NUCB Business School

The school’s mission is to educate innovative and ethical leaders who possess a ʻfrontier spiritʼ and to create knowledge that advances business and society, and to give students the ability to bridge the gap between New Asia and the rest of the world.[1]

NUCB Business School was established in 1990 and launched graduate-level degree programs to develop skilled and innovative business managers. In 2003 the school launched the first Executive MBA program in Japan.[2]

• 1990 - NUCB Business School founded to provide graduate-level management education
• 2000 - One-year evening MBA program in Information Technology Management launched
• 2003 - Two-year Executive MBA launched
• 2004 - Two-year M.Sc. in taxation launched
• 2005 - Tokyo campus opened
• 2005 - Two-year Master in Management (English-track) launched
• 2005 - Center for Strategic Management established
• 2006 - The school becomes the second institution in Japan to be accredited by Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International
• 2007 - Osaka campus opened
• 2009 - The school becomes the first institution in Japan to be accredited by the Association of MBAs
• 2009 - Membership of Association of Asia-Pacific Business School
• 2011 - Non-degree executive education launched
• 2011 - Membership of Principle for Responsible Management Education
• 2011 - Asia Pacific Case Center established
• 2012 - Membership of Executive MBA Council
• 2013 - International Advisory Board established
• 2013 - Two-year MBA in entrepreneurship launched
• 2015 - Nagoya Marunouchi campus opened
• 2015 - Center for Family Business established
• 2017 - Healthcare MBA track established
• 2018 - Center for Case Method established
• 2018 - Hosted the Case Method Seminar by Harvard Business Publishing
• 2019 - Case Center Japan established
• 2019 - Women's Leadership Program established
• 2020 - The Certificate in Leadership Development (CLD) established as a leadership development program with courses in areas such as medical pharmaceutics, digital transformation, enterprise initiatives, and executive management.

• Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business AACSB
• Association of MBAs AMBA

• Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools
• European Foundation for Management Development
• Executive MBA Council
• Principles for Responsible Management Education

• Japan Institution of Higher Education Evaluation

NUCB Business School offers a Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology BP Accredited part-time Executive MBA program, a part-time MBA in innovation and entrepreneurship, and a part-time MSc in taxation as well as a full-time and a part-time Masters in Management program.

• Financial Times ranking 2018[3]

• QS ranking 2021[4][5]

The school expanded into Tokyo in 2005 and then in Osaka in 2007. The Tokyo Marunouchi campus is located one minute away from the Japan Railways Tokyo Station. The Osaka satellite campus originally occupied space in Umeda but was later moved to the Grand Front Osaka in Umekita which is also one minute away from the city's major Japan Railways train station. Both satellite campuses were chosen for their location in commercial and finance districts for their proximity to major train stations.

• Nagoya Marunouchi
• Tokyo Marunouchi
• Osaka Umekita

• Executive MBA
• Master of Business Administration
• Master of Business Administration(English)
• Master of Science in Management (English)
• Master of Science in Accounting & Taxation

• MBA Essentials
• Pre-MBA (certificate)

The school offers an English-taught exchange program and double degree program. Involving over fifty different business courses from full-time faculty as well as guest professors from its partner schools, the program utilizes the case method to facilitate the exchange of diverse student backgrounds and perspectives. Exchange students can enroll for as short as two months following the four-term academic year schedule. This is designed to allow students on an exchange program to not only study but travel across Japan for a well-rounded study abroad experience. The double degree program requires that students spend one year at the school and one year at one of their 100+ partner schools.

As of 2018, the school had standing academic and student exchange agreements with 113 global partner institutions for post-graduate faculty exchange and student exchange. Schools with the asterisk (*) denote listed double degree partners.[6]