The Graduate School of International Management considers individuals with one of the following qualifications to be eligible applicants: 

(1).Those who hold, or are about to receive, their bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university and who have completed a minimum of sixteen years of formal schooling.

(2).Those who hold a bachelor's degree in a country where less than 16 years of formal schooling is required for completion of that degree program and who have one or more years of research experience subsequent to their bachelor's degree at an academic institution; minimum age of 22. (An official letter attesting to the academic research experience is required as part of the application documents.)

(3).In some cases, those who hold a bachelor's degree from an educational institution in a country where 15 years of formal schooling is required for completion of that degree program but have no research experience may be regarded as eligible applicants based on their undergraduate performance.

(4).Those who have completed two years of education beyond secondary school (such as junior college or vocational school), have more than two years of work experience, a minimum age of 22, and submit an additional essay on the topic of "unique features of my work experience and how they contribute to the MBA program or E-Business Management Program at IUJ."

The Graduate School of International Management of IUJ is dedicated to developing tomorrow's leaders. Applicants will be reviewed on the basis of the following criteria in accordance with the mission above.

1. Clearness of career goals, significance and positioning of proposed study in the IUJ MBA/E-business Management program toward those goals.

2. Aptitude and potential to become a business leader who can manage increasingly globalizing organizations.

3. Maturity and fair sense of values as a member of the multinational and multicultural IUJ community and interest in understanding different cultures, actively communicating with others, and creating a world-wide human network.

1. Interview test

An interview is performed in English. However, when required, it may be carried out in Japanese. About the time of the interview, an applicant is notified and sent an examination ID card.

2. Institutional TOEFL (paper-based test)

The institutional TOEFL is an English language proficiency test administered by qualified academic institutions, including IUJ, and other agencies for their own internal use. Although the test content is the same as in the paper-based TOEFL, official score reports are not issued to the examinee. Please refer to section on TOEFL/IELTS for exemption rules for the Institutional TOEFL.

International Applicants (residents of countries other than Japan):

We base admission decisions on an evaluation of the application documents submitted. There are two separate intakes for admissions.