The Kyoto University Graduate School of Management (Dean, Tatsuhiko Nariu) made comprehensive agreements with the Keio Business School (Dean, Hirokazu Kono) and the Kobe University Graduate School of Business Administration (Dean, Yutaka Kato). This agreement states that the three schools will cooperate in the development of educational systems in order to produce high quality professionals. The signing of the agreement took place on January 18, 2010 at Kobe University.

Prior to the signing ceremony, an MBA symposium with the theme, “The Foremost Line of Nurturing Management Professionals in Our Nation”, was held.

With the cooperative agreement as a base, Keio University which places and importance on case studies, Kobe University which places and importance on research, and Kyoto University which combines both the humanities and sciences, will work together to nurture high quality professionals who will be active in the field of management (Graduate School of Management).