Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University

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Nurturing the ability
to practice business proactively.

A curriculum that can be customized to your individual needs.

MBA(Master of Business Administration) Ph.D./Doctoral Course(Only in Japanese)

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Jun 8, 2023 Admission

Online Information Session for Admissions 2024 Intake – July 22

Jun 7, 2023 Admission

Kyoto-Cornell Collaborative Program Admissions: Info Session in Tokyo (June 26-27)

May 29, 2023 Certified

Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University Granted the International Accreditation EQUIS

Symposium：INNOVATIONS FOR VALUE-CHAIN-INTEGRITY BLOCKCHAIN AND FOOD PRODUCTS

May 18, 2023 Admission

Suspension of applications for certain courses and programs in the admissions to be held in AY2024 and onwards.

May 18, 2023 Faculty

AY2023 GSM’s New Faculty Members: Associate Professor Keisuke KOKUBUN

May 16, 2023 Admission

Admissions 2024: International MBA Programs

May 13, 2023 Research

Associate Professor Takanori Adachi’s research is featured on the webpage of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics

May 9, 2023 Admission

Admissions 2024: Kyoto-Cornell International Collaborative Degree

February 3, 2023 Final Presentation of Workshop (Intl Business Admin Program and Kyoto-Cornell Collaborative Degree Opportunity)

Dec 1, 2022 Admission

i-BA Program will start a Video Essay Interview with the 2024 entrance exam

Aug 5, 2022 Exchange

Professor Norio Sawabe and Associate Professor Keiji Murakami attended the 2022 EFMD Annual Conference

Mar 25, 2022 Information

GSM’s Commencement AY 2021

Aug 11, 2021 Information

A new showcase page “Women in Research” has launched to highlight our female researchers’ wide range of expertise and experience

Jun 8, 2021 Information

Jun 1, 2021 Best Teacher Award 2020

Jun 3, 2021 Certified

March 26, 2021 GSM obtained accreditation as a professional graduate business school from ABEST21

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While deciding which university in Japan would be the best to study at, I considered several factors. One of the most important of these was the curriculum, in which I found that Kyoto University was a heavily academic-focused institution, and the wide variety of classes they offered was very appealing to me. As I studied Industrial Engineering in the past, which is quite different from management, I wanted to ensure that through my Master’s degree I would be able to gain insightful knowledge on a whole range of topics, some including: Strategic Management, Marketing, Macroeconomics, etc.
Additionally, the academic staff at KU, their expertise in their individual fields and the importance the University gave to research, free-thinking and self-improvement reaffirmed my decision in joining Kyoto University. It’s diverse student background allows for such a philosophy to flourish and contributed to why I chose GSM.

Before I join GSM, I worked for IBM World Trade Corporation for 11 years. When I decided to shift to academia and earn a degree in business, I had to invest considerable time investigating the MBA programs in Japan. There are interesting programs offered by NUCB Business School, Hitotsubashi SBA, and Doshisha Global MBA. Although I got accepted by Hitotsubashi, and Doshisha University, I proceeded with Kyoto GSM International MBA Program owing to its state of art design. The idea of dividing the MBA program into two separate international programs, BA and PM, starting 2019 is truly efficient. It provides wider opportunities for applicants from different academic backgrounds to choose the program that best serves their future career. The curriculum is concise, neither too long nor too short, rather to the point and rich with the knowledge vital to successfully manage different projects.

Students

I chose Kyoto University's Tourism MBA without hesitation. Although it was a decision based on intuition, upon reflection, the reasons were as follows:

1: Location in Kyoto, a tourist city: I can commute from home (Osaka) and I expect synergies with my work in the tourism industry in Kyoto.

2: Tourism MBA: Since I run my own inbound tourism business, the fact that there is a tourism MBA that is highly recognized by the Japan Tourism Agency was particularly attractive.

3: Kyoto University brand: I had a sense that there would be many interesting classes, teachers, and students. I also had a kind of admiration for Kyoto University.

The direct trigger for knocking on the door of the Tourism MBA was the COVID-19 pandemic. I started my business in 2018 but had hit a wall in my management due to trial and error, and I was thinking of learning management systematically. When the pandemic hit, I had more time on my hands, which was also a blessing in disguise.

My position changed from middle manager to director, and then I wanted to learn business management systematically, so I considered getting into a business school. Around that time, I got information about GSM from my supervisor of Graduate School of Informatics at the Kyoto University, where I used to belong. I chose GSM because I found that I could learn practical things that connect theory and practice, and that it had a diverse group of people.

Alumni

I received my master’s degree in Agricultural Science from the Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto Uni […]

My research efforts to date have given me with opportunities to create ideas that explain what we see in the s […]

I received my Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Economics and Certificate from the Cross-Boundary Innovation P […]

After majoring in Architecture of Engineering and working in the construction field in Japan, I joined the Jap […]

Women in Research

Women in Research