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Hitotsubashi University was established as a center of education and research embracing every field of the social sciences, which make up the learning of civil society. The University has contributed to the development of Japan’s political and economic society and the nurturing of its creative driving force through its liberal academic traditions.

History

  • Hitotsubashi University began as the Commercial Training School (Shoho Koshujo) established privately in the business district of Tokyo in 1875, about twenty years after Japan had emerged from two and a half centuries of national isolation. 
  • The founder of this institution was Arinori Mori, who was later to become the first Minister of Education.

Education

  • Hitotsubashi University is a national university corporation, and is the only university in Japan to specialize exclusively in the humanities and social sciences.

Research

  • Institute of Innovation ResearchOpen in New Window
  • Hitotsubashi University Center for Japanese Business StudiesOpen in New Window
  • Center for Financial Engineering EducationOpen in New Window
  • Research and Education Center for Fair LaborOpen in New Window
  • Center for Gender Research and Social SciencesOpen in New Window
  • Center for the Study of Peace and ReconcilationOpen in New Window
  • Institute of Economic ResearchOpen in New Window
  • Research Centre for Information and Statistics of Social ScienceOpen in New Window
  • Center for Economic InstitutionsOpen in New Window
  • Center for Intergenerational StudiesOpen in New Window
  • Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS)Open in New Window

Career

  • Career support activities provided by the Career Support Office including guest lectures, general career seminars, seminars on careers in government, seminars conducted by different industries, guest lectures by officials from the National Personnel Authority, seminars by fellow students on job-hunting; seminar on careers at various companies, field trips to companies, and internships.

Hitotsubashi University Scholarships

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Grant
1000000 INR
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Anytime
Education Future International Scholarship
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Education Future
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Grant
12250 USD
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Not specified
Westpac Asian Exchange Scholarship
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Westpac Bicentennial Foundation
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Grant
3500 USD
Deadline
15 Nov 2024
ACES Scholarships
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ACES Education Fund
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Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
30 Nov 2024
ServiceScape Scholarship
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ServiceScape
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Independent provider
Grant
Various benefits
Deadline
14 Oct 2024
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
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U.S. government
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Independent provider
Grant
40000 USD
Deadline
25 Mar 2025
Mary Doctor Fine Arts Scholarship
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Blumenthal Performing Arts
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10000 USD
Deadline
25 Mar 2025
Gordon Hay Scholarship
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Blumenthal Performing Arts
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Various benefits
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Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility
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OeAD, Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalisation
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Grant
25000 USD
Deadline
20 Dec 2024
The Fountainhead Essay Contest
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Ayn Rand Institute
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Grant
25000 USD
Deadline
27 Dec 2024
Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest
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Ayn Rand Institute
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Independent provider
Grant
5000 CAD
Deadline
31 Dec 2024
Pinsky Law New Venture Development Scholarship
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Pinsky Law
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Independent provider
Grant
3000 USD
Deadline
31 Dec 2024
Coupons Plus Deals “Save for Future” Scholarship
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Coupons Plus Deals
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Independent provider
Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
15 Feb 2025
Fighting Bullying With Technology
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1902 Software
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Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
26 Feb 2025
Dream Chaser Scholarship
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Salvado Law
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Grant
500 USD
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Not specified
L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation
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Independent provider
Grant
3000 USD
Deadline
31 Dec 2025
Scholarship for students with disabilities
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Anonymous Hope Fund
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Independent provider
Grant
2000 USD
Deadline
01 Sep 2025
The Rick Blight Leadership in Action Scholarship for Athletes
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Canadian Men’s Health Foundation
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Grant
12000 USD
Deadline
30 Nov 2024
Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme
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The Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme
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Grant
3500 USD
Deadline
15 Nov 2024
The Bill Walsh Scholarship
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ACES: The Society for Editing
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Grant
1000 USD
Deadline
01 Mar 2025
Voice Talent Online Scholarship
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Voice Talent Online
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University Ranking

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2025
539 -58
2024
481 50
2023
531
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Student services

  • Prevention of harassment
  • The Student Support Center
  • Student Advising and Counseling Room

Housing services

The office provides international students with:

  • up-to-date information and advice on living in Japan to help international students settle in smoothly.
  • easy access to finding advice and services.
  • advice and services to promote international exchange activities among international students, Japanese students, faculty members, administrative staff members, and people from the local community.

Library services

  • Hitotsubashi University Library holds 1.94 million volumes and 16,700 serial titles. The collections in the Center for Historical Social Science Research are of outstanding international significance with more than 75,000 volumes of rare materials in the social sciences including the Carl Menger collection, the Schumpeter Collection, and the Soda Kiichiro collection, to name but a few.

ICT services

  • Approximately 200 computers are available for student use in the Computer Education Building. The Computer Center maintains, manages, and operates the University’s data processing and network systems, thereby contributing to improved research and education and greater administrative efficiency.

Medical services

  • Hitotsubashi University has a Health Center on the West Campus to provide primary care free of charge. 
  • There are one full-time doctor, one clinical psychologist, two registered nurses, one registered nutritionist, four part-time doctors and three counselors. Some English-speaking doctors available.

Campus life

  • Our main teaching and research activities take place at Kunitachi Campus in western Tokyo. Kodaira Kokusai (International) Campus has residence halls for both domestic and international students along. 
  • Chiyoda Campus is located in the birthplace of Hitotsubashi, Kanda-Hitotsubashi in central Tokyo, and offers courses for the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy.

Sports facilities

  • Private fitness clubs near the Kunitachi station and community sports center are equipped with sportsfacilities for personal use. You can also find tennis courts in the Kunitachi and Kodaira area.

  • In 2019, it was accredited as one of the few outstanding Designated National Universities – the only one specializing in the social sciences.

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Student Reviews

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High reputation, academic intensive, but it very difficult if you are international students and studying in Japanese

Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan

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