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Nanzan University

Our University

FROM MODEST BEGINNINGS as a College of Foreign Languages in 1946, Nanzan took the small step to a single Faculty of Arts and Letters in 1949 and has since grown into a full−fledged university with a worldwide reputation for academic excellence. With the addition in April 2000 of the Faculty of Policy Studies and the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences and Information Engineering at the new campus at Seto, the University now has seven faculties.

Nanzan's commitment to research has also seen ignificant reinforcement in recent years. In April 2003, the Center for Linguistics was established, while the 2005 academic year saw the setting up of the Center for Research in Mathematical Sciences and Information Engineering as well as the amalgamation of the former area studies centers covering the regions of Australia and Asia to form the new Center for Asia−Pacific Studies. In April 2007, the Center for Legal Practice−Education and Research was established, so the University now has twelve centers dedicated to research, including three research institutes and four area studies centers.

Seto campus
Seto campus.

Committed to free inquiry and responsible scholarship, the University has the advantage of a low student−teacher ratio. Small classes and seminars provide an effective setting for interpersonal communication through which human dignity becomes a lived experience and an international outlook develops naturally. Undergraduate enrolment is presently limited to around 9,000, reflecting Nanzan's resistance to the mass−education approach.

Though ecumenical in the sense that the Christian faith is not a prerequisite for entry, Nanzan University still maintains its Catholic orientation. All students are required to study Christian thought, which constitutes an introduction to the culture and thought of the Western world. Far from being a Westernizing influence, though, these classes offer Japanese students a view of the outside world while enhancing their respect for their own culture.

The University Green and Pache Square in the springtime

The supranational atmosphere at Nanzan owes much to the large proportion of foreign−born and foreign−educated faculty members, beginning with Divine Word missionaries hailing from eleven different nations. Thus, the faculty is truly international in every sense of the word.

Graduate Program in Management


Graduate School of Business Administration
Director of the Graduate Program in Management
Professor
Yuuji Yumoto

Educational Philosophy and Goals

The Graduate School of Business Administration at Nanzan University, one of the oldest graduate programs of business administration in Japan, has turned out many capable scholars since its inception in 1972. In addition to researchers who have completed their doctoral courses (22 as of 2004), many students who have completed the program have gone on to build successful careers in local enterprises, contributing to the cultivation of various types of advanced scholarly professionals in the Chubu region - from researchers and entrepreneurs to technical workers and managerial officials. Furthermore, by welcoming international students from a variety of different regions of the world, we have contributed to the training and cultivation of capable professionals who benefit their home country overseas. Every year the Graduate School of Business Administration also receives a large number of candidates who are working adults, which is evidence that we are responding to an eagerness of individuals who want to theoretically organize cultivated experience that has been amassed in the real world.
Characteristics

The curriculum of the Graduate School of Business Administration is based on the western model of the MBA program, and includes studies in accounting, finance, organization, personnel affairs, marketing, management strategy, and international business. We are predicting that there will be a rise in demand for advanced professionals with proficient knowledge and skills from not only businesses, but from such nonprofit fields as administrative organizations, education, medicine, and nursing.
In order to accommodate a wide range of individuals coming from different backgrounds, there are several different examination methods available for entry into the program. These include general admission (review of documents, an essay, an English proficiency test, and an interview), working adult admission (review of documents, a report, and an oral examination), study-abroad admission for foreign students living abroad (review of documents), and admission upon recommendation (review of documents and interview; this option, however, is limited to Nanzan University students only).
source:-http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/English/grad/index.html