School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University

The Mission of the School is “We foster captains of industry who create value for business and serve communities in Asia.

It has three pillars: Leadership, Innovation, and Integrity. (1) To “foster captains of industry,” we pass on Leadership skills to foster leaders with insightful knowledge and effective communication skills. (2) To “create value for business,” we employ Innovation to develop professionals with creativity and advanced professional skills. (3) To “serve communities,” we rely on Integrity to foster community-minded citizens who think beyond themselves and apply global perspectives. This leadership philosophy is based on Thomas Carlyle’s term “captains of industry,” and the Innovation and Integrity aspects reflect the Abacus and Analects, respectively, which Eiichi Shibusawa emphasized in his book.

Hitotsubashi SBA has a unique educational model based on a seminar-centered learning platform. The School places a high priority on small-class seminar education to enhance student-student and student-faculty interaction and education across the degree programs. In keeping with this educational ethos, we employ only traditional face-to-face classroom models to motivate our students to engage in learning. Seminar education enables students to become involved in active learning; an approach that has resulted in recognition from outside the School.

Students can enjoy such a unique educational environment at all following programs offered. (1) Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Management (established in AY1949), (2) Master of Science in Commerce and Management (established in AY1953), (3) PhD in Commerce and Management (established in AY1953), (4) Master of Business Administration (established in AY2000), (5) PhD in Finance (consolidated in AY2018), and (6) PhD in Business Administration (established in AY2019).