• Overview of the Graduate Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies
• Learning Management Studies / Getting your MBAs
• Faculty
• Partner Universities & International Students
• Regarding Living Accommodations & Scholarships
• Employment Results & Application Eligibility

• （1）Field of study: Management (This Institute is a business school where students can gain a wide range of basic to specialized knowledge pertaining to management and management know-how)
• （2）Graduate Course Name of Major: Graduate Course of Entrepreneurship・Professional Degree Program
• （3）Program: Professional Degree Program
• （4）Degree granted: MBA/Master of Business Administration (Professional career)
• （5）Location: 3-1-46 Yoneyama, Chuo-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata, Japan
• （6）Standard years required for completion: 2
• （7）Student capacity: 80

• （1）Entrepreneurs
• （2）Those belonging to a company aiming to start new ventures/make a change
• （3）Corporate managers/those with corporate managing positions
• （4）Business successors of companies
• （5）Successful future global business leaders

The Graduate Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies is an institute which offers practical knowledge and professional expertise in business administration. Students learn comprehensive theories about "management strategies”, “marketing", "financing”, “organizational management" etc., while also studying topics that are actually emerging in today's business world, directly from professors with business backgrounds.

Courses will be conducted through lectures, question-and-answer sessions, discussions, presentations, etc., and vary depending on the nature of each course. Grading is based on daily participation in the classroom, assigned reports, and the student's performance in the final exam.

One of the merits of enrolling in our Institute is the drafting of a business plan. The truly distinctive feature of this Institute is that students get to produce not only a Master's thesis but also a Business Plan in the course of their studies in management knowhow. The knowledge gained while planning and drawing up a business plan can be utilized in the future when starting up one's own business as an entrepreneur, or when making new business expansion proposals at the company one belongs to. All instructions toward these goals are conducted in a small-classroom seminar format, and are headed by experienced business practitioners who will teach students practical skills.

At our Institute, besides our Japanese students, we also welcome international students from all over the world. Many of our Japanese students are at the forefront of business, working with various companies and industries while attending our Institute. Through Japanese students and international students learning together, a mutual learning process is created that involves the exchange of information and experiences—one that will, in the future, create a global network and become a valuable asset.

Depending on the students' country of origin, graduation dates for universities vary. At our Institute, we have set up two different enrollment opportunities (spring enrollment or fall enrollment) in order to adjust the application process with respect to international students' graduation times.

• PC literacy

  Learn the basics of Excel, as well as the concepts necessary to handle major functions, analytical tools, and statistics

• Basics of bookkeeping/accounting

  Learn about sales cost calculation and how to evaluate inventories, the contents of which are equivalent to the Official Business Skill Test in Bookkeeping 3rd Grade

• Japanese language class

  To help you pass the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT). level N1 or higher, and to help you master conversational skills, enabling you to follow lectures

• Special lectures

  Well-known academics and managers from diverse industries deliver special lectures as guest lecturers

• Career Support Office / free employment service

  We collect recruitment information from across Japan, and introduce you to employment or internship opportunities

MBA is an acronym for 'Master of Business Administration' and through its courses students will systematically learn themes pertaining to management for organizations such as people resources, products/services, money, and information technology

At the Institute, MBA (Professional career) will be awarded to students who have earned both the 34 or more credits from designated subjects necessary for completion and created a feasible business plan approved by internal review.

The number of Universities that enter into a partnership with our Institute is growing every year. Aside from regions in Asia such as China and the ASEAN members, we have developed partnerships with locations in European countries including Italy and Hungary, as well as locations in Russia's Far East. Our plans are to accept outstanding students from more and more new locations around the globe.

For international students who are coming to Japan for the first time, or for students who are moving to Niigata from different prefectures in Japan, we helps them find suitable apartments at an affordable cost. We have many property suggestions from real estate agents working with our Institute, who can provide safe and reliable housing options.

＜1-person Residence＞[Rent] 34,000 yen/month per person About 20 minutes on foot to the Institute/ About 10 minutes by bicycle to the Institute

Nadia Dyah Prawita

From Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Indonesia (Enrolled in April 2019)

＜2-person Residence＞[Rent] 28,000 yen/month per person About 15 minutes on foot to the Institute/ About 7 minutes by bicycle to the Institute

Chen Chang

From Zhejiang Yuexiu Foreign Language College, China (Enrolling in April 2019)

Chen Ziying

From Nanfang College of Sun Yat-sen University, China (Enrolling in April 2019)

As the Graduate Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies is a seven-minute walk from Niigata Station, in the center of the city, our students can easily find part-time work. Most of our students are engaged in restaurant service/ office work, among others, alongside their studies.

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  Spring in Niigata is blessed not only with cherry blossoms, which are a symbol of the season, but with beautiful tulips. Niigata boasts the number one shipping volume of tulips in Japan.

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  Enjoy the ocean view in Niigata, Japan’s biggest city on the coast of the Sea of Japan. The grace of the sun will shine upon you, along with the refreshing summer breeze.

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  Autumn in Niigata is heralded by the breathtaking fall colors in countless shades of red and yellow.

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  Autumn in Niigata is heralded by the breathtaking fall colors in countless shades of red and yellow.

Our Institute offers a tuition exemption/reduction system to give financial aid for international students who have educational goals that are in line with our founding principles, and who have shown themselves to have outstanding character and dear goals after attaining of their MBAs.

Regular fees (including entrance fee)
●Tuition fee : 3,000,000 yen

International students' fees (including entrance fee)
●Tuition up to 1.4 million yen reduction

※Scholarship amounts and terms may vary by year and enrollment semester.

Granted the Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation Scholarship

Nay New Nyein Thu

From Yangon University of Foreign Languages, Myanmar (Enrolled in April 2019)

Granted the Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation Scholarship

Vann Chanthy

From Royal University of Phnom Penn, Cambodia (Enrolled in April 2020)

Granted Hashiya Foundation Scholarship

Maulida Purwanti

From Mahasaraswati University of Denpasar, Indonesia (Enrolled in April 2019)

The Institute actively supports students to set up businesses through such facilities as special courses for entrepreneurs and an entrepreneurial preparation office on campus. Our Institute offers a "Career Support Office" and a "free Career Recommendation Center" to support our international students who wish to be employed and actively look for work in Japan. We are also strengthening our employment guidance efforts by collecting information not only in Niigata but also throughout Japan, and promoting the introduction of employment opportunities and internships through individual interviews with international students. We have been developing on job offers from Japanese companies that have made business expansion into the country of the students' origin.

President and CEO, ACE Co. Ltd.

Nguyen Duy Tuan

From Foreign Trade University, Vietnam (Acquired MBA in March 2012)

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Dody Afrizal

From Mahasaraswati University of Denpasar, Indonesia (Acquired MBA in March 2019)

Cam Realty Service

Oeurn Theara

From Cambodian Mekong University, Cambodia (Acquired MBA in March 2019)

Tele Park Co., Ltd.

Luvsanjav Naranzul

From Soyol Erdem University, Mongolia (Acquired MBA in September 2019)

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.

Zhang Xin

From Hainan University, China (Acquired MBA in March 2020)

Niigata Kubota Co., Ltd.

Baubekkyzy Zhansaya

From Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Graduate School, Kazakhstan (Acquired MBA in March 2020)

Konoike Transportation Co., Ltd.

Hoang Thi Hanh Le

From Hanoi University Graduate School, Vietnam (Acquired MBA in September 2019)

Barilla Japan Co., Ltd.

Rotini Fe deric a

From University of Turin Graduate School, Italy (Acquired MBA in September 2019)

HIS Co., Ltd.

Rajadhyaksha Shalmali Shailesh

From Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, India (Acquired MBA in September 2019)

BOT Lease Co., Ltd (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group)

Hoàng Thế Hưng

From Foreign Trade University, Vietnam(Acquired MBA in March 2017)

Consulate-General of the Republic of Korea in Niigata

Han Jisoo

From Wonkwang University, Republic of Korea(Acquired MBA in March 2015)

Hoshino Resorts

Duong Thu Hae

From Hanoi University, Vietnam(Acquired MBA in March 2019)

Applicants who meet all the following qualifications under (1) and (2) are eligible to apply.

• (1) Obtained Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) N2 or above, or equivalent to 220+ points in the Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU), Japanese as a Foreign Language subject test (excluding the writing test)
• (2) Fall under either of the following:
  • ① Must have graduated and received a bachelor's degree or other equivalent degree (recipients of a 3-year university degree from China, a specialized course, are not eligible).
  • ② Must be at least 22 years of age, and at the time of application have at least 2 years of practical experience at companies/organizations, etc.

※Graduates from schools with an exchange agreement or designated schools, who do not or cannot receive a recommendation for examination as a selected candidate, will take a Task-based test instead of a Written exam.

35,000JPY

• 1)Overseas entrance exams: At locations designated by the institute (partner universities, or public facilities, hotels or convention centers at its country of origin) , or directly by Internet link with the Institute.
• 2)Entrance exams in Japan: Take place at the Institute or location designated by the Institute.

There is easy access to Niigata city where the Institute is located, by using the airport or the Shinkansen from Tokyo or other metropolitan areas.