, which is basically comprised of activities that apply what they have learned in the First Year to the real world. They consult with faculty members in choosing from a wide array of options, such as participating in a company internship program, spending a semester overseas in a student exchange program, developing a business plan for starting up a new venture, conducting an individual research project, or searching for post-MBA job opportunities.

For detailed information on admission procedures to the MBA Program at Hitotsubashi ICS, including all submission deadlines, please download the Application Package by clicking the link below (PDF format):

» MBA Application Package 2009

Course offerings for each term are shown below. These courses are for reference only (links will be updated shortly).

Term 1 (Fall)

• Competitive Strategy
• Corporate Finance
• Organizational Behavior
• Operattions Management
• Knowledge Management
• Marketing
• Professional Development Workshops
• Quantitative Business Analysis
• Special Topics: Japanese Culture

Term 2 (Winter)

• Leadership
• Innovation and Competition
• Microeconomics for Managers
• Problem Solving
• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Restructuring
• Organizational Capability
• Accounting & Buisiness
• Strategy Simulation Week
• Intensive Writing

Spring Break

• Field Study

Term 3 (Spring)

• Service Management
• Equity Investments
• Business Research
• Execution Management
• Competitiveness of Firms and Clusters
• Business Architecture
• Marketing Research and Analysis
• Negotiation
• Entrepreneurial Management
• Operations Management II

Term 4 (Summer)

• Venture Capital
• Change Management
• Topics in Finance
• Brand Management
• Design and Creativity
• Innovation and Organization
• The Information Economy
• Entrepreneurial Management
• Global Citizenship