Hitotsubashi University

Hitotsubashi University
一橋大学
Motto Captains of Industry
Type Public (National)
Established 1920 (Origins 1875)
President Susumu Yamauchi
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 one of the most prestigious universities and the best in economics and commerce related subjects in Japan, consistently ranking amongst the top universities in Japanese university rankings.[1][2] It was ranked 25th in the world in 2011 by Mines ParisTech : Professional Ranking World Universities.[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, Roman mythology's god of commerce.[4]

History

When founded by Arinori Mori in 1875, Hitotsubashi was called the Institute for Business Training (商法講習所|Shōhō Kōshujo), where it nurtured 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 "Shinyu Incident".[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

Kanematsu auditorium on the Kunitachi Campus

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

Undergraduate programs

Graduate programs

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

Research institutes and centers

Library on the Kunitachi Campus

Academic exchange agreements overseas

As of 2007, Hitotsubashi University had academic exchange agreements with 84 overseas universities and research institutions, including those between departments and departments, as follows:[12]

Academic rankings

University rankings (overall)
Toyo Keizai National[13]General 7
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 considered one of the most prestigious universities in Japan, consistently ranking amongst the top universities in Japanese university rankings. It is one of the highest ranked national universities that is not one of the National Seven Universities.

Hitotsubashi 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. Although it has only social science departments and the place in the university rankings is always underrated, the reputation is very high. Consequently, its outstanding position in Japan can be seen in the several rankings below.

General rankings

The university was ranked 7th out of 181 major universities in 2011 in the ranking called "Truly strong universities (本当に強い大学)" by Toyo Keizai.[26] In this ranking, Hitotsubashi is 1st in average graduate salary.

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

Research performance

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

The economics department especially has a high research standard. According to the Asahi Shimbun, Hitotsubashi was ranked 4th in Japan in economic research during 2005-2009.[29] More recently, Repec in January 2011 ranked Hitotsubashi's Economic Department as Japan's 5th best economic research university.[30] Currently three researchers in Hitotsubashi are listed as top 10% economists in its world economist rankings.[31] Hitotsubashi has provided seven presidents of the Japanese Economic Association in its 42-year history; this number is the second 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.

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 ranked Japanese business schools and Hitotsubashi was ranked 3rd in Japan (100th in the world).[35] In this ranking, Hitotsubashi is one of three Japanese business schools categorized in "Universal business schools with major international influence". It is one of the few Japanese business schools teaching in English.

Alumni rankings

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

According to the Weekly Economist 2010 rankings and the President's article on October 16, 2006, graduates from Hitotsubashi have the best employment rate in 400 major companies; the average graduate salary is the second best in Japan.[36][37] Mines ParisTech : Professional Ranking World Universities ranks Hitotsubashi University as 25th in the world in 2011 in the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies, although Hitotsubashi is small compared to other Japanese universities in the ranks.[3]

The university is ranked 8th in Japan for the number of alumni holding executive positions 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]

Notable faculty

Famous alumni

Josui Kaikan

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

Politicians

Diplomats

Judges, bureaucrats

Industry

Academia

Others

References

  1. ↑ "Japanese universities : Introduction". Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Makoto IKEMA, "Hitotsubashi University, 1875-2000: A Hundred and Twenty-five Years of Higher Education in Japan" Palgrave Macmillan 2000
  3. 1 2 Classements de l'école d'ingénieurs - MINES ParisTech. Mines-paristech.fr (2012-10-25). Retrieved on 2013-08-23.
  4. ↑ "一橋大学の校章「マーキュリー」の由来". Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "History｜About Us｜Hitotsubashi University". Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  6. ↑ 入学者選抜要項／入学定員
  7. ↑ "Center for Economic Institutions". Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Center for Intergenerational Studies". Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  9. ↑ Hitotsubashi University. "一橋大学　国際教育センター・国際課". Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "一橋大学イノベーション研究センター｜一橋大学". Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  11. ↑ Center for Historical Social Science Literature, Hitotsubashi University
  12. ↑ Hitotsubashi University Data 2008
  13. ↑ "Truly Strong Universities" (in Japanese). Toyo Keizai. 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  14. ↑ "Employment rate in 400 major companies rankings" (in Japanese). Weekly Economist. 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  15. ↑ "Nikkei BP Brand rankings of Japanese universities" (in Japanese). Nikkei Business Publications. 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  16. ↑ "Nikkei BP Brand rankings of Japanese universities" (in Japanese). Nikkei Business Publications. 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  17. ↑ "GBUDU University Rankings" (in Japanese). YELL books. 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  18. ↑ "ENSMP World University Rankings" (PDF). École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris. 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  19. ↑ Asahi Shimbun University rankings 2010 "Publification rankings in Law (Page 4)" (PDF) (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  20. ↑ "Bar Exam Successful Applicants rankings" (in Japanese). Shikaku Seek. 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  21. ↑ "Bar Exam Pass rate rankings" (in Japanese). Shikaku Seek. 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  22. ↑ "Top 25% Institutions and Economists in Japan, as of January 2011". REPEC. 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  23. ↑ "Business School Ranking in Japan". Eduniversal. 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  24. ↑ "University and business school ranking in 5 palms (Top100)". Eduniversal. 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
    "University and business school ranking in 4 palms (Top101-300)". Eduniversal. 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
    "University and business school ranking in 3 palms (Top301-696)". Eduniversal. 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
    "University and business school ranking in 2 palms (Top697-896)". Eduniversal. 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  25. ↑ "CPA Successful Applicants rankings" (in Japanese). Yutaka Honkawa. 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  26. ↑ 本当に強い大学【2010年版】総合ランキング･トップ100-東大5連覇、京大が阪大を逆転、関学躍進 | オリジナル | 東洋経済オンライン | 新世代リーダーのためのビジネスサイト. Toyokeizai.net. Retrieved on 2013-08-23.
  27. ↑ All Study Destinations. Top Universities. Retrieved on 2013-08-23.
  28. ↑ "週刊ダイヤモンド" ダイヤモンド社 2010/2/27 http://web.sapmed.ac.jp/kikaku/infomation/0227daiyamondokiji.pdf
  29. ↑ "University rankings 2011" Asahi Shinbun
  30. ↑ Within Country and State Rankings at IDEAS: Japan. Ideas.repec.org. Retrieved on 2013-08-23.
  31. ↑ Economist Rankings at IDEAS. Ideas.repec.org. Retrieved on 2013-08-23.
  32. ↑ Japanese Economic Association - JEA Global Site. Jeaweb.org. Retrieved on 2013-08-23.
  33. ↑ 第3回新司法試験の結果について
  34. ↑ Recent News | Hitotsubashi University ICS - MBA Japan. Ics.hit-u.ac.jp. Retrieved on 2013-08-23.
  35. ↑ University and business school ranking in Japan. Eduniversal-ranking.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-23.
  36. ↑ Yomiuri Weekly 2005/7/10
  37. ↑ 年収偏差値・給料偏差値ランキング（2006・10・16）：稼げる大学はどれ？. Hensachi-ranking.seesaa.net (1999-02-22). Retrieved on 2013-08-23.
  38. ↑ 出身大学別上場企業役員数ランキング (in Japanese). 大学ranking.net.
  39. ↑ 役員輩出率 大学ベスト30. Ranking100.web.fc2.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-23.
  40. ↑ Private universities apply different kind of exams. Thus it's only comparable between universities in the 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.
  44. ↑ "Tenure Offered To Ramseyer". Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  45. ↑ "Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel" (in German). Festival del film Locarno. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
  46. ↑ Connor, R. E. "How That Road Got Its Name." Houston Post, Sunday May 2, 1965. Spotlight, Page 3. - Available on microfilm at the Houston Public Library Central Library Jesse H. Jones Building

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hitotsubashi University.

Coordinates: 35°41′37″N 139°26′42″E / 35.69374°N 139.44509°E / 35.69374; 139.44509

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, February 06, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.