Master of Social Entrepreneurship
Niigata, Japan
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
31 Mar 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
JPY 2,700,000 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The purpose of the program is to provide opportunities with young people who wish to work as social entrepreneurs and contribute to solving sustainable social issues through business and NPOs, or who want to work for social development in partnership with the private sector at international organizations and other aid organizations, to gain the knowledge, ideas, and connections necessary to take real action.
In addition to on-campus lectures, this practical program incorporates a trial business plan that simulates actual activities as a social entrepreneur through field study in developing countries or rural areas of Japan.
Social entrepreneurship, running one’s businesses, is a common career aspiration. Many students also aim to play roles in international development/cooperation projects with organizations like the United Nations and JICA. This is why ISEP allows students to earn an International Organization Professional Focus certificate alongside their MSE degree.
Interdisciplinary curriculum
Curriculum setting that allows students to study both business administration and international relations
Practical experiences
A practice-oriented program that incorporates preparation for starting a social business
Local connection
Connection with local communities to accelerate the realization of ideas
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
IUJ offers a variety of scholarship support to admitted students. Scholarship-to-student matches are made on a competitive
basis and only at the time of admission. The allocations of scholarships are also based on the objectives of our various partner
organizations, companies, and foundations. Scholarships can support admission fees, tuition, and/or monthly stipends
depending on the award.
Curriculum
Core Courses
- Business Core
- Financial Accounting or Financial Reporting
- Marketing Management
- Competing in Emerging Markets
- Local Resources and Social Business
- Strategic Management
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Elective Courses
- Agriculture Business and Policy in Japan
- Entrepreneurial and Venture Finance
- Managerial Accounting
- AI for Business
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Monozukuri (Manufacturing) Management in Japan
- Business Presentation
- Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development
- New Business Creation and Venturing
- Data Analytics for Business
- International Management
- Organization Behavior
- Digital Platform and Digital Business Models
- Leadership
- Sustainability Transformation Strategy
- Digital Supply Chain Management
- Management for Digital Transformation
- World Landscape of Digital Industry
Courses Offered by GSIR (Graduate School of International Relations)
- Agricultural Development and Resource Revenue Management
- Human Rights
- Japanese International Development Cooperation
- Analysis of Development Policies and Programs
- International Organizations
- Policy Evaluation
- Cross-cultural Communication
- International Political Economy
- Political Institution and Governance
- Development Economics
- International Politics
- Public Human Resource Management
- Development Policy and Globalization
- International Security in a Digitized World
- Roles of Government and Entrepreneurs in Development