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HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL

Hitotsubashi University has inherited the traditions of Japan’s oldest business school, the Commercial Training School (Shōhō-Kōshūjo), which was established in 1875. The Commercial Training School underwent several name changes, from the Tokyo Commercial School in 1884, to the Higher Commercial School in 1887, to the Tokyo Higher Commercial School in 1902, and again to the Tokyo University of Commerce in 1920. During that time, it expanded its purview from commerce and management to encompass a wide range of academic disciplines including economics, law, and social sciences.

In 1949, the Tokyo University of Commerce changed its name to Hitotsubashi University, and today the university has five schools: the Faculty of Commerce and Management, the Faculty of Economics, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Social Sciences, and the Faculty of Social Data Science.

In 2018, the Hitotsubashi University Business School (HUB) was created through restructuring and consolidation of the existing graduate school programs. The new business school comprises two schools: the SBA (the School of Business Administration), which provides Japanese programs, and the ICS (the School of International Corporate Strategy), which provides English programs. The new SBA offers three MBA programs (the Business Administration Program, the Business Analysis Program, and the Financial Strategy Program) and three researcher training courses (master’s and doctoral courses at Kunitachi Campus, a doctoral course in the Financial Strategy Program at Chiyoda Campus, and a doctoral course in the Innovation Management Program), with a variety of curricula and a broad range of learning opportunities, including both daytime and evening classes.

Together, the Faculty of Commerce and Management and Graduate School of Commerce and Management constitute a single Business Academic Unit (BAU) responsible for undergraduate and graduate education respectively.

We defined the mission statement aiming at providing high-quality education programs. Our students as well as academic staff understand what the statement means as a shared value to pursue.

“Captains of Industry” represent leaders in the business world. Hitotsubashi University, since its founding, has produced numerous distinguished professionals. It remains committed to the mission. For further details of the mission statement, please see below.