Mission

Given the rapidly and dramatically changing business environment, current business knowledge and management theories are quickly becoming obsolete. Our mission is to educate and nurture business professionals who not only possess up-dated management theories and concepts but also implement them at various business scenes.

The immersion of theories and practices is an essential policy in our course. In addition to a variety of important subjects, we provide several field-based learning programs so that students can try to carry out their business knowledge in the real business arena.

About Us

Founder

Hyogo Prefecture

Overview

Name Graduate School of Business, Department of Professional Business
Academic Degree Master of Business Administration (Business Innovation and Regional Innovation courses), Master of Healthcare Management (Healthcare Management course)
Establishment 2010
The Number of Regular Students for a Grade 40
The Number of Full Regular Students 80
Terms of Study 2 years (Business Innovation course), 1.5 years (Regional Innovation and Healthcare Management courses)
The Number of Credits Required for Graduation 40 (Business Innovation course), 36 (Regional Innovation and Healthcare Management courses)

Address

8-2-1 Gakuen-Nishimachi, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2197, Japan

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Our Focus in Education

We aim to create such business persons as:

  1. Business leaders endowed with management talents based on solid theories
  2. Entrepreneurs capable to execute their original ideas and concepts
  3. Key managerial staff active in small and medium-sized firms
  4. Management consultants who own sophisticated business knowledge
  5. Key administrative staff active in medical institutions
  6. Professional researchers active in research institutes or think-tanks

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Three Innovative Courses

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Faculty

The Graduate School of Business consists of 18 full-time and 61 part-time staffs. Among the full-time staffs,

  • 3 staffs hold the concurrent post of University of Hyogo,
  • 2 staffs are experienced in business, and
  • 4 staffs are regarded as full-time staff and experienced in business.

Among the part-time staffs, 29 staffs hold the concurrent post of University of Hyogo.

Full-Time Staff

P: Professor, AP: Associate Professor
Name Title
Satake, Takayuki P, Dean
Akiyama, Shuichi AP
Fujie, Tetsuya P
Fujimoto, Hidetoshi P
Fukuda, Naoki AP
Goto, Takeshi P
Kaise, Toru P
Kotera, Michiaki AP
Koyama, Hideo P
Nishioka, Tadashi AP
Shida, Tsutomu P
Toribe, Shinji P
Ueyama, Shuichi P
Umeno, Naotoshi P
Yamaguchi, Takahide P
Yasuda, Yoshiro P

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Curriculum

Courses
Held on weekdays Held mainly on Saturdays

Business Innovation course

  • 2-year program
  • 40 credits
  • Master of Business Administration

Regional Innovation course

  • 1.5-year program
  • 36 credits
  • Master of Business Administration

Healthcare Management course

  • 1.5-year program
  • 36 credits
  • Master of Healthcare Management
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Field-based studies and seminars
  • Advanced Seminar
  • Research Seminar
  • Field-based Study I
  • Field-based Study II
  • Advanced Seminar
  • Field-based Study
  • Advanced Seminar
  • Field-based Study
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Applied subjects
  • International Business
  • International Economics
  • Internatinal Accounting
  • International Relations
  • Business English
  • Innovation Management
  • Production Management
  • Human Resource Management
  • Strategic Marketing
  • Venture Business
  • Business Innovation for SMEs
  • Industrial Geography
  • Financial Accounting
  • Business Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Public Accounting
  • Strategic Accounting
  • Service Industries
  • Business Model
  • Business Statistics
  • Statistics
  • Knowledge Management and Information Systems
  • Management Science
  • Decision-Making Modeling
  • Corporate Law
  • Micro Economics
  • Macro Economics
  • Civil Law I
  • Civil Law II
  • New Public Management
  • Public Finance
  • Administrative Law
  • Business Strategy Case Studies (Corporate Management)
  • Innovation Management
  • Production Management
  • Production Innovation
  • Human Resource Management
  • Strategic Marketing
  • Business Innovation for SMEs
  • Industrial Geography
  • M & A
  • Management in Regional Development
  • Store Design Management
  • IT Business Development
  • Business Strategy Case Studies (Corporate Management)
  • Financial Analysis
  • Healthcare System
  • Medical-related Laws and Regualtions
  • Public Management
  • Economics and Finance
  • Heathcare Finance
  • Hospital Services Management
  • Hospital Administration and Management
  • Hospital Cost Accounting
  • Services Marketing
  • Public Company Accounting
  • Human Resource Management: Couse Work
  • Business Strategy Case Studies (Hospital Management)
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Common applied subjects
  • Financial Accounting
  • Strategy Evaluation
  • Business Statistics
  • Business Economics
  • Business Law
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Basic subjects
  • Management
  • Business Strategy
  • Business Organization
  • Marketing
  • Management Information System
  • Business Ethics
  • Business Strategy
  • Business Organization
  • Marketing
  • Management Information System
  • Business Ethics or Medical Ethics
  • Business Model
  • Basic Seminar
  • Basic Seminar

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Contact

Graduate School of Business, University of Hyogo
8-2-1 Gakuen-nishimachi, Nishi-ku, Kobe 651-2197, Japan
E-mail : e-mail address
Fax : +81-(0)78-794-6166

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