Overview

Business and economic activities are an important part of modern life. Complex, challenging and rewarding, these often highly specialized activities take place within certain cultural, social and legal contexts. Participants of these activities, either as professionals in the field or intelligent citizens in other fields, stand much better chances of success in their chosen career paths if they are equipped with a broad, interdisciplinary knowledge base and relevant advanced training through focused studies. The Global Business and Economics (International Liberal Arts) Major at International College of Liberal Arts (iCLA) at Yamanashi Gakuin University is a good choice for students aiming for a business and economics related career in the fast-changing world of today and tomorrow.

What can I do next?

Our graduates will typically go on to careers in business and management, or continue on to graduate studies to acquire qualifications required for teaching and research. They find positions in corporations, government, international agencies; or they may choose to start their own businesses. As our college trains students with an international outlook, through its overseas exchange programs and emphasis on the English language, our graduates are very globally employable.

Focusing on our finance pathway can lead to careers in banks, corporations and financial institutions as an actuary, auditor, credit and loans officer, finance broker, finance manager, financial consultant, investment banker, credit manager, or financial analyst to name just a few. Our International Business and Marketing pathways could lead to roles as a marketing specialist, general manager, entrepreneur, or stockbroker, for example. Focusing on Economics can lead to employment in academia, management consultancies, government departments including Treasury, banks and international institutions as a forecaster and analyst.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Digital Marketing
Econometrics
Financial Management
Foundation of Marketing
Game Theory
Geographical Political Economy
Intermediate Microeconomics
Intermediate Macroeconomics
Intercultural Management
International Political Economy
Introduction to Strategic Management
Investment
Japanese Economy & Business
Marketing in Practice
Marketing Research and Analytics
Methods of Social Research
Money, Banking, and Financial Markets
Statistics

Advanced Strategic Management
Brand Management
Consumer Psychology
Derivatives
Development Economics
Economic Psychology
Economics of Sustainable Development
International Trade: Theory and Policy
International Finance
Labor Economics: Jobs, Wages, and Why They Matter
Leadership and Organizational Behavior
Portfolio Management
Political Economy of Development
Risk Management
Sustainability and Consumer Behavior
The Art of Value: Being an Entrepreneur

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-04-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-29 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-11-11 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-05-28 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2027-04-12 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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76

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IELTS

6

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Kofu, Japan

Disciplines

Economics Marketing International Business View 11 other Bachelors in Economics in Japan

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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76

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General requirements

All applicants must hold, or be expected to hold upon entry to iCLA, a high school diploma equivalent to a Japanese senior high school graduation, having completed 12 years of education.

Applicants are also required to have passed a standardized test or university entrance qualification exam such as the SAT test (Optional).
For a full list of English Language qualifications accepted by iCLA, please refer to Appendix B of the Admissions Guidelines.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

1696000 JPY / year

≈ 1696000 JPY / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

1696000 JPY / year

≈ 1696000 JPY / year

Funding

The International College of Liberal Arts (iCLA) offers merit-based full and partial tuition-waiver scholarships to a select number of students each year. Yamanashi Gakuin University financial aid may be combined with outside funding sources.

Scholarship recipients are chosen based on their:

Academic Achievement
Extracurricular Activities Achievement
Financial Need

Quality of application materials and interview results

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