Englischer MBA & MSc in Management

Degree programs offered in English at NUCB Business School include the MBA and MiM (MSc in Management) featuring both professional and international exchange students representing over 40 different nationalities, practitioner instructors with international business experience, and a dedicated administrative team to assist you during enrollment and post-graduation.

Located in the business and finance district of Nagoya at the Marunouchi Tower Campus, we welcome you to visit our campus and learn about how you can upgrade the skills you need to reach the next level in your career through the NUCB Business School!

The Master’s programs are designed for those who seek quality and flexibility to improve their skills for future employment and leadership opportunities. The aim of the program is to cultivate highly skilled professionals with a global mindset, a strong sense of ethics, and the ability to contribute positively to the international business community.

• Start of the program: September (Fall) / April (Spring)
• Duration: 1 year intensive full-time (MBA), 2 years full-time (MBA/MiM)
• Language of instruction: English
• For Admissions Requirements
• Minimum 3 years of full-time professional work experience after graduation (MBA only)
• Class size: Average 40
• Additional programs: Study abroad exchange , Double Degree Program
• Degree: MBA or MiM

English MBA & MIM

The NUCB Business School offers two paths of study depending on the background of the applicant at the time of enrollment. Applicants with over three years of professional experience enter onto the 1-year or 2-year full-time English MBA track. A two-year option for a Master of Science in Management (MIM) is also available for students who wish to undertake a double degree program or study abroad exchange with one of the NUCB Business School's overseas partner institutions. Many students who follow the two-year track continue to work in Japan while earning their Master's degree as a part-time MBA student with courses held on the weekend only. For applicants with less than three years of work experience, the school offers a two-year Master's with a different set of mandatory courses than the one-year Master's track held on weekdays.

Urban Business School

Located in downtown Nagoya, the Marunouchi Tower Campus boasts excellent access to the centers of both Asian business and Japanese culture. Many international organizations and financial institutions base their head offices in Nagoya, with entertainment and shopping districts well within walking distance. The NUCB Business School is dedicated to leveraging its location to attract top business professionals as well as faculty that exerts a strong global influence.

The First and Only Triple Crown Business School in Japan Accredited by AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS!

International accreditation organizations evaluate business schools based on over 100 criteria, gauge the institution's performance in terms of improvements made in the quality of its education and research, require schools to take action in developing plans for further improvement, and judge all aspects of the institution against top schools worldwide.

Our MBA is the only program in Japan to have earned all three major international accreditations for management schools (AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS) and has consistently been ranked first in Japan by QS and FT, the world's top MBA rankings. Our school uses the case method in all of its courses, with in-class discussions facilitated by experts in their fields. 80% of our faculty members are researchers with experience as practitioners who, by applying their knowledge gained from both practice and research in the classroom, deliver a program that provides students with learning directly related to their careers.

Nagoya University of Commerce & Business (NUCB) Business School is a private university located in the heart of the fourth most cosmopolitan area in Japan. It was established in 1953 and is the first and only Triple Crown Business School in Japan to be accredited by AACSB International, The Association of MBAs (AMBA) and EQUIS. NUCB BS is also a member of EFMD and received "four palmes" in the Eduniversal Official Selection 2018 with a #1 ranking in all degree programs in Japan. NUCB BS offers student exchanges, professorial exchanges, joint academic research, and joint degree programs depending on the prospective partners' programs.

History of The NUCB Business School

Yuichi Kurimoto was the first Japanese person to graduate from the University of Alberta's Faculty of Arts in 1930. Upon his return to Japan he recognized that education was mostly accessible to the elite, and so he championed the fight to make it available to the disenfranchised Japanese youth of the day. In 1935, he began a vocational institute called the 'Nagoya Railroad School', which was later followed by a high school and a junior college.

Always a visionary, Yuichi Kurimoto realized that the post-war economic and population boom in Japan would create a strong demand for an institution dedicated to business education. Thus, in 1953, Nagoya University of Commerce & Business (NUCB) was established.

Accreditation: NUCB Business School is the first and only Triple Crown Business School in Japan to be accredited by AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS!

The NUCB Business School proudly announces that it's the first and only MBA program in Japan to hold triple accreditation from AACSB International, The Association of MBAs (AMBA) and EQUIS. These hallmark of excellence awards bestowed by AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS cement NUCB's strategic initiative to be the best of the best among Business Schools in Japan and Asia. In this age of globalization, international recognition by such prestigious accrediting bodies as AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS signifies our continued commitment to maintaining quality assurance and preservation of the highest global standards.

The Nagoya University of Commerce and Business and the NUCB Business School are fully authorized by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology.

NUCB and AACSB International AACSB International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business is the professional association for college and university management education and the premier accrediting agency for bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs in business administration and accounting.

In 2002, the Nagoya University of Commerce and Business & NUCB Business School acquired AACSB International membership as only the third educational institution in Japan. NUCB has submitted the Self-Evaluation Report and achieved accreditation of its undergraduate and graduate programs in 2006.

NUCB Business School and AMBA The NUCB Business School is the first business school in Japan accredited by The Association of MBAs. AMBA accreditation applies only to the NUCB Business School's MBA and EMBA programs in Japanese; whereas, AACSB International approves both the undergraduate and the graduate programs.

NUCB Business School and EQUIS

On September 29, 2021, NUCB Business School was awarded European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) accreditation from the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), one of the largest international quality evaluation organizations for management education. Only educational and research institutions that demonstrate the highest possible quality in curricula and research activities throughout a rigorous review by a panel of esteemed expert examiners are eligible to become one of the few hundred (as of now 197 business schools worldwide) to earn EQUIS accreditation.

NUCB Business School and Eduniversal Eduniversal features the ranking voted by Deans from the universities and schools on the list of 1,000. NUCB has been selected as one of the best internationally known Business Schools by the Scientific Committee of Eduniversal.