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Graduate School of Business Sciences at University of Tsukuba

Library

University of Tsukuba has a Central Library and three other libraries in Tsukuba, as well as Otsuka Library in Tokyo. Otsuka Library houses approximately 32,000 technical books and 500 academic journals and is equipped with an online search system. It also provides a request service to obtain documents from libraries in Tsukuba and other universities. For the convenience of students of the evening graduate school, the library counter is open during evening hours as shown below, and the reading room is available daily until 23:00.
Opening Hours
Monday: 9:00-17:00 (23:00)
Tuesday to Friday: 13:00-21:10 (23:00)
Saturday: 13:00-19:50 (23:00)
Sunday: 9:00-23:00 (counter unavailable)
Library Counter
Tel.: (03) 3942-6818
Graduate Laboratory

There are three fingerprint-protected graduate laboratories which can be used as a shared carrel or group discussion space. The graduate laboratories are staffed with graduate school personnel (associate researchers) who provide students with study consultation.
Computer Room

There are three computer rooms co-managed by the Master’s Program in Systems Management and the Doctoral Program in Systems Management. These rooms contain approximately 80 AT-compatible machines running Unix on several server machines. The OS can be switched to Windows XP. The computer rooms are available 24 hours a day, and can be used for computer exercises as well as student study sessions and self-learning.
Interuniversity Satellite Communication Network

The interuniversity satellite communication network, of which the University of Tsukuba is a participant, enables attendance at exchange classes among 116 participating institutions throughout Japan, primarily national universities, and allows for joint seminars with the Tsukuba campus.

Address
3-29-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-0012, Japan
Access
Our Tokyo Campus is a 3 minute walk from Myogadani station (M23) on the Tokyo Metro Subway Marunouchi Line.
Myogadani station is 5 minutes past Ikebukuro station, and 11 minutes past Tokyo station.

(1) Instructor group guidance

A group of advisers, including a chief adviser and two assistant advisers, provides research guidance for the doctoral thesis.
(2) Multi-stage guidance

The doctoral thesis is completed through the six stages presentation and reviews: Research Plan Presentation, Survey Paper Presentation, Intermediate Thesis Presentation, Draft Thesis Presentation, Preliminary Review, and Final Dissertation Review. A Doctoral dissertation of final stage is requested to contain some thesis, at least one of which musut be published in a peer-reviewed academic journal.

(1) Standard course term

The standard course term is three years, but the shortest period to complete the course is one year.
(2) Credits

Twenty or more credits need to be taken.
(3) Degree

Students who have completed the course are awarded a doctorate in bisiness administration or systems management.
(4) Time of completion

The course can be completed at the end of any month. Therefore, each student can make a research plan based on his or her business and personal life, and complete the course whenever they have achieved a research outcome.

Graduate School of Business Sciences at University of Tsukuba

Advanced Program

Marketing Communication
Consumer Marketing
Selected Topics in Marketing Science
Distribution System Theory
Advanced topics in marketing and strategic management
Fundamentals in Strategic Management
Human Resource Development
Business and Society
Management in Non-Profit Organizations
Medical and Walfare Management
Topics of Sport Business
Topics of Professional Sport
Budgetary Planning and Control
Capital Market and Business
Advanced Topics in Financial Engineering
Mathematical Finance
Advanced Management Accounting
Advanced Topics in Financial Business
Econometric Methods
Statistical Methods and Their Application
Advanced Statistical Model
Advanced Theory in Stochastic Processes
Applied Probadility Theory
Fundamentals of Mathematical Programming
Logistics
Advanced Techniques of Product Design
Fundamentals of Total Quality Management
Fundamental of Dynamic Systems
Soft Computing
Fundamentals of Management Science
Special lecture on Performance Management
Special lecture on Project Management
Production Management
Special Lecture in Management Science
Software Design and Implementation
Advanced Lectures of Information　retrieval
Intellectual Document Control
Human Interfaces
Information Systems Technology
Issues on Network
Information Management
Special Lecture on Software Engineering
Requirements Engineering
Complex networks
Intelligent systems
Media and Information Management
Information and Media Strategies
Special Lecture on Information Systems
Special Lecture on Computer Sciences
Systems Engineering

Graduate School of Business Sciences at University of Tsukuba
Fundamental Program

Business Ethics and the Law
Human Resource Management and the Law
International Business Management and the Law
Corporate Finance and the Law
Organizational Management and the Law
IP-Based Business Strategy -Business Administrative & Legal Aspects-
Law and Justice
Capital Markets and Company　Law
Advanced Seminar in Systems Management I - III
Advanced Research Seminar in Systems Management I - IX

Graduate School of Business Sciences at University of Tsukuba

Reading Seminars

Reading Seminar in Consumer Behavior I - III
Reading Seminar on Marketing Science I - III
Reading Seminar in Strategic Management I - III
Reading Seminar in Organization Revolutions I - III
Reading Seminar in Corporate Finance I - III
Reading Seminar in Financial Engineering I - III
Reading Seminar in Cost Management I - III
Reading Seminar in Stochastic Process I - III
Reading Seminar in Mathematical Programming I - III
Reading Seminar in Logistics and Network I - III
Reading Seminar in Object Systems I - III
Reading Seminar in Network Security I - III
Reading Seminar in Information Networks I - III
Reading Seminar in Interactive Systems I - III
Reading Seminar in Software Engineering I - III
Reading Seminar in Artificial Intelligence I - III
Reading Seminar in Human resources development I - III
Reading Seminar in Social Survey I - III
Reading Seminar in Systems Management I - III

Graduate School of Business Sciences at University of Tsukuba
Systems Management I - VI
Research on Systems Management

Graduate School of Business Sciences at University of Tsukuba

Advanced Program

Top Lecture
Business Game
Marketing Management
Consumer Behavior
Ecological Marketing
Marketing Science
Retail Marketing
Internet Marketing
Brand Marketing
Service Marketing
Distribution Management
Pricing Strategy　Theory
Strategic Management
Theory of Administrative Organization
Organization Revolutions
Research and Development Strategy
Innovation Management
Venture Management
Human Resource Management
Management and Social Responsibility
Global Management
Corporate Finance
Financial Market
Investment Science
Financial Engineering
Financial Risk Analysis
Selected Topics in Financial Businesses
Real Options
Cost Management
Accounting for Disclosure
Management Accounting
Performance Management Systems
Financial Statement Analysis
Financial Accounting
Corporate Valuation
Business Law
Case Studies on Valuation
Selected Topics in Accounting
Introduction to Operations Management
Business Modeling
Introduction to Optimization and its Models
Decision Support Models
Logistics and Supply Chain
Simulation Analysis
Time Series Analysis
Data Analysis
Statistical Management
Multivariate Analysis
Quantification methods
Econometrics
Management system
Methodology of technological development
Risk Management
Statistical Model
Economic Analysis
Production Management
Operations Strategy
Selected Topics in Operations Management
Fundamental Computer Applications
Data Base
Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
Information Security
Artificial Intelligence
Data mining & Machine Learning
Internet Technology
Algorithm and Data Structure
Information　Retrieval
Business Process
Information Systems
Agent Technology
Social Simulation
Software Project Management
Systems Analysis
Systems Design
Knowledge Management
Data Warehouse
Usability Analysis
Selected Topics in Computer Science
Methods for Survey Research
Socio-Economics of Non-Profit Organizations
Selected Topics in Management
Human Resources Development
Corporate Governance and Management
Innovation Systems

Introductory Program

Introduction to Management
Introduction to Marketing
Introduction to Finance
Fundamental Accounting
Mathematical Models for Business Sciences
Introduction to Computer Sciences
Introduction to Programming