Graduate School of CommerceWaseda University

Dean, Graduate School of Commerce Nobuo Nakamura

The Graduate School of Commerce (GSC), Waseda University was established in 1951. Since then, it has continuously provided both domestic and international students aiming to become researchers or highly skilled professionals in advanced commercial studies with high-quality educational programs. Over the years, GSC has produced numerous researchers and highly skilled professionals equipped with high-level expertise and research skills across the field of commerce.
Today, it prides itself on being one of Japan’s leading graduate Schools of Commerce in terms of both quality and scale in research and education.

The profession of researcher, which GSC aims to train, is essential for the better and richer development of our country’s society and economy. In the business field, cutting-edge research results are often required to solve outstanding practical issues. Therefore, the stable and continuous production of cutting-edge researchers is a significant challenge for our entire country. GSC, as a representative Graduate School of Commerce in Japan, is expected to address these challenges in researcher training.

Meanwhile, in the past, new graduates from undergraduate programs were often valued in the business field in Japan. However, this trend has significantly changed recently. As the necessity and importance of reskilling and relearning are pointed out, businesspersons are now required to have more advanced and cutting-edge expertise. In the future, it is expected that increasing number of students in the social sciences will pursue graduate studies to acquire advanced managerial skills rather than entering the workforce immediately after graduation.

With this awareness of these issues, GSC and its researchers will continue to educate top-class researchers and highly skilled professionals more than ever before. Especially in the business field, where the effective combination of theory and practice is increasingly demanded, GSC aims to create a synergistic effect in education and research by integrating students aspiring to become researchers with those aiming to acquire skills and abilities as highly skilled professionals.

While there are still challenges for GSC in training researchers and highly skilled professionals, GSC will continue to take necessary measures to become a hub of commercial research in Asia and achieve further development.

We are confident that this will significantly contribute to the healthy development of the society and economy of not only our country but also the home countries of international students who wish to study at GSC.