About NUCB
Where world-class education become reality.
Since its foundation in 1953, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business has been dedicated to helping students create a path in life that is distinctly their own.
The energy driving the mission of NUCB is the ambition and optimism behind a ‘Frontier Spirit.’
Brief History
In 1930 NUCB founding President Yuichi Kurimoto became the first Asian graduate of the University of Alberta. Upon his return to Japan, he brought with him the spirit of Westward expansion impressed upon him during his student days working for the Canada Pacific Railway, whose motto was ‘Span the World.’
In 1935, Yuichi drew upon the vision of success he learned while working on the railway and upon his accomplishments in obtaining a foreign education – still a rare achievement in Japan at the time – to open a technical-vocational school guided by the mission of helping students discover and develop their own path in life.
The Second World War brought with it the destruction of Yuichi Kurimoto’s efforts. Picking up the pieces, in 1953 post-war Japan, he slowly began the process of rebuilding his dream. However instead of reestablishing a technical school, Yuichi decided to open a school of commerce and business that would help rebuild Japan into a new nation by building the leaders of tomorrow.
Today, founding President Yuichi Kurimoto’s modest start has grown to become the Nagoya University of Commerce and Business with the ambition of becoming the first truly international business school in Japan for both undergraduate and graduate students from around the world.
History of NUCB
| 1953 | Nagoya University of Commerce & Business founded |
| 1968 | Relocation to Nisshin campus began, pioneering the suburb relocation of university campuses |
| 1976 | Computer Center Opened |
| 1986 | Campus LAN completed |
| 1990 |
Graduate School (nation's first Graduate School of Management Information) opened Began giving home computer to all incoming freshmen |
| 2000 | Millennium Gate completed |
| 2003 | 50th Anniversary Pole completed |
| 2006 | Accredited by AACSB International |
| 2009 | Accredited by The Association of MBAs |
| 2010 | International Educational Research Center opened |
Millennium Gate
50th Anniversary Pole
MISSION
Our mission is to provide a high-quality education in order to develop leaders and entrepreneurs with a 'Frontier Spirit' and a global perspective, and the ability to contribute positively to the business community. The University endeavors to meet the challenges of globalization and to maintain a competitive edge by providing outstanding programs in management education, and opportunities in the global arena.
VISION
Our vision is to become one of the top business schools in Japan. We intend to raise the undergraduate entrance standards and decrease overall enrollment. We will increase the graduate school to 1000 students, with half coming from the corporate community. Our graduates will benefit from the opportunity to take part in exchange programs at the leading business schools all over the world.
VALUES
Our values are
- Excellence in teaching and research.
- Continuous quality improvement in enrollment management.
- Provision of efficient, responsive and effective administration.
- Determination to being innovative in our pedagogy and social orientation.
- To promote practical industry-focused teaching and research hand in hand with theoretical considerations.
- Inculcate ethical values in business and academic practices.
- To value diversity.
- To provide education from a global perspective.
- To attract and maintain a high quality staff.
- Utilize leading-edge educational technology in teaching and administration.
Number of Faculty
| Faculty | Rank | Full-time | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commerce | Professor | 18 | 29 |
| Associate Professor | 3 | ||
| Lecturer | 8 | ||
| Economics | Professor | 12 | 20 |
| Lecturer | 6 | ||
| Lecturer | 2 | ||
| Management | Professor | 18 | 33 |
| Associate Professor | 9 | ||
| Lecturer | 5 | ||
| Assistant Professor | 1 | ||
| Communication | Professor | 13 | 22 |
| Associate Professor | 3 | ||
| Lecturer | 6 | ||
| Total | Professor | 61 | 104 |
| Associate Professor | 21 | ||
| Lecturer | 21 | ||
| Assistant Professor | 1 |
Number of Students
| Faculty | Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Commerce | 959 |
| Economics | 856 |
| Management | 1,380 |
| Communication | 589 |
| Total | 3,784 |
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