NUCB Business School is a private graduate business school in Japan. The school was established in 1990 by the Kurimoto Educational Institute. The school offers an

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program, M.Sc. programs, a

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programs.

Overview

Mission

The school’s mission is to educate innovative and ethical leaders who possess a ʻfrontier spiritʼ and to create knowledge that advances business and society, and to give students the ability to bridge the gap between New Asia and the rest of the world.

History

NUCB Business School was established in 1990 and launched graduate-level degree programs to develop skilled and innovative business managers. In 2003, the school launched the first Executive MBA program in Japan. * 1990 - NUCB Business School founded to provide graduate-level management education * 2000 - One-year evening

program in Information Technology Management launched * 2003 - Two-year

launched * 2004 - Two-year M.Sc. in taxation launched * 2005 - Tokyo campus opened * 2005 - Two-year Master in Management (English-track) launched * 2005 - Center for Strategic Management established * 2006 - The school becomes the second institution in Japan to be accredited by Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International * 2007 - Osaka campus opened * 2009 - The school becomes the first institution in Japan to be accredited by the Association of MBAs * 2009 - Membership of Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools * 2011 - Non-degree executive education launched * 2011 - Membership of Principle for Responsible Management Education * 2011 - Asia Pacific Case Center established * 2012 - Membership of

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* 2013 - International Advisory Board established * 2013 - Two-year

in entrepreneurship launched * 2015 - Nagoya Marunouchi campus opened * 2015 - Center for Family Business established * 2017 - Healthcare MBA track established * 2018 - Center for Case Method established * 2018 - Hosted the Case Method Seminar by Harvard Business Publishing * 2019 - Case Center Japan established * 2019 - Women's Leadership Program established * 2020 - The Certificate in Leadership Development (CLD) established as a leadership development program with courses in areas such as healthcare, digital transformation, entrepreneurial initiatives, and executive management. * 2021 - The school becomes the first institution in Japan to be a triple-accredited (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS) school

International Accreditation

* Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business AACSB * Association of MBAs AMBA * European Quality Improvement System EQUIS

International Memberships

* Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools *

European Foundation for Management Development The European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) is an international not-for-profit association based in Brussels. Europe's largest network association in the field of management development, it has over 890 member organizations from academ ...

* Principles for Responsible Management Education

Local Accreditation

* Japan Institution of Higher Education Evaluation NUCB Business School offers a Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology BP Accredited part-time Executive MBA program, a part-time MBA in innovation and entrepreneurship, and a part-time MSc in taxation as well as a full-time and a part-time Masters in Management program.

Rankings

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ranking 2018 * QS ranking 2021

Campus

The school expanded into

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in 2005 and then in

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...

in 2007. The Tokyo Marunouchi campus is located one minute away from the Japan Railways Tokyo Station. The Osaka satellite campus originally occupied space in

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but was later moved to the Grand Front Osaka in Umekita which is also one minute away from the city's major Japan Railways train station. Both satellite campuses were chosen for their location in commercial and finance districts and their proximity to major train stations. *

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Marunouchi *

Umekita

Academic programs

Degree Education

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(English) *

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in Management (English) *

in Accounting & Taxation

Executive Education

* MBA Essentials * Pre-MBA (certificate)

Exchange Program

The school offers an English-taught exchange program and

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program. Involving over fifty different business courses from full-time faculty as well as visiting professors from its partner schools, the program utilizes the case method to facilitate exchange between diverse student backgrounds and perspectives. Exchange students can enroll for programs as short as two months within the five-term academic year schedule. This is designed to allow students on an exchange program to not only study, but also travel across Japan for a well-rounded study abroad experience. The

program requires that students spend one year at the school and one year at one of their 120+ partner schools.

Exchange and Double Degree Partners

As of 2021, the school had standing academic and student exchange agreements with 125 global partner institutions for post-graduate faculty exchange and student exchange. Schools with an asterisk (*) denote listed double degree partners.

Research centers

* Center for Entrepreneurship * Center for Family Business * Center for Case Method * Center for Strategic Management

Institutional partners

NUCB Business School has international exchanges with 125 partner business schools from 53 countries around the world including

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in Canada, Audencia Business School in France and

Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University Sasin School of Management (also known as Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University) is an AACSB and EQUIS accredited business school founded in 1982 through a collaboration among Chulalongkorn University an ...

in Thailand. The Graduate School also facilitates a study abroad program for executive-level students at Harvard Business School,

MIT Sloan School of Management The MIT Sloan School of Management (MIT Sloan or Sloan) is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT Sloan offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs, ...

and IMD Business School.

References

Official Site

NUCB Business School - EN

NUCB Business School - JP
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