Keio

Keio Business School, Tokyo -Japan

KBS was established in 1962 as Japan’s first full-fledged business school. In 1978, our one-year program, which was introduced in 1969, was dissolved and evolved into the country’s first two-year MBA program. Since then, remaining loyal to the spirit of “practical learning” embraced in the founding philosophy of Keio University, we have been working to develop business leaders matched to the needs of the times on the basis of practical education using the case method. We also started providing a Ph.D. program in 1991 for the purpose of developing professional researchers specialized in business management.

Fact Sheet: KBS_Fact Sheet 2025-26

Applications for Fall and Winter Term must be received by April 1!

Please review fact sheet as it contains important information!

Term Dates: 

• Fall Term: September 1 – December 31
  *Lecture period tentatively scheduled to end around mid-December
• Winter Term: January 1 – March 31
  *Lecture Period tentatively scheduled to end around mid-March

*Students are required to arrive a few days earlier than the start of the lecture period.
*Mandatory orientation will be held on the first or second day of the lecture period. The fixed date will be announced
to nominees later.
*We will announce the Class schedules approximately two months before the start of the term.

Spots: 1

Credits: Exchange students are required to take at least 4 courses at KBS, irrespective of the requirements by their home
institutions. Each course has 27 classroom hours (90 minutes×18 sessions), equivalent to 30 contact hours and worth
2 KBS credits. For UNC Kenan-Flagler this translates to 7.5 UNC elective credits.

Location: Tokyo