Kobe University MBA Profile

Kobe University
神戸大学

Emblem of Kobe University

MottoNone
Established1949
TypePublic (National)
EndowmentUS$226 million
(JP¥25,952 million)
PresidentTomoyuki Nogami
Faculty1,436
Staff1,241
Undergraduates11,887
Postgraduates4,957
LocationKobe, Hyogo, Japan
NicknameNone
MascotNone
Websitehttp://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/
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Kobe University (神戸大学, Kōbe daigaku?), also known in the Kansai region as Shindai (神大, Shindai?), is a leading national university located in Kobe, Japan.

It was established in 1949, and comprises nine graduate schools and eleven faculties. The university holds a total of about 15,000 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs. As Kobe is an extremely cosmopolitan city, the institution welcomes oversea students, which accounted for a total of 963 students, as of 2005. It also counts with 2,800 staff members, including professors, associate professors and administrative officials.

Located beside the foothills of lush green of Mount Rokko, the university provides a splendid view to the city and port of Kobe, providing a serene and ideal environment for the pursuit of academic studies, especially social science areas. Kobe University is one of the oldest and largest national universities in Japan.

The academic origins of Kobe University trace back to the establishment of Kobe Higher Commercial School in 1902, which was renamed as Kobe University of Commerce, and Kobe University of Economics.

Unique Features,Benefits: Kobe Higher Commercial School was one of the oldest institution with business and economics majors in Japan. Especially, the Graduate School of Economics benefits fully from a century of the history and the tradition. Kobe is also the first collegiate business school in Japan. Therefore, Kobe is called the birth place of Japanese higher education in economics and business administration, and it has always been the center of Japanese business studies.

Furthermore, the Graduate School of Law was also established with the legal studies section of the former Kobe University of Economics. It become a leading institution of high academic institution in the field of legal and political studies, it has been successful in becoming a reputable academic center.

The Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration,founded in 1919,has a history as a high-level research institution for international economics and international management. The Institute has been highly regarded internationally for its outstanding achievements in theoretical, historical, empirical, and quantitative research.

In 1990 they made new changes as one of the major universities specializing in graduate research and education. Under the Japanese Ministry of Education and Science, it has started a new Core of Excellence (COE) projects, the "Research and Education Center of New Japanese Economic Paradigms", "Development and Education Center for Advanced Business Systems", and "Research Center for Dynamic Legal Processes of Advanced Market Societies".



 

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