Hitotsubashi University

Hitotsubashi University
一橋大学
Motto Captains of Industry
Established 1920 (Origins 1875)
Type Public (National)
President Takehiko Sugiyama
Academic staff 630
Undergraduates 4,500
Postgraduates 2,100
Location Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan
Campus Urban
Colors Crimson Red (DIC-2489)     
Mascot None
Website hit-u.ac.jp

Hitotsubashi University (一橋大学 Hitotsubashi daigaku?) is a national university specialised in the social sciences in Tokyo, Japan. The University has campuses in Kunitachi, Kodaira, and Kanda.

Hitotsubashi is considered as one of the most prestigious universities in Japan.[1][2] It is ranked 25th in the world in 2011 by École des Mines de Paris.[3]

Hitotsubashi has strong relationships with overseas universities. There are about 590 international students and 450 researchers from abroad under academic exchange agreements with 83 universities and research institutions, including University of Chicago, the University of Oxford and the University of California.

The university's symbol is inspired by Mercury, Greek mythology's god of commerce.[4]

Contents

History

When founded by Arinori Mori in 1875, Hitotsubashi was called the Institute for Business Training (商法講習所|Shōhō Kōshujo), where nurtured the businessmen to modernize Japan after the collapse of the feudal Tokugawa Shōgunate. There were talks about a merger with The University of Tokyo, but alumni and students objected—the merger was not fulfilled. This is known as the "Rouzyou Episode".[5]

From the university web page: "For 130 years Hitotsubashi graduates have played leading roles in Japanese business, hence the university's motto 'captains of industry.' Today, our former students are also prominent in finance, government, politics and the media. The quality of our research has been recognized internationally, and Hitotsubashi scholars maintain strong ties to industry and government. Hitotsubashi is an excellent base for visiting researchers, offering a well-stocked library, a beautiful campus (and in the case of ICS a location in the heart of Tokyo), and a friendly atmosphere."

Faculties and Graduate Schools

Hitotsubashi University has about 4,500 undergraduate and 2,100 postgraduate students with some 630 teaching staff.

Undergraduates

Graduate schools

Parentheses are the numbers of admitted students per year.[6]

Research institutes and centers

Academic exchange agreements overseas

As of 2007, Hitotsubashi University has academic exchange agreements with 83 overseas universities and research institutions, including those between departments and departments, as follows:[12]

Academic Rankings

University rankings (overall)
Toyo Keizai National[13] General 17
WE National[14] Employment 1
NBP Greater Tokyo[15][16] Reputation 5
Shimano National[17] Selectivity SA
ENSMP World[18] Alumni 25
University rankings (by subject)
Social Sciences & Humanities

LAW
Asahi National[19] Research 7
BE Success National[20] Qualification 8
BE Pass rate National[21] Qualification 2

ECONOMICS
RePec National[22] Research 5

BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT
Eduni MBA National[23] General 3
Eduni MBA World[24] General 100
CPA Success National[25] Qualification 6

Hitotsubashi University is a specialized institution only in social science, thus it is not as well-known as other big universities such as University of Tokyo and Kyoto University. However, its outstanding position in Japan can be seen in the several rankings below.

General Rankings

The university has been ranked 11th,18th and 17th out of 181 major universities during 2008-2010 in the ranking called "Truely strong universities(本当に強い大学)" by Toyo Keizai.[26] In this ranking, Hitotsubashi is 1st in terms of average graduate salary.

According to QS World University Rankings, Hitotsubashi was ranked 314th,314th,420th,378th and 365th in the world during 2005-2009, and it has been ranked 114th,101st,99th and 178th during 2007-2010 in its social science ranking.[27]

Research Performance

Weekly Diamond reported that Hitotsubashi has the 4th highest research standard in Japan in terms of research funding per researcher in COE Program.[28] In the same article, it's also ranked 7th in terms of the quality of education by GP funds per student.

The economics department especially has a high research standard. According to Asahi Shimbun, Hitotsubashi's been ranked 4th in Japan in the economic research ranking during 2005-2009.[29] More recently, Repec in Jan 2011 ranked Hitotsubashi's Economic department as Japan's 5th best economic research university.[30] Currently 3 researchers in Hitotsubashi are listed as top 10% Economists in its world economist rankings.[31] Hitotsubashi has provided 7 presidents of Japanese Economic Association in its 42 year history, and this number is 2nd largest.[32]

Asahi Shimbun summarized the amount of academic papers in Japanese major legal journals by university, and Hitotsubashi was ranked 7th during 2005-2009.[19]

Graduate school Rankings

Hitotsubashi Law School is considered as one of top Law schools in Japan, as it was ranked No. 1 in the passing rate of Japanese Bar Examination in 2006, 2008 and 2009.[33]

Hitotsubashi Business School is ranked 2nd in Japan by Nikkei Shimbun.[34] Eduniversal also ranked Japanese business schools and Hitotsubashi was ranked 3rd in Japan (100th in the world).[35][24] In this ranking, Hitotsubashi is one of 3 Japanese business schools categorized in "Universal Business schools with major international influence". It is one of few Japanese business schools teaching their subjects in English.

Alumni Rankings

Hitotsubashi alumni are distinctively successful in Japanese industries such as shown below.

According to the Weekly Economist's 2010 rankings and the PRESIDENT's article on 2006/10/16, graduates from Hitotsubashi have the best employment rate in 400 major companies, and the average graduate salary is the 2nd best in Japan.[36][37] École des Mines de Paris ranks Hitotsubashi University as 25th in the world in 2011 in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies, although Hitotsubashi is a smaller university compared to other Japanese universities in the ranking.[3]

The university is also ranked 8th in Japan for the number of alumni holding the position of executive in the listed companies of Japan, and this number per student (probability of becoming an executive) is 2nd in Japan.[38][39]

Popularity and Selectivity

Hitotsubashi is one of the most selective universities in Japan. Its entrance difficulty is usually considered as one of the top with University of Tokyo, Kyoto University and Tokyo Institute of Technology among 180 national and public universities.[40][41][42][43]

Nikkei BP has been publishing the ranking system "Brand rankings of Japanese universities" every year, composed by the various indications related to the power of brand, and Hitotsubashi has been ranked 5th (and 2nd among national universities) in Greater Tokyo Area during 2009-2010.[44][45]

Notable faculty

Famous alumni

The university's alumni association is called Josuikai (如水会|Josuikai) and its main building (Josui Kaikan) is located next to the building where Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS) is in Kanda, Tokyo.

Politicians

Diplomats

Judges, bureaucrats

Industry

Academics

Others

References

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  5. ^ University's Official Site
  6. ^ 入学者選抜要項／入学定員
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  8. ^ Center for Intergenerational Studies, Hitotsubashi University
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  10. ^ Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University
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  12. ^ Hitotsubashi University Data 2008
  13. ^ "Truly Strong Universities" (in Japanese). Toyo Keizai. 2010. http://www.toyokeizai.net/business/industrial/detail/AC/7ca97f085eda34ce139f6d1210cef898/page/1/. Retrieved Apr 29, 2011. 
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  20. ^ "Bar Exam Successful Applicants rankings" (in Japanese). Shikaku Seek. 2010. http://laws.shikakuseek.com/data/2010data-1.html. Retrieved May 11, 2011. 
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  31. ^ http://ideas.repec.org/top/old/1101/top.person.all.html
  32. ^ http://www.jeaweb.org/eng/AboutPresidents.html
  33. ^ 第3回新司法試験の結果について
  34. ^ http://www.ics.hit-u.ac.jp/community/inthenews.html
  35. ^ http://www.eduniversal-ranking.com/business-school-university-ranking-in-japan.html
  36. ^ Yomiuri Weekly 2005/7/10
  37. ^ http://hensachi-ranking.seesaa.net/article/26733115.html#more
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  40. ^ Private universities apply different kind of exams. Thus it's only comparable between universities in a same category.
  41. ^ E.g. Yoyogi seminar published Hensachi (the indication showing the entrance difficulties by prep schools) rankings http://www.yozemi.ac.jp/rank/gakubu/index.html
  42. ^ In this ranking for example, Hitotsubashi Law course has the entrance difficulty of 90%, which is the top with University of Tokyo, and Economics course in Hitotsubashi as 2nd with 89%.
  43. ^ Japanese journalist Kiyoshi Shimano ranks its entrance difficulty as SA (most selective/out of 11 scales) in Japan. "危ない大学・消える大学 2012年版" (in Japanese). YELL books. 2011. http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4753930181. 
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  45. ^ http://consult.nikkeibp.co.jp/consult/release/ub091210a.html
  46. ^ The Harvard Crimson February 5, 1998

External links

EU Institute in Japan
Tokyo Consortium
Hitotsubashi · ICU · TUFS · Tsuda
Kansai (Consortium)