International University of Japan

PROGRAM BASICS

MBA Program

Graduate School of International Management (IUJ Business School)

777 Kokusai-cho
Minami Uonuma-shi
Niigata , Japan  

Program Web site:

http://ibs.iuj.ac.jp/

Status:

Private Institution

Program e-mail address:

info@iuj.ac.jp

Graduate business school is accredited by:

Other

Japan's Ministry of Education

Years in which the following programs were founded:

Full-time MBA: 1988

PROGRAM COSTS

Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:

Resident : $  39,100
Recommended annual budget (Resident): $  32,100

PROGRAM LENGTH

Full-time program (months):

21

ENROLLMENT

Graduate business school enrollment

Total graduate business school: 133

Other: 156

Undergraduate business school enrollment

0

Graduate degree programs:

Other graduate degree programs:

Master of E-business Management

ADMISSIONS

Application Deadlines

February 6, 2009 March 27, 2009

Does the program have rolling admissions?

No

Is proficiency in English required for admission?

Yes

Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required?

No

Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

IELTS

TOEFL Computer Based

TOEFL Internet Based Test

TOEFL Paper-based Test

Other: N/A

Relative importance: Application Elements

GMAT Score:

Very Important

Resume/Work Experience:

Very Important

Application Essays:

Very Important

Interviews:

Very Important

Recommendations:

Important

Undergraduate Transcripts:

Important

APPLICANTS

Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:

110

Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:

83 %

Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:

47 %

Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years:

0.9 %

Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted:

0 %

Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:

n/a

Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied:

n/a

Applicant interviews are:

Not required

Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:

35 %

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

34 %

APPLICANT POOL

International applications received:

85 %

Applications from women received:

30 %

Mean base salary forgone:

$  n/a

Median base salary forgone:

$  n/a

CLASS PROFILE

Full-time students in newest entering class (2008-2009) that are:

Female: 27  %
International: 85  %
Married: 37  %

Ethnicity/US Students in Program

African American: 0  %
Asian American: 0  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 0  %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0  %
Native American: 0  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 100  %
Chose not to report: 0  %
Other: 0  %

Students from following regions:

Africa : 0  %
Asia: 81  %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 5.8  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 5.8  %
Middle East: 0  %
North America: 3.8  %
Oceania : 0  %
Western Europe: 3.8  %
Percentage of students with dual citizenship: 0  %

Entering North American citizens by region:

Northeast: 0  %
Mid-Atlantic: 0  %
South: 50  %
Southwest: 0  %
Midwest : 0  %
West: 50  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %

Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:

64

Median months of work experience of newest entering class:

48

Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:

From:  19
To:  118

Median age of entering class:

29

Mean age of entering class:

29

FINANCIAL AID

Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:

Central financial aid office at the university

Full-time MBAs applied for financial aid for the current academic year:

44 %

Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid through school:

44 %

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  20,670

Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  20,670

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

a combination of need and merit

How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?

As part of the admissions application

Mean scholarships awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year:

$  20,670

Percentage of second-year students receiving the same or more amount of money in their second year of study:

100 %

Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality?

Yes

GMAT

Applicants required to take the GMAT?

Yes

Mean : 632
Median: 640

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

From:  570
To:  690

CLASS OFFERINGS

Average students in a full-time MBA core class:

53

Average students in a full-time MBA elective class:

25

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:

31

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2008:

Service Management
Environmental Supply Chain Strategy
Critical Thinking
Corporate Financial Reporting
Derivatives Markets

Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:

2005

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Finance

General Management

Marketing

Operations Management

Technology

Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program?

No

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

30

Full-time faculty

Tenured: 10
Non-Tenured: 3

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 20

Women on Faculty

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 1

Minority Faculty

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 0

International Faculty

Tenured: 9
Non-Tenured: 3

Faculty with PhDs

Tenured: 9
Non-Tenured: 0

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:

0 %

Faculty who have owned their own business:

0 %

STUDENT LIFE

Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Consulting

Finance

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods used

Case study: 20  %
Distance Learning: 0  %
Experiential Learning: 0  %
Lecture: 50  %
Simulations: 10  %
Team Project: 20  %
Other: 0  %

Requirements for graduation:

Students must write a complete business plan

Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average

Other

Additional graduation requirements:

Students must have earned at least 48 credits

TECHNOLOGY

Is there a wireless network in main B-school buildings?

Yes

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

We replaced the fundamental equipments, e.g. PCs and Servers for e-business courses this summer. Recently ICT and marketing courses focus on mobile movement. We have a plan to install graphics simulating and designing devices for the development of mobile software, too. In addition, wireless network will be upgraded for IEEE 802.11n standard by the end of this year.

Amount spent:

$  30,000

ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

901

Active MBA alumni clubs

41

Countries in which MBA clubs exist

29

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:

NA %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:

$  NA

Median gift from MBA alumni

$  NA

Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in past academic year?

No

Business School Endowment

$  NA

Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni?

Yes

Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site?

Yes

University alumni networking site:

http://www.iuj.ac.jp/alumni/

Does the B-School have an alumni networking site:

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://www.iuj.ac.jp/alumni/

Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?

Yes

CAREER SERVICES

Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 62  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 29  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 9  %

Of grads not seeking employment: Percentage of graduates not seeking employment who were company-sponsored, or already employed: 56  %
Percentage who were not seeking employment for other reasons: 44  %

Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:

Destination: Tokyo Financial District
Month: March
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: Tokyo Job Fair
Month: December
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: Panasonic Job Info Fair
Month: April
Amount Paid By School: None

Primary Source of Job Offer

School-facilitated activities: 41  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 59  %
No information provided by graduate: 0  %

Companies that recruited second-year MBAs on campus in 2007-08:

28

Companies that posted full-time job offers for MBAs on the school's job boards in 2007-08:

110

Job Offers for 2008 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 59  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 20  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 21  %

Top recruiting firms and the number of full-time MBAs hired in the past 12 months:

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:

8 %

Mean and median base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

Mean base salary for most recent graduates: $  80,000
Median base salary for most recent graduates: $  60,000
Mean signing bonus for most recent graduates: $  0
Median signing bonus for most recent graduates: $  0
Mean other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  0
Median other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  0

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 21  %
Finance/Accounting: 43  %
Marketing/Sales (Public Relations, Product Management, Market Research, Advertising, etc.): 4  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 18  %
Operations/Logistics (Logistics, Purchasing, Engineering, etc.): 7  %
Other: 7  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government (Federal, State, Local, Military): 6  %
Consulting: 20  %
Consumer Products: 6  %
Financial Services: 40  %
Manufacturing: 6  %
Media/Entertainment: 6  %
Technology: 16  %

Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

Asia: 81  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 6  %
Middle East: 9  %
North America: 4  %

Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

Companies that recruited MBAs for internships on campus in 2007-08:

17

Companies that posted internships for MBAs on school job boards in 2007-08:

50

Top Companies - Internships:

Internships awarded that are paid:

19 %

Mean : N/A Median: N/A

Average internship length in weeks:

10

SCHOOL COMMENTS

School Comments:

N/A