Meiji University

About our school

Our aim at the School of Business Administration is to produce graduates with well-rounded general learning in addition to expertise in their fields. To that end, we offer a wide variety of subjects so as to instill our “well-rounded experts,” as it were, with compassion and global-mindedness to pursue a richer and more varied lifestyle. Put simply, we hope that these will be the people to spearhead the creation of Japan as a fully internationalized nation that is as righteous and virtuous as it is prosperous.

In order to achieve those lofty goals, students of the School of Business Administration are required to take a large number of general education and language courses. Specialist subjects, meanwhile, are taught in three discrete departments to enable students to delve more deeply into their chosen fields: the Department of Business Administration, the Department of Accounting and the Department of Public Management.

We also offer an International Business Program, which sends students overseas for a month or so for intensive study of languages and business subjects. What is more, internships and field study programs offer ample practical learning opportunities for the students.

In their first and second years, students focus mainly on general education subjects and languages, but business administration, book keeping and other compulsory specialist subjects are also covered, as are courses required in all three departments such as management psychology. Once they reach the third and fourth years, students shift their focus to specialist subjects with some language learning in the form of subscriptions to overseas publications.

All students sit the TOEIC and TOEFL tests as a means of improving their English abilities. Students are expected to achieve a TOEIC score of at least 600 by the time they graduate. Meanwhile, the school also provides classes to help raise students’ report and dissertation writing abilities.

In addition, we hold practical exercise-based “seminar” courses in more than sixty subjects. Almost all students enroll in some seminars, which offer intensive study and small student-tutor ratios, and which students attend with their classmates and faculty. Seminar camps and parties are common, and provide wonderful opportunities for students to forge friendships that will last a lifetime.

Established in 1953, the Meiji University School of Business Administration was the first of its kind among privately-owned colleges. As we contemplate our 60th birthday in 2013, we take immense pride in the success of our alumni who have made rewarding careers in the private sector (at for-profit and non-profit organizations) and government institutions, as well as in such specialized occupations as certified public accountants and tax accountants.

Equally impressive are the graduates who progress to the Graduate School of Business Administration and other post-graduate schools to pursue ever higher levels of expertise through master’s degrees and doctorates, with many going on to stellar careers as university lecturers and researchers.

Indeed, it is our mission to provide broad-ranging education so as to develop our students into competent adults with the potential to make a valuable contribution to society.