Exchanges with overseas business schools
In recent years, as of 2023, Aoyama Business School (ABS) has had exchange opportunities with the following
overseas business schools:
Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University (USA)
Emlyon Business School (France)
Copenhagen Business School (Denmark)State University of New York (USA)Thammasat University (Thailand)
Universiti Malaya (Malaysia)
Appalachian State University (USA)Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italy)
Thammasat Business School, Thammasat University (Thailand)
USIM Business School (Malaysia)
Universiti Malaya (Malaysia)
Thammasat Business School, Thammasat University (Thailand)
Bentley University (USA)
Appalachian State University (USA)
Kasetsart University (Thailand)
Singapore Management University (Singapore)

Message from the Dean

To prospective Aoyama Business School students*

Key partner schools
Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University (USA)Thammasat Business School, Thammasat University (Thailand)
Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya (Malaysia)
USIM Business School (Malaysia)

Welcome to the Aoyama Business School. The core of our
mission is to foster you as creative leaders who fulﬁll their social
responsibility and serve as global citizens, and to develop aprosperous future through our leading research activities.

Our unique curriculum, culture, history, and location in
Aoyama, Tokyo - the world’s trendiest city - combine to provide alearning experience that will have a profound impact on your life.
The main feature of our program is that you will be able toexperience your own personal change through the trinity of thecompulsory, elective and Aoyama Action Learning modules.
Our global academic network is steadily expanding, whichfacilitates the international learning experience for students. We
also continue to focus on SDGs/ESG-related research andeducation to support not only our students, but also for alumni,
local businesses, and society. Through our shared cooperation,
we strive to enhance the student practical learning experience.

ContactGraduate School of International Management
Aoyama Gakuin University

4-4-25 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-8366, Japan
Telephone: (+81) 3-3409-8025 (main line) Email: abs@aoyamagakuin.jp

https://www.aoyamabs.jp/eng/index.html (English Version)

All that remains is for you to join our community and have thebest time of your life in Tokyo. I hope that you will join ourcommunity of life-long learners.

* Aoyama Business School is also known as the Graduate School of International Management,
Aoyama Gakuin University.

Dean of the Graduate
School ofInternationalManagement

Mission

MBA Program

Aoyama Business School (ABS) fosters creative leaders who fulﬁll their potential as global citizens, and develops
a prosperous future through its leading research activities.

ABS cultivates managers who make decisions based on
independent thinking and analysis. It has a curriculum based on
global standards, a systematic, integrated, practical learning
system, and modules that incorporate leading businessresearch. We ceaselessly improve our program to stay abreastof international trends and needs. Our curriculum combines
acquiring specialized expertise, synthesizing cross-functional
knowledge, and studying and practicing methodology.
Cutting-edge researchers and instructors with rich professional
experience teach our modules. They incorporate the latest
business theories and issues to bring rich theoreticalunderstanding and practical business knowledge.

The cornerstone of Aoyama Business Schoolis the Master's Course in International Business,
established in April 1990. It was the ﬁrst private
university graduate-level program in Japanconsisting of evening modules for businesspeople.
Aoyama Business School also established its
5-year doctoral program in April 2006 tocultivate practical researchers.

Aoyama Action Learning Modules
Aoyama Business School's MBA oﬀers the modules below to hone the knowledge gained earlier in the program.
Each module is developed in collaboration with overseas business schools or industry.
*The content is current as of the creation of this page.
Groups of four or ﬁve students manage virtual wristwatch
companies for a simulated three-year period. They compete
against rivals composed of MBA students in schools such as
Carnegie Mellon University.

In this module, student teams create new business projectplans based on their own ideas. They cultivate skills for startingup venture businesses (including internal startups) in the nearfuture.

This module trains professionals in investor relations (IR),shareholder relations (SR), and sustainability management.
Managers, oﬃcers, and leading scholars in these areas conduct
each session. Topics include IR, SR, sustainable ﬁnance, ESG
investment, executive compensations, corporate governance, anddirectors’ meetings.

Students will prepare analyst reports that provide earnings
forecasts and investment recommendations based on businessanalysis and experience simulating active portfolio managementin Japanese capital markets.

The curriculum structure for both courses isidentical. Only class scheduling and the work
experience requirement diﬀer between the twocourses. Aoyama Business School's MBA program isbased on coursework and does not require a thesis.
The MBA curriculum comprises the following sets ofmodules:

Students gain fundamental knowledge and learn
conceptual frameworks in subjects essential to corporate
management: Management Strategy, Organizational
Behavior, Marketing, Accounting, Finance, Operations,
Business Ethics, Economics, and Statistics.

Students explore the ﬁelds they choose. Students
can study Strategy and Organization, Marketing,Finance and Accounting, and Operations andInformation Systems, deepening their knowledge
and building expertise.

Students gain methodological competence, aninternational perspective, ethical standards, andcommunication skills common to all managementﬁelds. These modules are taken after the student's
ﬁrst semester in the program.

In this module, we visit overseas universities andother institutions to learn about foreign economies
and societies, take classes, and deepen exchanges
with business school students and business people.
In recent years we have visited Malaysia andThailand. In the case of Malaysia, students areexpected to understand Islamic ﬁnance and thecurrent state of Malaysian society, which is an
ethnically diverse country with Islam as its statereligion.

Doctoral Programs

ABS has a Ph.D. program that cultivates academic researchers and a DBA program that trains researchers for companies
and other organizations. Doctoral students work with our superb faculty members: researchers at the forefront ofacademia and instructors with extensive business experience.

The Marketing Planning project covers all aspects ofmarketing. GSIM collaborates with industry to give students
hands-on experience solving business management challenges
and planning needs-based strategies for real clients.
This module is designed to help students understand theessence of the SDGs and enhance their ability to plan andpromote community activities related to the SDGs in theircompanies and communities. Students learn case studies andplan their own activities in cooperation with local communities,companies, and organizations.

Aoyama Business School oﬀers both daytime andevening MBA courses. In the daytime course, classes
are mostly held during the daytime on weekdays. In
the evening course, modules are designed forstudents currently working, with classes held on
weekday evenings and Saturdays. Admission to theevening course requires at least three years of work
experience.

Learn how to leverage systems thinking to grasp the essence ofchallenges and construct strategies, as well as how to involve
multiple stakeholders to design collective impact.
Simultaneously, aim to create business models that drive socialchange by utilizing the business mindset and skills acquired in
the MBA program.