Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy

Infobox University|name = Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS)
大学院 国際企業戦略研究科


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established = 1998
type = Public
dean = Hirotaka Takeuchi
city = Tokyo
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country = Japan
campus = Urban
undergrad = No
postgrad = 180
faculty = 40
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website = [http://www.ics.hit-u.ac.jp/ www.ics.hit-u.ac.jp]

The nihongo|Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy|大学院 国際企業戦略研究科|Daigakuin Kokusai Kigyō Senryaku Kenkyūka, also known by an acronym ICS, is the graduate business school of Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan. It is also referred to as "Hitotsubashi ICS". ICS is the first "professional graduate school" (formerly "specialized graduate school") established in Japan. The school was organized in 1998, and admitted students in 2000.

ICS is housed in the National Center of Sciences and located at Kanda Campus, the birth place of Hitotsubashi University, Chiyoda, Tokyo.

Programs

ICS has three separate programs: International Business Strategy (MBA and DBA), Financial Strategy (MBA), and Business Law.

International Business Strategy

It is the first full-time MBA program offered by a Japanese national university taught entirely in English. The program is completed in between 10 and 22 months. The school enrolls approximately 50 full-time MBA students per year.

Financial Strategy

The school offers a part-time MBA degree, which is completed in two years. The program is taught in Japanese. The school enrolls approximately 40 part-time MBA students per year.

Business Law

The two-year law program is taught in Japanese. The school enrolls about 30 students per year.

Porter Prize

ICS serves as the organizing body for the Porter Prize, established in 2001 in honor of Michael E. Porter.

Partner schools

* Babson College
* London Business School
* The Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia
* The Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
* The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University
* UCLA Anderson School of Management
* University of Hawai'i at Manoa
* HEC School of Management
* Seoul National University
* The Chinese University of Hong Kong

External links

* [http://www.ics.hit-u.ac.jp/ Website (English)]
* [http://www.hit-u.ac.jp/index-e.html Hitotsubashi University Website (English)]
* [http://www.porterprize.org/english/index.html Porter Prize (English)]
* [http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_27/b3739101.htm Stars of Asia - Opinion Sharpers, July 2, 2001]
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0470820748/ Hitotsubashi on Knowledge Management]

References

* [http://www.hit-u.ac.jp/guide/organization/book_outline.html Hitotsubashi University Fact Book (Japanese and English)]