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Department of Economics

The Department of Economics, which aims to enable its graduates to engage in work requiring advanced research abilities, offers a Master's Program and a Doctoral Program. For the Master's Program, we enriched the curriculum to help students acquire essential abilities in their respective fields of expertise in phases. We accept students of any age, as long as they have an undergraduate university degree and can attend daytime classes.
The Department of Economics (First Stage of the Doctoral Program) started the English program in 2023, which provides courses in English.

Department of Business Administration

The Department of Business Administration (DBA), which aims at developing students' abilities to engage in work requiring advanced research abilities, has a Master's Program and a Doctoral Program. In addition, the DBA enhanced the educational curriculums to help ensure students progressively acquire the essential abilities they need in their respective chosen fields of expertise in phases.

Department of Global Business

The Department of Global Business (DGB), where all classes are taught in English, is associated with the Global Business Course in the School of Economics and Management. Its primary goal is to nurture global business professionals and international civil servants who can contribute on a global scale. In addition to economics and management, the program emphasizes problem-solving skills that help students connect with people in diverse and multicultural environments, understand differences, and overcome divergent values, worldviews, and historical perspectives to address challenges. The Department of Global Business provides enrollment options for both April and September.

Department of Professional Accountancy

The Department of Professional Accountancy offers a Professional Degree Program to enable students to become professional accountants, mainly through the study of accounting as a basic subject. Classes in this program are conducted during the daytime on weekdays, and the department accepts recent university graduates, as well as unemployed recent university graduates with work experience.

Department of Professional Business

The Department of Professional Business (DPB) has a Professional Degree Program for students who desire to become business professionals, mainly through the study of business administration. Since classes in this program are conducted mostly on Saturdays, the department accepts full-time workers and others who have relevant work experience. The DPB is more focused on recurrent education than its predecessor, the Graduate School of Business, which has enjoyed notable success.

Yearly Entrance Quota and Degree

Master

Professional Degree

Doctor

Location

Kobe Campus for Commerce
8-2-1, Gakuennishi-machi, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651-2197