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Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration at Hokkaido University

The Foreign Exchange Student Program

Year after year, international exchange among researchers and students at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration is becoming increasingly active. Nearly 1% of the students in the Faculty of Economics have studied abroad or undertaken language training in a foreign country. Furthermore, Graduate School students are also active in visiting or studying at graduate schools overseas for research purposes.

As of the year 2005, Hokkaido University had signed an intercollegiate exchange agreement with 39 colleges in 13 countries. Some of these include agreements concerning exchange student and credit-transfer programs. The Graduate School has independently signed agreements with research institutions at six colleges in five countries.

In 2004, some of our students studied at Massachusetts University, Portland State University (USA), Goteborg University (Sweden), Strasbourg University (France), and Yonsei University (South Korea), through these exchange program.

The number of foreign students, undergraduate and graduate, studying at the Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration at Hokkaido University has been on the increase. Students come from many different countries and, in terms of both research and campus life, the Graduate School has become a venue of international exchange.

APU, course, Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration, Innovation & Technology Management, MBA, Hokkaido University,

Undergraduate Course (2 Departments: 5 Subjects)
1. Economics (3 Subjects)
Economic Theory
Economic History
Applied Economics
2. Business Administration (2 Subjects)
Business Administration
Management Information

Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration at Hokkaido University

Graduate school (2 Majors: 5 Chairs)
1. Modern Economics and Business Administration Major (4 Chairs)
Economic Analysis
Social and Historical Economics
Economic Policy
Management Analysis

2. Accounting Information Major (1 Chair)
Accounting Information

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

Below is an introduction to the admissions requirements for applying to APU Graduate Schools. For detailed admissions requirements, please refer to the following pages:
Requirements for the Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies
Requirements for the Graduate School of Management

When reviewing applications, the university’s Admissions Committee considers past academic performance, work and life experience, intellectual ability and other non-quantifiable qualities, such as motivation, self-confidence, leadership, and the ability to cooperate with others.
Any kind of professional or extracurricular leadership experience, especially if international in nature, is highly regarded.

As a guide, to be eligible to apply for our Master’s degrees you should have
good English language skills
completed an undergraduate bachelor’s degree or equivalent from a recognized institution

MBA applicants are recommended but not required to have
3 years of relevant full-time working experience
a GMAT test score of over 500

PhD applicants are ALSO required to have
completed a Master’s degree or equivalent from a recognized institution
undergo pre-screening

Graduate School of Management at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU)
Investment and Security Analysis
Topics addressed in this course will include the structure and operation of securities markets, the relationship between security value and the macro-investment environment, and investment policies for individual and institutional investors. Patterns of risk and return will also be presented, together with methods for valuation of investment products.

Graduate School of Management at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU)
Financial Engineering and Risk Management
An exploration of the concept of risk, its influence on economic decision making in the corporate setting, and processes for managing risk will be presented. Derivative theory will be introduced through examination of futures and options. Issues in risk diversification will also be presented.

Project Management
Faced with emerging challenges and opportunities, organizations launch projects to formulate and implement responses. Such responses often occur as product innovation, process innovation, or other forms of acquiring new organizational capabilities. More generally, projects are a means of managing transition, particularly of a discontinuous nature. This course will examine concepts, techniques and perspectives of project management, with focus on product innovation and IT-driven, large-scale process innovation. The course will also give an overview of the Project Management Framework developed by the Project Management Institute.

Mobile Business Strategies
The Internet and the World Wide Web are changing rapidly in terms of intelligence, interactivity, and the mobility of the applications. Developments in the mobility dimension allow many users to connect to the internet through mobile phones, PDAs and other mobile devices. Starting from mobile commerce technologies, services and business models, the course moves into developing strategies for enterprise-wide businesses. It presents developments on the web in terms of mobility, covering topics such as mobile Internet technologies and businesses, m-business value chain and business models, privacy, security and mobile payment issues and how these can be used for mobile-Internet enabled businesses. At the end of this course, students will be equipped with knowledge of mobile internet technologies and how strategies can be developed for successful mobile businesses.

Principles of Management

In today’s environment, organizations are faced with high levels of international competition. They are looking for competent managers who show both the analytic skills and the interpersonal skills and knowledge necessary to successfully manage a diverse work force in complex environments. The purpose of this course is to assist you in acquiring such skills and knowledge by providing you with the framework and tools needed to manage, analyze, and lead the organization of the future. In this course, we will focus on “human behavior and management in organizations”, which is one of the key elements to understanding organizational management. The course applies knowledge from the study of organizational behavior to examination of some of the futures that are supposed to characterize the emerging “new” organizational form.