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Friday February 10, 2012
Full-Time MBA PROFILES Publish Date 02/10/12

International University of Japan

Graduate School of International Management

  • Program Basics

      • MBA Program
      • Graduate School of International Management
      • 777 Kokusai-cho
      • Minami Uonuma-shi
      • Niigata, 9497277
      • Japan
      • Program Web site: http://gsim.iuj.ac.jp/
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: info@iuj.ac.jp
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Other
  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 223
      • Full-Time MBA: 103
      • Part-Time MBA: 0
      • Executive MBA: 120
      • PhD Program: 0
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Other
      • Master of E-Business Management
  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $51,350.00
      • Nonresident: $51,350.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $36,830.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $42,530.00
  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 21
  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Winter 2011
      • Deadline: Feb 10, 2012
      • Semester: Winter 2011
      • Deadline: Mar 30, 2012
      • 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 Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: na
    • Relative Importance of 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: 62
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 97 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 68 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 7 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 5 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: na
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: na
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 17 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 16 %
  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 85 %
      • Applications from women received: 34 %
  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Full-time students in newest entering class (2010-2011) that are:

      • Female: 34 %
      • International: 80 %
      • Married: 37 %
    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 78 %
      • Europe: 12 %
      • North America: 8 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %
    • Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class that are:

      • Chose not to report: 100 %
    • Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class who are from the following regions:

      • West: 100 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 61
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 40
    • Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:

      • From: 7
      • To: 159
      • Median age of entering class: 28
      • Mean age of entering class: 28
  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 39 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 39 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $26,554.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $25,625.00
      • 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 scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $23,545.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 100 %
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No
  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 75th Percentile 660
      • 50th Percentile (median) 580
      • 25th Percentile 490
      • Average GMAT Score 566
      • 10th Percentile 428
      • 90th Percentile 702
    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 580
      • 25th Percentile 470
      • Average GMAT Score 563
      • 10th Percentile 438
      • 75th Percentile 625
      • 90th Percentile 694
  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 60
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 22
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 34
    • Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2010:

      • International FInance Law
      • Entrepreneurship and New Business Creation in Japan
    • Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

        • Consulting
        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Real Estate
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Accounting
        • Human Resource Management
        • Leadership
        • Operations Management
        • Strategy
        • Organizational Behavior
        • Corporate Social Responsibility
        • International Business
        • E-commerce
        • Technology
        • Portfolio Management
        • Tax
      • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? No
    • The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Leadership
        • Accounting
  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 39
    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 0
    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 29
    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0
    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0
    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 10
    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 10
  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Finance
        • Environmental
        • Information Technology
        • New Media
    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Women in MBA
        • Volunteer
        • Wine
  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %
    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must write a complete business plan
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Students must have earned at least 48 credits
  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Replaced PCs with high-powered ones. Upgraded printers and Wi-Fi access point. Purchased Apple Mac Minis and MacBook for an iOS development course. Joined the Apple iOS Developer Univ Program. Set up a wireless router with parallel high-speed 5GHz IEEE802.n/a & 2.4GHz IEEE802.n/b/g. Upgraded Moodle LMS. Upgraded Workstations for Gaming Apps Development from Vista to Windows 7.
      • Amount spent: $90,000.00
  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,054
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 43
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 29
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 0 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $0.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $0.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • 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 Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.iuj.ac.jp/alumni/
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes
  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 60 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 40 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %
    • Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:

      • Destination: Tokyo Financial District to visit IBs
      • Month: March
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: Catalyst MBA Job Forum
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: None
      • Destination: CFN Job Forum
      • Month: December, July
      • Amount Paid By School: None
      • Destination: Asian village Job Fair
      • Month: Various
      • Amount Paid By School: None
      • Destination: Various Company info Session
      • Month: Various
      • Amount Paid By School: None
    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 65 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 35 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 0 %
    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 20 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 24 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 3 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 53 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 20 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 24 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 3 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 53 %
    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Accenture, Japan 1
      • Mizuho Corporate Bank 1
      • Barclays Capital, Japan 1
      • NTT Communications 1
      • Standard Charterd Bank 1
      • Nirvana Adventure Advisors 1
      • The Economist Group 1
      • India Metal One 1
      • ISFNet 2
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 5 %
    • Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

      • Mean base salary: $61,500.00
      • Median base salary: $66,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $8,000.00
      • Median signing bonus: $8,000.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $47,500.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $47,500.00
    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 14 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 36 %
      • General Management: 7 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 7 %
      • Management Information Systems: 22 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 7 %
      • Other: 7 %
    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 0 %
      • Consulting: 29 %
      • Consumer Products: 7 %
      • Financial Services: 36 %
      • Manufacturing: 7 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 7 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 0 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 14 %
      • Other: 0 %
    • Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

      • Asia: 100 %
    • Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

      • Mizuho Corporate Bank 4
      • Frontier Securities 4
      • McCann Erickson 3
      • Accenture 2
      • Coach A 2
      • Hitachi 1
      • RBS, Singapore 1
      • Japan Petroleum Exploration 2
      • British American Tobacco 1
      • Orix Corporation 1
      • Fuji Xerox, Shanghai 1
      • Kyodo News 1
      • Alternative Investment Capital 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 83 %
    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $2,507.00
      • Median: $1,929.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 6
  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: At the International University of Japan, our culturally diverse campus, coupled with our location and our insight into Asia, will enrich your educational experience. After two years at IUJ, graduates have not only an MBA, but a unique global perspective, real-world international management experience, and a powerful business network in Japan and in the 80 other countries worldwide where IUJ alumni are government and business leaders.

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