MBA Online

Graduate School of Business Sciences at University of Tsukuba

Requirements and Degrees

Students are awarded a Master’s degree (in Business Administration or Systems Management) when they have taken thirty or more credits including specialized subjects within the standard course, submitted a Master’s thesis following to necessary guidance to thesis research, and passed the thesis review and final examination.

The course can be completed at the end of any term (March, July, or November) so that each student can make a learning plan based on his or her business and personal life, and complete the course whenever they have achieved a research outcome. Note that students cannot be in school longer than four years.

Graduate School of Business Sciences at University of Tsukuba
Business Informatics (BI)

This program fosters human resources who are equipped with a broad basic knowledge of IT, the business environment, and management, and who are engaged in such tasks as planning new businesses using IT, or envisaging, design, order, and development of information systems. These include professionals capable of planning a new marketing technique using the World Wide Web and other Internet technologies or identifying business needs for different information systems in order to design and evaluate systems that meet those needs.
To this end, students learn basic knowledge in overall information processing technologies and then acquire specialized knowledge in areas such as information security, information search, data mining, and software development.
[Example Research Subjects]
Research on Extraction of Knowledge from Free-Form Descriptive Data in Customer Satisfaction Survey
Research on an Efficient Use of Analyst Information Using Text Mining
Research on the Method of Configuring an Administrative Agency Website Automatic Update System
Research on Software Documentation for Estimating the Development Scale
Correlation Between Information System Implementation Method and Organizational Form
Proposal of Web Browse Information Reuse and Search Interface
Proposition for a User-Oriented System Requirements Definition Method Using Visual Representation
Development of a Programming Language and Environment Specializing in Game Description
Development of Trade Finance EDI Gateway Server System and Demonstration of the Effects of its Implementation
Correlation between IT Strategy and Business Performance in the Banking Business
Value Map-Driven Method of Evaluating Information Systems
Empirical Research on a Process Integration Model for the Financial Business

Graduate School of Business Sciences at University of Tsukuba
Operations Management (OM)

By using quantitative analysis techniques such as statistical analysis and optimization, this program seeks to nurture professionals capable to conduct the evaluation, analysis, and decision-making processes which are necessary for business or the implementation of business operations management. Quantitative analysis techniques include theories such as data collection and analysis, evaluation, prediction, decision-making, and model analysis, as well as methods for applying these theories and techniques to problem solving. For business operations, students can learn management theories and practices in several business areas, such as production management, logistics, quality management, and risk management. By either focusing on one of these two subjects or balancing both (depending on their research or interests), students can systematically understand comprehensive business processes from planning to implementation.
[Example Research Subjects]
Econometric Analytic Analysis Approach to the Correlation Between Management and IT
Inference Concerning Missing Items from Panel Data Using Covariance Structure Analysis
Research on Multipurpose Network Planning Problems with Different Types of Objective Functions
Research on an Intellectual Property (IP) Valuation Model in the Semiconductor Industry
Development of a Project Valuation Method for Pharmaceutical R&D
Research on Urban Infrastructure Improvements Using the TIF
Research on a Shopping Center Launch Plan from the Developer’s Perspective
Building a Continuous Connection Internet Service Provider Migration Model
Application of the Systems Approach to IT System Security Management
Proposal of Measures for Improving the Organizational Capacity to Address Medical Risks

Graduate School of Business Sciences at University of Tsukuba

Finance & Accounting (FA)

Efficient asset management requires knowledge of finance and accounting. This program combines finance and accounting theories with knowledge of associated areas, helping students develop the ability to not only make effective investment decisions and manage risks as needed by businesses, but to explore solutions from a broader perspective. It is designed for finance and accounting professionals involved in the financial business, or those in other industries who require knowledge of these areas. Students learn basic theories consistent with actual business problem awareness concerning practical and critical subjects in capital market analysis, asset pricing, investment decision-making, and other areas, broadening their knowledge through the study of specialized subjects and ultimately acquiring the ability to provide solutions for business issues.
[Example Research Subjects]
Quantification of Credit Risk Using a Structural Model and its Application to Investment in Bonds
Estimation of Rating Transition Probability and Quantification of Credit Risk in Consideration of Variation in ROI
Optimal Stock Split Trading Strategies in Consideration of Opportunity Costs
Corporate Valuation and Stock Investment Using the Cash Flow Analysis
Credit Risk Assessment Model Considering Rating Transition
Development of Credit Evaluation Method Based on a Bankruptcy Prediction Model
Research on the Development of a “Balanced Scorecard” in the Financial Business
Research on the Formulation of Policy Asset Allocation Considering the Multiperiod Structure of Pension Funds
Optimal Portfolio Strategy for Pension Investment with Interest Guarantee and Dividend Distribution
Research on the Effectiveness of Financial Asset Market Price Information and Comprehensive Income-Based Performance Reports

Graduate School of Business Sciences at University of Tsukuba

Marketing & Strategic Management (MS)

This program aims to have students identify business issues by themselves, systematically analyze them based on available data and logics in order to derive solutions, and apply the analyses to business. To meet this goal, Marketing students learn an approach to understanding the market structure and marketing process from a scientific viewpoint in order to analyze the factors required for sustained expansion of businesses from several perspectives. In the Strategic Management category, students are taught a theoretical and empirical analysis approach to organizational and strategic patterns enabling high performance in such corporate behaviors as business strategy, organizational innovation, R&D, product development, innovation, human resource development, and human resource management (HRM). Students are expected to enhance their ability to discover and resolve business issues by acquiring a broader knowledge of associated disciplines while placing importance on their specialty.
[Example Research Subjects]
Environmental Awareness of Japanese, U.S. and European Consumers, and Marketing Strategy
Analysis of the Creative Effects of TV Advertising
Roles of Customer Retention and Accounts for Settlement in the Retail Banking Sector
Research on the Communication Effects of Opt-In Mails
Research on a Chain of Innovative Leadership
Impacts of Career-Mindedness and Career Network on Career Choices
Construction of an Intensive Adaptive Strategy Model - Through an Analysis of EDA and the Semiconductor Industry
Success Factors for Alliances for Technology Development among General Contractors
Product Development in the Early Period of the Plasma TV Industry
Research on the Growth Process of Startup Technology Companies