Master in Strategic Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Alliance Management Initiatives (SESAMI)

For the academic year of 2017, the SESAMI Master’s program starts in October and can be completed in one and a half years (i.e., in March in the year after the next). During the first 12 months of the program (i.e., two semesters from October 1 to March 30 and from April 1 to September 30), a series of intensive courses are taught all in English by professors of Kobe University and of those affiliated with universities and research organizations overseas. In principle, each student must take all the courses offered in the first 12 months. Each one-credit course corresponds to 12 contact hours and will be offered in a one-week period. Each two-credit course corresponds to 22.5 contact hours over two weeks.

As the first business administration school in Japan, The Graduate School of Business Administration holds an important position in academia and has a distinct history. Since its foundation, our philosophy has been “theory and practice should go together.” Under this philosophy, we seek to serve industries and society by making the research outcomes of management studies available. Open discussion and interactions between academia and business practitioners are encouraged.

We offer a Ph.D. course, an MBA course, and an undergraduate course, which allow students to pursue their own goals. In 2013, Strategic Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Alliance Management Initiatives (SESAMI) was introduced as an educational program to provide a more international environment for Master's and Ph.D. courses. In addition, we started international doctoral programs in collaboration with overseas universities (IDPs) in 2017. We have established global links with world-leading universities and developed student exchange programs. Kobe International Business Education and Research (KIBER) is one of our successful programs that allow undergraduate students to access global networks.