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International Ph.D. Program in Business Administration
1. Introduction
The Department of Business Administration of the Graduate School of International Social Sciences (GSISS) at Yokohama National University (YNU) offers a Ph.D. degree program taught entirely in English: The International Ph.D. Program in Business Administration.
In order for companies to develop in a sustainable manner in the midst of drastic changes in the socioeconomic environment outside the company, various issues must be identified, and appropriate measures must be taken to solve them. Academic research in the fields of management, accounting, and management science is important for this purpose. The Department’s I Ph. D. program has a number of faculty members who are actively involved in research at the national and international level in their respective fields and have practical relationships with companies.
The program seeks to admit applicants who have a deep interest in business and management, sufficient master’s degree level understanding of the relevant field(s) and have the potential to conduct high-level original research that furthers the understanding and the application of such management to new contexts. Graduates of the program will be well positioned to become either academic researchers who are deeply familiar with business and management or a business professional with robust analytical skills.
2. Program Requirements
In order to obtain a Ph.D. in Business Administration, a student must successfully complete 20 credits or more, as described below, and then undertake the successful proposal, submission, and oral defense of a doctoral dissertation. An overall GPA of 2.0 (max: 4.5) or better for courses taken at YNU is also required for graduation.
Of the 20 credits:
Eight or more credits must be from lectures.
- Lectures are chosen from the Study of Japanese Management Ⅰ;Ⅱ;Ⅲ; Ⅳ; other lectures offered in the Department of Business Administration (which are mainly taught in Japanese), and Research Practicum I, II, and III.
- A maximum of 4 credits from the Study of Japanese Management lectures can count toward the Ph.D. degree.
- Research Practicum credits can also be counted as part of the aforementioned 8 credits, but prerequisites (which may be taken up to 4 credits upon approval in other departments of the GSISS, other graduate schools and/or other degree levels) and Research Practicum credits can total no more than 6 credits in all.
- A maximum of 4 credits may be taken from lectures offered in the Department of Economics or the Department of International and Business Law of the GSISS.
- GSISS Joint Course credits do not count toward the Ph.D. degree.
- Doctoral course credits that were earned prior to enrollment in the GSISS, at a domestic or overseas graduate school or graduate schools, may be recognized if approved by the Department of Business Administration.
Eight credits must be from mandatory Seminars Ia, Ib, IIa, and IIb.
- Seminars Ia, Ib, IIa, and IIb are led by a student's main academic supervisor.
Four credits must be from Workshops I, II, III, and IV or Fieldwork.
- Workshops I, II, III, and IV count for 1 credit each.
- Fieldwork counts for 2 credits.
3. Admission
The following webpage explains the procedure for applying to the International Ph.D. Program in Business Administration.
//www.b.ynu.ac.jp/english/programs/japanese-management/admission.html
