The International University of Japan (IUJ) was founded in 1982 as the first English-medium graduate school in Japan with extensive support from industrial, financial and educational communities such as the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, as well as from the local communities of Minami-Uonuma region and Niigata. IUJ’s mission is to develop future leaders in the globalized world, and for this purpose, it was initiated as the first English-medium graduate school in Japan. IUJ has accepted around 4,500 students from 136 countries and has successfully established its long-standing reputation as a unique educational and research institution known as “mini United Nations.”
The uniqueness of IUJ comes from its campus environment. On our campus, about 340 students from about 60 countries and faculty members live together in dormitories, which enable students and faculty members to create close connections and interact with each other day and night. This learning environment is truly a unique and global intellectual community, unsurpassed in the world.
IUJ consists of two graduate schools:
Graduate Schools of International Relations (GSIR) and International Management (GSIM). GSIR, established in 1982, currently offers two-year master’s programs in International Development Program (IDP), Public Management and Policy Analysis Program (PMPP), International Relations Program (IRP), and * Japan-Global Development Program (JGDP-IR). GSIM, established in 1988 as the first US-style business school in Japan, offers a two-year or one-year master’s programs in Business Administration (MBA), and *Japan-Global Development Program (JGDP-IM). JDS Fellows will enroll in the 2 year MBA program.
* The JGDP is the first master’s program offered jointly by the GSIR and GSIM which has been established in September 2018.
Students and Learning Environment:
IUJ campus is multinational. In any given year, about 50 overseas countries are represented within the student population. Students can learn how to work with different cultural, historical and social backgrounds in ways that are not easily possible anywhere else. One of the strengths of IUJ is that overseas students live together on campus and study with Japanese students who can introduce them to various sides of Japanese society and culture. Many of IUJ’s overseas students, not limited to JDS scholarship students, are from such entities as government ministries, government agencies, and central banks.
IUJ’s strategic location in the serene heartland of rural Japan provides a unique learning place for young men and women from all parts of the world to gather and to learn from each other and from highly qualified international faculty. Although the International University of Japan is in a small countryside city with a population of approximately 55,000, the shinkansen (bullet train) provides very easy access to Tokyo, the journey taking approximately 90 minutes.
As of July2019, the number of IUJ alumni has reached 4,548 representing 136 countries including 120 from Bangladesh, 12 Bhutan, 1 Brunei, 93 Cambodia, 211 China, 2 East Timor, 170 India, 571 Indonesia, 31 Korea, 12 Kazakhstan, 64 Kyrgyz Republic, 83 Lao P.D.R., 78 Malaysia, 102 Mongolia, 225 Myanmar, 51 Nepal, 22 Oceanian Countries, 165 Philippines, 74 Sri Lanka, 22 Tajikistan, 186 Thailand, 108 Uzbekistan, 180 Vietnam and 302 from 40 African countries.
Now our graduates are all over the world and moving up professional ladders to hold higher positions which enable them to better utilize their expertise. IUJ also has a well-maintained online alumni database, and local alumni chapters regularly organize various events, some on the same day all over the world.
MBA Program of the Graduate School of International Management (GSIM) of the International University of Japan (IUJ) aims to train tomorrow’s leaders who can effectively work in global environments. Especially for foreign students, our program teaches how to tap into global resources to develop their countries by using various strategies in finance, marketing, technology, and management. GSIM has been offering MBA Program over three decades for both individuals and government officials. The cross-registration scheme for courses allows students to customize their study to meet one’s specific needs. The fact is that GSIM can attract 30% of the MBA class from government sectors in countries such as Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Kyrgyz, Myanmar, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Nepal and several Asian countries is testimony for the appeal of GSIM to government sectors.
Our program offers high quality management education based on rigorous theoretical foundation and knowledge from recent research. In the first year of the MBA curriculum, all the students learn the fundamental skills necessary to be leaders who can be effective as well as socially responsible. In the second year students selects the courses under the supervision of a faculty mentor. During second year of study at GSIM, students work closely with the research supervisor, conduct necessary field research etc., and complete their thesis. As necessary, GSIM also appoints a co-supervisor, normally an expert from outside the regular faculty to strengthen the research experience.
From February 20, 2018, the Graduate School of International Management (GSIM), IUJ has proudly obtained accreditation from *AACSB International, the world’s leading authority on quality assurance of business schools. IUJ has become one of the four AACSB accredited universities in Japan up to date, and the first accredited English-medium university in Japan, offering graduate degree programs.
MBA Program of the Graduate School of International Management of the International University of Japan aim to train true global leaders. We have successfully trained many students from Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Kyrgyz, Vietnam and several other countries through the JDS project and other programs. Many of them are now holding important positions in various governmental organizations as well as in private sectors, such as Central Banks, government banks, various government ministries, state enterprises, stock exchanges and other government and non-government organizations. Our extensive experience in training such students from foreign governments is our strength, and they form an important part of study environment. Our program has a global as well as emerging Asia focus. It is designed to provide students with the functional knowledge and fundamental skills necessary to be effective and socially responsible leaders.
GSIM is pleased to have students sponsored under JDS project from Vietnam. Currently it has JDS Fellows coming from several countries. Some JDS Fellows are relatively weak in quantitative analysis, which is an important component of the key courses in our program such as Finance, Accounting, and Statistics. This may be due to the difference in the education systems of the home countries. Faculty members always pay due attention to those in special need for quantitative and analytical skills from the basics. Tutorial or follow-up sessions are conducted as needed.
In addition, when JDS Fellows enter the program, one GSIM faculty member is assigned to each JDS Fellows as academic mentor. In this approach, each JDS Fellows can consult with their faculty member from the beginning about the academic issues such as courses to take and research topics to work on as well as social issues that they may face during their stay in Japan.
To well prepare JDS Fellows for their advance study in Japan, GSIM also offers pre-enrollment program in Japan before the first academic term starts. It also offers various field trip opportunities in Japan as well as various special lectures and seminars conducted by specialists from academics, government and corporations.
The core values of the MBA program include:
GSIM student body consists of about 20% Japanese corporate sponsored students; they come from renowned Japanese companies involved in doing business in Asia, especially ASEAN. This offers a unique opportunity for JDS scholars to interact and network with Japanese corporations that would become useful to attract Japanese investments to their country.
In the first year, JDS Fellows will mainly take the core courses to acquire basic knowledge needed for government officials without biasing to the specific field and train themselves to have an overall view. From the third term on, students choose a specialization area from the 4 areas including Finance, Marketing, Management, IT/Operations Management suitable for their future careers and for solving the problems the country is facing. Students can take related courses as well as the Advanced Seminar to write the thesis before graduation.
GSIM students must register for an Advanced Seminar to complete the requirements for the degree during the first term in the second year (MBA program). The Advanced Seminar are designed for guiding students to develop and complete the graduation theses. Students will also have their supervisor by the end of third term in the first year (MBA program) based on their research interest.
The Advanced Seminar is conducted on a tutorial basis by the chosen supervisor and the graduation thesis is individually written by the student in consultation with the supervisor. The student will work closely with the supervisor, conduct necessary field research etc., and complete the thesis. GSIM’s students and faculty are from diverse background, which provide an immersive, multicultural, multi-ethnic environment. Their academic and professional background is diversified as well. These opportunities and environment make students to practice competencies in problem solving and develop leadership skills that are required for global leaders.
Credit Requirement for Graduation: 40 credits
Refer to Table 2 for Credit requirements for each course category
Course Registration Categories | Course Category | Course Titles | Credit | |
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Required Courses | 1 | Basic Courses | Applied Statistics | 2 |
Corporate Finance | 2 | |||
Corporate Social Responsibility | 1 | |||
Financial Accounting | 2 | |||
International Management | 2 | |||
Marketing Management | 2 | |||
Organizational Behavior | 2 | |||
Strategic Management | 2 | |||
2 | Seminar Courses (Thesis or Research Report) |
Advanced Seminar I | 2 | |
Advanced Seminar II | 2 | |||
Advanced Seminar III | 2 | |||
Elective Courses | 3 | Applied Disciplinary Courses | Advanced Corporate Finance | 2 |
AI for Business | 2 | |||
Applied Econometrics | 2 | |||
Business Leaders in Japan | 2 | |||
Business Presentation | 2 | |||
Chinese Management | 1 | |||
Competing in Emerging Markets | 2 | |||
Consumer Behavior and Digital Marketing | 2 | |||
Corporate Strategy | 2 | |||
Cross-sectional and Panel Data Analysis | 2 | |||
Customer Relationship Management | 2 | |||
Development of Japanese Industries | 2 | |||
Digital Business Models | 2 | |||
Digital Business Transformation | 2 | |||
Econometrics | 2 | |||
Entrepreneurial and Venture Finance | 2 | |||
Entrepreneurship & Small Business Development | 2 | |||
Environmental Policy & Disaster Management | 1 | |||
Essentials of Economics | 2 | |||
Finance and Technology | 2 | |||
Financial Statement and Business Analysis | 2 | |||
General Management | 2 | |||
Global Strategy in the Digital Age | 2 | |||
History of Entrepreneurship and Innovation | 2 | |||
Human Resource and Global Talent Management | 2 | |||
Industrial Organization and Policy Analysis | 2 | |||
Information Policy and Management | 2 | |||
Innovation and New Business Creation | 2 | |||
Integrated Marketing Communication | 2 | |||
International Career Development | 1 | |||
International Finance | 2 | |||
International Taxation | 1 | |||
Introduction to Electronic Government | 2 | |||
IT Strategy and Policy Planning | 2 | |||
Japanese Corporate Finance and Financial System | 2 | |||
Japanese Employment Practices and Human Capital Accumulation | 2 | |||
Japanese Style Management and Corporate Governance |
2 | |||
Japan's Frontier of Digital Society | 1 | |||
Leadership | 1 | |||
Leadership Bootcamp | 1 | |||
Macroeconomics I: Income Theory | 2 | |||
Management Science | 2 | |||
Managerial Accounting | 2 | |||
Managing Product Development | 2 | |||
Managing Public Organizations | 2 | |||
Marketing Intelligence | 2 | |||
Marketing Research | 2 | |||
Monozukuri (Manufacturing) Management in Japan | 2 | |||
Negotiation Strategy | 1 | |||
Operations Management | 2 | |||
Portfolio Management | 2 | |||
Project Financing | 1 | |||
Quantitative Investment | 2 | |||
Research Methodology | 2 | |||
Risk Management | 2 | |||
Service Management | 2 | |||
Small to Medium-sized Firms in Japan | 2 | |||
Strategic Brand Management | 2 | |||
Strategies for Digital Disruption | 2 | |||
Strategy Simulation | 1 | |||
Supply Chain Management | 2 | |||
Basic Discipline Courses | 4 | Area 1: Political Science (offered by GSIR) |
Comparative Government and Politics | 2 |
Contemporary International Security Issues: National and Human | 2 | |||
Foreign Policy Analysis | 2 | |||
Human Rights and Global Justice: Cultures, Gender, and Equality | 2 | |||
Managing Public Organizations | 2 | |||
Public Administration | 2 | |||
Area 2: Economics (offered by GSIR) |
Cost Benefit Analysis | 2 | ||
Development Policy and Globalization | 2 | |||
Essentials of Economics | 2 | |||
International Economic Systems and Order | 2 | |||
Macroeconomics I: Income Theory | 2 | |||
Microeconomics I: Price Theory | 2 | |||
Area 3: Management (offered by GSIM) |
Financial Accounting | 2 | ||
International Management | 2 | |||
Marketing Management | 2 | |||
Operations Management | 2 | |||
Organizational Behavior | 2 | |||
Strategic Management | 2 | |||
5 | Language Courses | Refer to the course titles below | ||
6 | GSIR Courses | Refer to the course titles below |
Program Credits (24 credits) School Credits (30 credits) |
1 | Basic Courses | Students must take all 8 courses and obtain 15 credits in total. |
2 | Seminar | Students must take all 3 courses and obtain 6 credits in total. | |
3 | Applied Disciplinary Courses |
Students must choose courses from applied disciplinary courses and obtain at least 9 credits, if he/she opted thesis, or 13 credits, if he/she opted research report. |
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Basic Discipline Credits (8 credits) |
4 | Area1/2/3 | Students must choose at least 2 credits from each of the three Basic Discipline areas and earn 8 credits in total. |
5 | Language Courses | Up to 4 credits are counted toward degree. | |
6 | GSIR Courses | Credits obtained from GSIR courses can be counted toward degree. |
5. Language Courses (Courses are subject to change) |
Credit | ||
Academic English I | 1 | Basic Japanese V | 0.5 |
Academic English II | 1 | Basic Japanese VI | 0.5 |
Academic English III | 1 | Intermediate Japanese I | 1 |
English for Thesis Writing I | 1 | Intermediate Japanese II | 1 |
English for Thesis Writing II | 1 | Intermediate Japanese III | 1 |
English for Professional Communication I | 1 | Upper Intermediate Japanese I | 1 |
English for Professional Communication II | 1 | Upper Intermediate Japanese II | 1 |
Academic English Literacy | 1 | Upper Intermediate Japanese III | 1 |
Elementary Japanese I | 1 | Advanced Japanese I | 1 |
Elementary Japanese II | 1 | Advanced Japanese II | 1 |
Elementary Japanese III | 1 | Advanced Japanese III | 1 |
Basic Japanese I | 0.5 | Advanced Japanese IV | 1 |
Basic Japanese II | 0.5 | Advanced Japanese V | 1 |
Basic Japanese III | 0.5 | Advanced Japanese VI | 1 |
Basic Japanese IV | 0.5 | Japanese for Zero Beginners | 0 |
6. GSIR Courses (Courses are subject to change) |
Credit | ||
Mathematics for Economics and Management | 2 | Environmental Policy and Disaster Management | 1 |
Research Methodology | 2 | Labor Economics | 2 |
Survey Data and Factor Analysis | 1 | Industrial Organization and Policy Analysis | 2 |
Introduction to Policy Analysis | 2 | Cost Benefit Analysis | 2 |
Introduction to Policy Modeling | 2 | Contemporary International Security Issues: National and Human | 2 |
Public Human Resource Management | 2 | Global Issues: UNU Global Seminar | 1 |
Capital Budgeting and Debt Management | 1 | Inequality and Poverty: Measurement and Applications | 2 |
Collaborative and Participatory Governance | 2 | Statistical Methods | 2 |
Policy Evaluation | 2 | Microeconomics I: Price Theory | 2 |
Case Study Method | 2 | Microeconomics II: Strategic Behavior and Information Analysis | 2 |
Introduction to Electronic Government | 2 | Macroeconomics I: Income Theory | 2 |
Information Policy and Management | 2 | Macroeconomics II: Business Cycle and Growth Theory | 2 |
International Economic Systems and Order | 2 | Macroeconomics and Policy Analysis | 2 |
Foreign Policy Analysis | 2 | Econometrics | 2 |
Diplomacy and Statecraft | 2 | Applied Econometrics | 2 |
International Organization | 2 | Development Policy and Globalization | 2 |
Financial System and Financial Regulation | 1 | Development Economics | 2 |
Monetary Policy in Developing Countries | 2 | Public Finance | 2 |
Global Market Seminar | 1 | Monetary Economics and Policy Analysis | 2 |
International Political Economy | 2 | International Finance | 2 |
International Politics | 2 | International Trade | 2 |
History of International Relations | 2 | Managing Public Organizations | 2 |
Comparative Government and Politics | 2 | Public Policy Process | 2 |
Local Government and Public Service | 2 | Public Administration | 2 |
Political Institutions and Governance | 2 | Public Finance and Budgeting | 2 |
Analysis of Development Policies and Programs | 2 | Postwar Japanese Politics | 2 |
Comparative Study of Development Experiences | 2 | Japanese National Security Policy | 2 |
Environment, Sustainable Development, and Human Security | 2 | International Relations and Foreign Policy of Japan | 2 |
Refugees, Migrants, and Human Security | 2 | Japanese Foreign Assistance Policy | 2 |
Security and Strategy: National and International | 2 | Japanese International Development Cooperation | 2 |
Human Rights and Global Justice: Cultures, Gender, and Equality | 2 | Japanese Public Finance and Administration | 2 |
Global Civil Society: Citizenship and Democracy | 2 | Postwar Japanese Economy | 2 |
Essentials of Economics | 2 | International Political Economy and Japan's Development Path | 2 |
Cross-cultural Communication | 2 | Modern Japan in the World | 2 |
International Law | 2 | Japan's Education System | 2 |
Cross-sectional and Panel Data Analysis | 2 | Japanese Economic Development and Growing Asia | 2 |
Time Series Analysis | 2 | Social Issues in Contemporary Japan: Modern and Postmodern | 2 |
Evolving Development Paradigms and Changing Operational Strategies of Development Organizations | 2 | Japanese Government and Politics | 2 |
Agricultural Economics and Resource Revenue Management | 2 | Chinese Foreign Policy | 2 |
Macroeconomic Modeling and Forecasting | 2 | American Foreign Policy | 2 |
Interactions, Institutions, and Economic Development | 2 | International Relations in the Middle East | 2 |
Environmental and Health Economics | 2 | International Relations in Eurasia | 2 |
At the time of enrollment, a faculty consultant will be assigned to each JDS fellow to help with studies and research until the end of the second term when the fellows find their own supervisors. An academic supervisor will be determined based on students’ thesis topic. The supervisors give participants appropriate guidance in selecting courses useful for their research and writing a master’s thesis. The thesis writing gives the participants a crucial opportunity to learn how to discuss and analyze their research topic in depth by integrating the concepts and methods that have been acquired during the entire two-year program as well as the knowledge that had been developed in their previous professional careers. All professors at IUJ are all capable of supervising students in English and following faculty members are capable of supervising JDS Fellows.
Information on the faculty members https://www.iuj.ac.jp/gsim/im-faculty/
All faculty members marked with ◎ listed below can supervise the JDS Fellows and faculty members marked with ○ can co-supervise with another full-time faculty member.
All facilities at IUJ, including student’s dormitories, faculty’s housing, classrooms, computer rooms, library, gym, cafeteria, school shop etc., are within 5-minute walk. As the official language is English at IUJ, all administrative offices including Admissions, Office of Academic Affairs, Office of Student Services, Accounting, Library, are staffed with English speaking staff.
Computer Rooms (Open 24 hours):
Two computer rooms, offering PCs with Windows operating systems in English, are available.
Library (Open 8:30 AM – 24:00):
Matsushita Library and Information Center (MLIC) was built in 1988 with donations from “the Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.”(“the present day Panasonic”). The library holds about 100,000 books (80% Non-Japanese), about 34,500 titles of full text electronic journals, and a variety of databases to check world-class financial and macro data for various countries, which enable students to access real time information on business and market movements.
Study Rooms (Open 24 hours):
A wireless LAN is available, so students can connect their PCs to the campus LAN from anywhere in computer rooms, Library and Study Rooms.
Student Dormitories:
There are three single student dormitories (SD1, SD2 and SD3 with communal kitchens) and one married student dormitory (MSA). Each single room is furnished and has a private Western-style bathroom and the internet through WiFi or cable access for connecting to the campus LAN. The dormitories also boast computer lounges, numerous meeting rooms, group kitchens and washing machines, TV lounges with satellite broadcasts, a billiards room, a tatami room, a prayer room, and storage facilities. At least one English-speaking dorm staff is stationed 24 hours a day and 7 days a week including weekends and national holidays.
The Campus Cafeteria (Shokudo):
Lunch and dinner are provided. Meats served are halal.
School Shop:
A limited range of groceries, snacks, drinks and a selection of stationary goods are sold here. Services available through the school shop are; dry-cleaning, postal services and parcel delivery service.
Gymnasium and Sports Facilities:
A full-sized gymnasium and a work-out room are very popular places. Students gather nightly in the gym for that evenings’ sport or work out on the universal gym. Outdoors, IUJ has 4 tennis courts, two of which are lit for night-time tennis.
Counseling Room
Counseling services in English are available on campus. A well-experienced counselor with an international background is stationed to support your campus life with private and confidential consultation on a wide-range of issues including stress managements, anxiety, personal issues, interpersonal issues, etc.
The Graduate School of International Management (GSIM) of IUJ was established in 1988 in collaboration with the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College, USA, becoming the first U.S. style business school in Japan.
We have one of the strongest faculties in the field of Business in Japan. Since the establishment, our faculty has drawn on their passion for teaching based on their research and professional experiences. We are committed to provide education and research programs that reflect the realities of the marketplace. Case studies used in classroom, which include cases from emerging countries as well, replicate actual business situations. Students work together to learn how to make most suitable or strategically best decisions under typical management conditions, including lack of complete information, and complex tradeoff situations.
IUJ currently has 17 students from Vietnam. GSIM has successfully trained many students from Vietnam and several other countries from where JDS sponsors students to study in Japan. Especially for Vietnam, many GSIM-IUJ graduates are now holding important positions in various organizations such as Ministry of Trade and Industry, various banks and private sectors. As a world-ranked business school, GSIM-IUJ is uniquely qualified to train JDS Fellows from Vietnam who are intended in managing state enterprises and creating suitable policies for them to create new opportunities for young Vietnam students by learning market economy strategies that GSIM-IUJ would teach in the MBA program.
Our faculty members always pay attentions to students who are in the special needs to obtain quantitative and analytical skills from the basics. Tutorial or follow-up sessions are conducted as needed. Upon arrival before the regular classes start, GSIM provide orientation courses, which cover basic mathematics, statistics, economics data modeling, case method teaching, etc.
GSIM have dedicated committee to oversee JDS Fellows’ needs and organize field trips, special guest lectures and several engagement activities.
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Ms. Doan Minh Tram, JDS 2017-2019, State Securities Commission of Vietnam, Ministry of Finance
“Being a JDS fellow gave me the great opportunity to study MBA at the International University of Japan (IUJ), which is by far one of the most valuable experience I ever had in my life. With international students from more than 60 countries, IUJ has become a place where the world gathers inside Japan. Having the chance to enjoy different cultures in IUJ as well as Japanese culture actually broadened my mind. Moreover, the MBA program in IUJ also provides practical knowledge in different fields through typical case studies from all over the world, which helped to enrich my knowledge and shape my way of thinking. I believe that this scholarship is a good preparation for me and my career in the future.”
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