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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Nov 24, 2023 Exchange

Nov 2, 2023, Prof. Jin-ichiro Yamada Delivers Keynote Address at The 19th International Conference

Nov 15, 2023 Admission

Admissions 2024 intake: Kyoto-Cornell Intl Collaborative Degree (Second Round)

Nov 2, 2023 Education

HR manager, Intercontinental Osaka, talked in the GSM International Career Seminar

Management Seminar: The entrepreneurial orientation-performance relationship among new technology-based firms: Evidence from East Asia

Jul 12, 2023 Faculty

Sachio Senmoto has been appointed as a Adjunct professor(on July 1, 2023)

Jun 30, 2023 Admission

Online Information Session for Admissions 2024 Intake – July 22

Jun 12, 2023 Award

Associate Professor Takanori Adachi receives the Award for Book of the Year 2022 of Japan Association for Applied Economics

May 29, 2023 Certified

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

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

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

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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Collaborative Research

Center for Research in Business Administration

GSM-KU Center for Research in Business Administration

Endowed Chairs

Endowed Lectures

Executive Education

Collaborative Research Chair

Introduction MBA program

Service MBA Introductory Program

Visiting Lectures

Collaborative Program

Interview

Since 2016, I have been working as a halal industry professional in Indonesia, conducting audits, training and consultation for companies locally and overseas. In 2019, a significant change in Indonesia's halal industry landscape happened with the establishment of the Halal Law. The challenge imposed by the Halal Law is a complex mega-project, collaborated with multiple stakeholders, with a broad impact on the Indonesian economy and trade.

Kyoto University is among the best university in Asia, offering an international program with a comprehensive multidisciplinary course on project management under its International Project Management (i-PM) program in The Graduate School of Management. This program is suitable as it covers the courses I need to enrich myself with the essential competency in project management.

I am a mechanical engineer and prior to GSM, I worked in various manufacturing companies for around 10 years. My experience in working led me to have a certain perspective on how a company's internal dynamics work. However, I was aware of my lack of understanding of how organizations and industries behave on a bigger scale. I also had interests in other areas such as marketing and hospitality. GSM’s i-BA program seemed to be the best choice for me as it involves classes in all these areas.
Additionally, I knew that Kyoto University is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan and the rest of the world. An English-medium international MBA program at this university was too good of an opportunity to miss. The extracurricular activities at Kyoto University, such as being able to take Japanese language classes and join various events and student organizations, were also a factor in my decision.

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

My research journey started in 2015 when I pursued my Honours Degree at Monash University. I was particularly interested in reproductive tourism, where individuals or couples travel to another country for fertility care, and I sought to understand the institutional circumstances that precipitate such travel.

I received my master’s degree in Agricultural Science from the Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University.

My research efforts to date have given me with opportunities to create ideas that explain what we see in the service sector.

I received my Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Economics and Certificate from the Cross-Boundary Innovation Program (Ph.D. Program for Leading Graduate Schools) of Osaka University.

Women in Research

Women in Research