Results for Certified Evaluation and Accreditation forProfessional Graduate Business SchoolHosei University Business School of Innovation Management

Basic Information of the Institution
Ownership: Private

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Accreditation Status
Year of the Review: 2023
Accreditation Status: accredited （Accreditation Period: April 1, 2024 – March 31, 2029）

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Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Resultsfor Hosei Business School of Innovation Management
The unique purpose of Hosei Business School of Innovation Management is to “ nurture
ethically-minded human resources who innovate based on bold ideas and actions withattention to risk; in other words, true entrepreneurs.” The Business School holds afundamental, multidimensional view of the role of innovation in a mature society,describing it as a process of not only starting new businesses but reforming existing
businesses and organizations as well. Defining business people with the ability to breakaway from past business mindsets to create new businesses as “innovation practitioners,”
the mission of the Business School is to develop the abilities to (a) create new businesses,(b) transform existing businesses towards new opportunities and business models, and (c)expand businesses (into new markets locally or globally).
With respect to its education programs, Hosei Business School of Innovation
Management plans and implements a structured curriculum consisting of foundation
courses essential to professional graduate schools, specialized courses, and appliedcourses. The Business School offers one-year and two-year MBA programs and the Small& Medium Enterprise (SME) Consultant Training Program (MBA Special Program) tomeet diverse student needs, along with the year and a half Global MBA Program (GMBA)
that begins in September. Conducted entirely in English, the GMBA program attracts
many students from Asia and other countries around the world, and is a distinctive featureof the Business School. These programs are characterized by the use of the “projectmethod,” a teaching model that allows students to gain practical business planning
experience by conducting feasibility studies and analyzing strategies based on their own
business ideas. The project method utilizes a lead instructor acting as project advisor, whois supported by a group of instructors in offering project guidance. Furthermore, theGMBA program adopts a practical learning approach focusing on problem-solving andpresentation skills developed through internships in companies and regional governmentorganizations. In the year-long “project” course, students have the opportunity to improvetheir work based on the feedback received from venture business managers, corporate
managers, and influential figures who serve as project advisors. This arrangement aiming
to motivate students while creating potential post-graduation networking opportunities
also ensures thorough and attentive instruction and is a commendable aspect of the course.
Other commendable features of the Business School include strong student
support programs, such as post-graduation counseling, career development support, andvarious scholarship programs. The Business School also allows graduates with1

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outstanding academic achievements to use its facilities for one year when starting a newbusiness, which is a unique and remarkable alumni benefit. It is also notable that the credit
transfer system between partner graduate school programs is functioning effectively, withthe transfer of credits largely recognized.
As mentioned in the previous AY2018 certified evaluation and accreditation for
professional business graduate schools, the Business School should continue to improve
the faculty’s age profile, which is skewed towards the 60s age bracket, from the viewpointof sustaining the faculty into the future. As for faculty diversity, while a positive change
in gender balance was observed with two female teachers added to the teaching staff fromthe time of the last review, further efforts should be made to diversify the faculty so as toalign with the Business School’s characteristics by, for example, recruiting international
teachers. Student enrollment has been on the rise in recent years, with 83 admissions inAY2022 and 80 admissions in AY2023 against the planned capacity of 60 in both years.
Going forward, the Business School is expected to make greater efforts than in the pastin controlling student enrollment.
In the post Covid-19 world, the Business School is expected to utilize the resultsof this certified evaluation and accreditation for professional graduate business schools
and continue its self-study efforts for improvement, while assuring and enhancing thequality of its education programs and further developing its unique characteristics as aprofessional graduate school striving to promote regional and global innovation.

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