The is a private

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located in Minamiuonuma city in

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, Japan. IUJ is the first graduate university in Japan, not offering undergraduate degrees, and one of the few Japanese universities which offers all courses in English. It was founded in 1982. IUJ offers

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s in

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Public Management Public Administration (a form of governance) or Public Policy and Administration (an academic discipline) is the implementation of public policy, administration of government establishment (public governance), management of non-profit establ ...

, and

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, as well as an

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in business administration. The '
Digital Transformation Program
'' was established in 2021, another one-year new program the International Public Policy Program will be established in 2022. IUJ is fully approved and

accredited Accreditation is the independent, third-party evaluation of a conformity assessment body (such as certification body, inspection body or laboratory) against recognised standards, conveying formal demonstration of its impartiality and competence to ...

by the Ministry of Education, Japan, The Graduate School of International Management proudly obtained accreditation from AACSB in 2018. In any given academic year there are students from about 50 countries. This diversity is accentuated by the fact that there are only 310 total students on campus. The diversity was celebrated as part of IUJ's 25th anniversary through a

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record breaking attempt - "The most nationalities in a sauna (50)".

History

IUJ was founded in 1982 by representatives of business, government and world organizations. It was established with extensive support from Japan’s industrial, financial and educational communities as well as from the local community. IUJ is Japan's first graduate-school-only university (no undergraduate campus), and the first to use English only in the classroom. The Graduate School of International Relations (GSIR) was the first school at IUJ. Leading supporters IUJ’s foundation included the

Japan Association of Corporate Executives The is a Japanese professional association of independent leading executives. Founded in 1948, the group engages in advocacy on public policy issues related to the development of the Japanese economy in both a domestic and global context. The ...

Japan Federation of Economic Organizations The is an economic organization founded in May 2002 by amalgamation of Keidanren (, Japan Federation of Economic Organizations, established 1946; name sometimes used alone as abbreviation for whole organization) and Nikkeiren (, Japan Federatio ...

Industrial Bank of Japan The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited (IBJ), based in Tokyo, Japan, was one of the largest banks in the world during the latter half of the 20th century. It combined with Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and Fuji Bank in 2002 to form Mizuho Financial Group ...

Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and Japan Foreign Trade Council. In 1988, the Graduate School of International Management (GSIM) was established in collaboration with the

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, United States, as the first US-style business school in Japan, and the first MBA to teach only in English. In that same year, the Matsushita Library & Information Center (MLIC) was established with an endowment from the Matsushita International Foundation, now called the Kinoshita Matsushita Memorial Foundation (KMMF).

Structure

IUJ comprises two graduate schools: the Graduate School of International Relations (GSIR) and the Graduate School of International Management (GSIM). Both schools offer

Master’s degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

programs. The university runs two research institutes: The IUJ Research Institute based on campus and The Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM) located in

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. GLOCOM was established in spring of 1991 as a

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institute specializing in the study of

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and Japan. GLOCOM's research focuses on the social, economic and cultural impacts of new communications technologies.

Academic programs

Degree programs

IUJ offers only

programs. To apply, applicants must have finished a 4-year bachelor's program or equivalent, and be able to study in the English Language. Those applying to the MBA must also submit a GMAT form. The Graduate School of International Management (GSIM) offers four graduate programs: a full-time 2-year

program, a 1-year MBA program targeted at company sponsored students with over 5 years of experience, and a Japan-Global Development Program and the '
Digital Transformation Program
'' . The Business School's working Motto is "Leveraging Emerging Asia for Global Advantage." The Graduate School of International Relations (GSIR) offers three graduate programs and 5 master's degrees:

Program (IRP) offering an MA in international relations and MA in Political Science, the

Program (IDP) offering an MA in International Development and an MA in Economics, Public Management and Policy Analysis Program (PMPP) offering an MA in public management and an MA in Public Policy
Japan-Global Development Program (JGDP)
offering an MBA in International Relations/Economics/International Development/ Public Management, a one-year new program International Public Policy will offer a Master in International Public Policy. Since cross-registration is encouraged, students may select 'elective' courses from other programs to customize their graduate degree program for their individual professional goals. All the courses are two-year programs (21 months), except 1-year MBA which run for one year (12 months). All courses require a

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as part of the degree requirements.

Language programs

IUJ offers two optional language programs, one i
English
and the other in

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. The English language courses are designed for non-native English speakers who wish to develop their proficiency to the level required to participate fully in the English-medium environment of IUJ. IUJ offers various English program, it includes an Intensive English Program (IEP) held in the summer and academic English courses that mostly for students to prepare their thesis writing and it held throughout the academic year. The Japanese Language Program (JLP) offers non-native Japanese speakers the opportunity to learn the Japanese language at four different proficiency levels, from Basic to Advanced.

Ties to Corporate Japan

Its Global Partnership program puts IUJ in formal relationships with over 50 companies in Japan spanning banking, consulting, trade and logistics firms. These companies, and more, take advantage of IUJ's Non-degree programs, such as the Executive Degree program, the Global Leaders program, and the 8-week Intensive English Program.

Exchange programs

IUJ has established student exchange programs with more than 50 institutions across Asia, Europe, and North America. The purpose is to give students various opportunities to learn in different educational environments and to broaden their horizons. Up to ten credits earned at the host institution could be transferred to IUJ with no extra tuition paid to the host institution. Updated lists of the GSIR and GSIM partner schools at the respective school websites. The following are GSIR's students exchange partners: #

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, Carleton University (Canada) #Faculty of Social Sciences - Charles (Czech) #Bocconi University (Italy) #Blanquerna School of Communication and International Relations-Ramon Llull (Spain) #School of International Trade and Economics -UIBE (China) #Graduate School of International Studies - SNU (Korea) #Graduate School of International Studies -Yonsei (Korea) #Graduate School of International Studies -Ewha (Korea) #Thammasat University (Thailand) # College of Social Sciences NCCU(Taiwan) The following are GSIM's students exchange partners: #

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, Dartmouth College (USA) # Kenan-Flagler Business School - UNC (USA) #Owen Graduate School of Management - Vanderbilt (USA) #Simon Business School - Rochester (USA) #Warrington College of Business Administration -UF (USA) #John Molson School of Business -Concordia (Canada) #Schulich School of Business - York (Canada) #

Warwick Business School Warwick Business School (WBS) is an academic department of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Warwick University, that was established in 1967 as the School of Industrial and Business Studies. The Business School offers undergraduate, postgradu ...

, University of Warwick (United Kingdom) #Aalto University (Finland) #SDA Bocconi School of Management (Italy) # EMLYON Business School (France) #NEOMA Business School (France) #University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) #

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(Germany) #

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(Norway) #

ESADE Business School ESADE Business School is a private college and graduate school located in Barcelona, Spain. It is part of ESADE (Catalan language, Catalan: ''Escola Superior d'Administració i Direcció d'Empreses'', Spanish: ''Escuela Superior de Administración ...

(Spain) #IESE Business School (Spain) #School of Business - Renmin (China) # School of Economics,

Fudan University Fudan University () is a national public research university in Shanghai, China. Fudan is a member of the C9 League, Project 985, Project 211, and the Double First Class University identified by the Ministry of Education of China. It is als ...

(China) #

HKUST Business School The School of Business and Management is the business school of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), today considered one of the world's leading business schools in Asia. Established in 1991 in Hong Kong, it offers unde ...

(Hong Kong) #CUHK Business School (Hong Kong) #College of Commerce - NCCU (Taiwan) #

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, The National University of Singapore (Singapore) # Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration, The Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) # Kulliyyah of Economic and Management Science,

International Islamic University Malaysia The International Islamic University Malaysia ( ms, Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia; Jawi alphabet, Jawi: اونيۏرسيتي اسلام انتارابڠسا مليسيا; ar, الجامعة الإسلامية العالمية بمال ...

#Master of Management Program, The

Gadjah Mada University Gadjah Mada University ( jv, ꦈꦤꦶꦥ꦳ꦼꦂꦱꦶꦠꦱ꧀ꦓꦗꦃꦩꦢ; id, Universitas Gadjah Mada, abbreviated as UGM) is a Public university, public research university located in Sleman Regency, Sleman, Yogyakarta (special region) ...

(Indonesia) #

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, Ahmedabad (India) #Indian Institute of management, Bangalore (India)

Campus and student life

Location

IUJ is located in Minami-Uonuma, a small city on the southeastern end of

Niigata prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area ...

, Japan. It is approximately 100 km south of

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, the prefectural capital, and 230 km northwest of

Dormitory facilities

There are three single-student dormitories each housing about 100 students, and one married-student apartments (MSA) with just 18 units for married couples. Each dormitory has inexpensive coin laundry/dryer facilities. All the single dormitory rooms are well-equipped and offer LAN connectivity. MSA is unfurnished. As there is a waiting list for the units, a lottery system is used to allocate them. For those needing to bring families with school aged children, off-campus housing options are supported by an English speaking land. There is an on-campus convenience shop, Yamazaki. There are recreational and sporting facilities available to the students.

Student Activities and Elected Offices

Every full-time student enrolled in IUJ is automatically a member of the Graduate Student Organization (GSO), the

students' union A students' union, also known by many other names, is a student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high schools. In higher education, the students' union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social, ...

of IUJ. The GSO Executive Committee is a body of elected student representatives in-charge of general student welfare and campus life activities, plus outside events. There is a number of annual on-campus and off-campus events organized by GSO with support from IUJ office and other clubs, such as IUJ Olympics, Ski Day, holiday parties, music nights, game nights, etc. Two other elected student groups are the IM Council and the IR Council. These groups take care of the academic welfare of the students in their respective schools (GSIM and GSIR), and in close cooperation and communications with the Deans offices.

Corporate sponsorship

Sponsored students hail from industries like

finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...

electronics The field of electronics is a branch of physics and electrical engineering that deals with the emission, behaviour and effects of electrons using electronic devices. Electronics uses active devices to control electron flow by amplification ...

manufacturing Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a r ...

telecoms Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that fe ...

construction Construction is a general term meaning the art and science to form objects, systems, or organizations,"Construction" def. 1.a. 1.b. and 1.c. ''Oxford English Dictionary'' Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) Oxford University Press 2009 and com ...

and

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One-on-One Career Counseling

Career Counseling and Services at IUJ is aimed at supporting each individual student in his or her internship and hob hunt. Our small campus size ensures individual attention, coaching, and introductions customized to help students prepare for and reach their professional goals. This in-house career coaching service is unique in Japan. IUJ Resume Book IUJ publish a Resume Book in November each year and distribute it to companies and organizations in Japan and overseas by postal mail and to those who visit HR directly. On Campus Recruiting Coordination IUJ welcomes companies and organizations to recruit on IUJ campus for Information Sessions followed by interviews on the same day. Video Conferencing or telephone, Online or Tokyo-based interviews can be also arranged.

People

Founders

* Sohei Nakayama (中山素平''Nakayama Sohei''), former chairman of the

(経済同友会''Keizai Dōyukai''), former president of the

Toshiwo Doko Toshiwo Doko (土光敏夫 ''Dokō Toshio''; September 15, 1896 – August 4, 1988) was a Japanese engineer born in Mitsu District, Okayama, Manager, President and Chairman of Ishikawajima Heavy Industry (IHI) and Toshiba. Background Dokō was a ...

(土光敏夫 ''Dokō Toshio''), 4th chairman of the

Japan Business Federation The is an economic organization founded in May 2002 by amalgamation of Keidanren (, Japan Federation of Economic Organizations, established 1946; name sometimes used alone as abbreviation for whole organization) and Nikkeiren (, Japan Federatio ...

(経団連''Keidanren'') * Shigeo Nagano (永野重雄 ''Nagano Shigeo''), 13th chairman of the

(日本商工会議所''Nihon-Syōkōkaigisyo'') * Tatsuzo Mizukami (水上達三''Mizukami Tatsuzō''), 3rd chairman of the Japan Foreign Trade Council (日本貿易会''Nihon-Bouekikai'') * Tadashi Sasaki (佐々木直''Sasaki Tadashi''), 22nd Governor of the

Bank of Japan The is the central bank of Japan.Louis Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric. (2005). "Nihon Ginkō" in The bank is often called for short. It has its headquarters in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo. History Like most modern Japanese instituti ...

(BOJ)

List of Chairman of the Board of Trustees

List of presidents

Faculty in Leadership Roles

*Hyunkoo Lee, Financial Accounting *Wenkai Li, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management *Toshihiro Wakayama, Strategic management *Noboru Yamaguchi, International Politics, Japan-US alliance * Tomohito Shinoda, Political scientist (Japan-U.S. Relations) *Maung Aung Myoe, Foreign Policy Analysis

Alumni

* Business ** Takashi Saeki (Japan), CEO of the TOHO GAS Company ** Erol Emed (Turkey), CEO of the Soul of Japan K.K. ** Toshiya Ishibashi (Japan), CEO of the SSP Co., Ltd. **Cenk Naci Gurol (Turkey), CEO of

Aeon The word aeon , also spelled eon (in American and Australian English), originally meant "life", "vital force" or "being", "generation" or "a period of time", though it tended to be translated as "age" in the sense of "ages", "forever", "timeles ...

Global SCM ** Masataka Jo (China), CEO of the

Fuji Xerox was a joint venture partnership between the Japanese photographic firm Fujifilm Holdings and the American document management company Xerox to develop, produce and sell xerographic and document-related products and services in the Asia-Pacifi ...

China Limited ** Charles Yin (China), chairman and CEO Worldwide City Group, founder of The China-Japan CEO Forum (CJCF) **Mike Takano (Japan), Industrial Tycoon ** Ganzorig Vanchig (Mongolia), senior vice president of business portfolio firm Shunkhlai Group (2014 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum) *Public Sector **Soe Han (Myanmar), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to Japan ** Motohiro Ono (Japan), the Governor of Saitama Prefecture, former member of the

House of Councillors The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, ...

in the Diet (national legislature) ** Hiroyuki Abe (Japan), journalist (

Fuji Television JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba today is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. Odaiba was initially b ...

) ** Yohei Mori (Japan), journalist (

Mainichi Shimbun The is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by In addition to the ''Mainichi Shimbun'', which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English language news website called ''The Mainichi'' (previ ...

) * AcademicAcademic
** Tomohito Shinoda (Japan), A faculty member of IUJ

References

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