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Master Program

Starting from the 2007 academic year, prospective candidates who have successfully passed the preliminary examination by the Japanese Embassy/Consulate are required to obtain a letter of acceptance from their potential supervisors (please see more details here)

The Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, offers a 2-year master program, leading to the degree MA in Economics. Teaching and supervision are conducted in Japanese. Only a limited number of courses are taught in English.

Within the master program, there are two subprograms as follows:
(1) Economics subprogram (in Japanese, “Hakase course”)
(2) Business/ Management subprogram (in Japanese, “Business Kagaku course”)

The main difference between these subprograms is that students who have successfully completed the Economics subprogram receive an automatic admission to the PhD program. Students who have successfully completed the Business subprogram and wish to be admitted to the PhD program must pass the entrance exams. Please note also that students who have successfully completed the Business subprogram receive the degree MA in Economics, not MBA.

If you wish the application package (in Japanese) to be sent to you, please write a letter to the following address and enclose the amount of International Reply Coupons required to send a 300 grams package by air mail and a self-addressed envelope (size 240 x 332 mm, containing your name and full address).

The amount of International Reply Coupons (IRCs) you should enclose varies according to where you are based.

If you live in
Asia ….: 6 (six) IRCs
Oceania …..: 8 (eight) IRCs
Africa ……: 10 (ten) IRCs

Huazhong University of Science & Technology

Business Administration

The instruction program attends to improve the quality of the master education and strengthen the standardized management of master educating program. Approved by the School of Graduate, this program is designed for Enterprise Administration, Technical Economics and Management and Accounting as the first-grade discipline.

I. Educational Objectives
This master program aims to train the students to:
1 build up solid theoretical foundations and have systematic professional knowledge, to master a foreign language and be able to read professional materials and write in this language fluently.
2 have a scientific attitude and style in pursuit of precise and truth, to have aspirations after the truth and innovations and good ethics for scientific research, and also to qualify the students with the ability to do the research independently;
3 be skillful in the application of the computer and information technology to resolve the problems in one’s own subject and have new ideas.
4 be qualified to teaching, research and relative management and research work in one’s own subject and closely-related subjects.
II. Research Fields
1. Corporate Finance
2. Marketing Management
3. Human Resource Management
4. Enterprise Strategy Management
5. Corporate Governance
6. Financial Engineering
7. Finance and Taxes Engineering
8. Technological Innovation Management
9. Technological Strategy and Policy
10.Accounting

III. Length of Schooling and Credits
Two or three years’ study is usually required for full time master candidates. Excellent students are encouraged to finish their studies earlier.
Total credits ≥ 43, covering course credits ≥ 28 and research credits ≥ 15

IV. Additional Requirements for Thesis
1 The candidates must publish research papers closely related to the content of the thesis in designated journals before the thesis defending.
2 For those who apply for defending thesis earlier, they must hand in two published research papers, with one in the important journals and the other in core journals. Approved by supervisor and dean who takes charge of such matters, the candidate can defend his/her thesis.