MBA

Young Leaders' Program (YLP)

Hitotsubashi ICS is the only institution in Japan where recipients of the prestigious and competitive YLP scholarships are eligible to study business management. This scholarship is for entrepreneurs, business managers, public officials and so on, who are expected to play active roles as future national leaders in their respective countries. Currently, citizens of Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, P. R. China, Rep. of Korea, Rep. of Turkey, Romania, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam (18 countries) are eligible to apply for a YLP scholarship at Hitotsubashi ICS. YLP scholarship recipients at Hitotsubashi ICS come mainly from the business world.

Unlike YLP students at other graduate programs, at Hitotsubashi ICS they are integrated with all other MBA students and must meet all the same graduation requirements to earn an MBA. For more details, please check the Young Leaders' Program (YLP) page.

MEXT Scholarship

Hitotsubashi ICS selects and recommends from among all successful applicants a certain number to receive a MEXT scholarship. MEXT scholars receive JPY147,000- per month in addition to both their tuition fee and travel cost.

*Note that we do not accept embassy-recommended MEXT scholars as a regular MBA student. We only accept embassy-recommended MEXT scholars who are already studying at other schools as a non-degree seeking student.

*This scholarship grants only to the successful candidates of Round 1.

Bai Xian (The Asian Future Leaders Scholarship Program)

Administered by the Bai Xian Asia Institute (BXAI), the Asian Future Leaders Scholarship Program (AFLSP) encourages students and educational institutions to cultivate lasting relationships based on mutual trust and understanding, building bridges across cultures. The AFLSP grants scholarships of up to US$25,000 (per scholar) to high-calibre Asian students who wish to study away from their home country or region at one of BXAI’s Partner Universities.

Both incoming first and second year students at Hitotsubashi ICS are eligible for the scholarship. Nominations are made based on merit by the Admissions Committee of Hitotsubashi ICS and are submitted to BXAI just after the admissions decision.

Scholarship recipients must:

1. Be a national of an Asian country or region
2. Have high proficiency in English
3. Possess strong personal integrity, propensity for international and intercultural understanding, compassion and willingness to serve and demonstrate his/her alignment with BXAI’s mission and vision

Once selected, all scholarship recipients must:

1. Remain enrolled at Hitotsubashi ICS as a full-time student for the duration of participation in the AFLSP
2. Fulfill the GPA requirement as stipulated by Hitotsubashi ICS and BXAI
3. Participate in the BXAI Summer Program, which spans up to three weeks, in the first summer after enrollment in the AFLSP
4. Participate in other mandatory AFLSP programs/activities as stipulated by BXAI
5. Complete at least three of the four enrichment courses at Hitotsubashi ICS:
   (Knowledge Management, Japanese Business and Economy, Japanese Culture, and Global Citizenship)
6. Undertake an Independent Research project on the relationship between Japan and China