GLOBIS University Celebrates 2024 Full-time English MBA Graduation: 37 Students from 16 Countries

August 26, 2024

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Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo—GLOBIS University held its annual graduation ceremony for the 2024 Full-time English MBA Program on August 25. This year, a record high of 37 students from 16 countries graduated, celebrating this milestone together with their friends and family at GLOBIS Hall.

Before sending them off into the future, GLOBIS University President and Founder Yoshito Hori shared these words:

According to Socrates, philosophy means “to learn how to live well” as a soul that is born into this world.
When we hear the word philosophy, we think of it as something difficult, but it is no big deal. Philosophy is simply “to think how to live well.”
You learned how to believe in yourself. If you do not believe in yourself, who would trust you or believe in you?
It is important to construct your own philosophy.
After all, it is your life. You must live with your own values, not with other persons’ values.

Manohar Singala from India, Academic Excellence Award Recipient, shared his experience of the passion exhibited by GLOBIS students and expressed his belief that business leaders have the power to change the world;

We all have acquired skills and developed many perspectives. Our most important competitive advantage is finding our purpose / mission, or kokorozashi. Each one of us is passionate about something, like empowering villages through education, building community with sports and food, poverty, climate change, gaming, restoring peace, development, digitalization – all of us focusing on making the world a better place.

Sirinya Laochinda from Thailand and Student Representative Speaker talked about her experience as part of the GLOBIS community;

As MBA candidates, we’ve put ourselves in the shoes of countless managers, grappling with complex cases and strategic dilemmas. But the most important lesson I learned from over 300 days of intensive study wasn’t about cracking cases or crunching numbers. It was about how to be part of something bigger than myself. I can wholeheartedly say that the 36 strangers I met a year ago had become dear friends whom I could not imagine our class without. We laughed and smiled together, but also challenged and supported each other. It was about realizing that my role wasn’t limited to what I expected of myself, but also the roles I could take to support my peers, my team, and my community.

The GLOBIS MBA in English was launched with the Part-Time Online MBA Program in 2009, followed by the Full-time MBA Program in 2012. Since then, 867 students have graduated. With more than 90% of students coming from outside of Japan, the GLOBIS Full-time MBA offers a truly global study experience. This year’s graduates come from 16 countries: Bangladesh, China, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Mongolia, the Philippines, Republic of Korea, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the United States, Vietnam and Yemen.

GLOBIS University strives to equip future business leaders with cutting-edge management knowledge through Technovate courses, seminars with top global leaders, and other unique student experiences.

The GLOBIS Experience:

(1) Technovate MBA Courses
GLOBIS University offers special courses to train new business leaders to face challenges, opportunities, and solutions in the Technovate Era. In addition to foundational courses such as Technovate Thinking and Technovate Strategy, the English MBA Program has greatly expanded to include offerings such as Robotics and AI Business Innovation and Innovation through Virtual Teams.

(2) Corporate Mentorship Program (CMP)
GLOBIS builds and maintains partnerships with a growing network of organizations in Japan and overseas, counting over a hundred collaborators. Through the Corporate Mentorship Program (CMP), GLOBIS aims to accelerate globalization and innovation by connecting its international MBA talent to corporate partners.
The CMP offers two action-learning courses: 1) the Integrated Learning Program (ILP), a two-month internship where students apply their MBA knowledge in real-world business environments, and 2) the CMP Special Course, where students act as business consultants to develop solutions for managerial challenges faced by partner organizations. These highly practical courses encourage students to integrate and apply what they have learned throughout their MBA journey.

About GLOBIS University

Founded in a small rented classroom in 1992 by renowned entrepreneur Yoshito Hori, GLOBIS University has grown to become the largest business school in Japan and aims to become the “world’s No. 1 MBA in the Technovate era.” With the principles of fostering skill development, a professional network, and a personal mission, the institution is committed to developing visionary leaders who create and innovate societies. GLOBIS University proudly supports a vast international faculty, seven locations in Japan, and international hub locations in Singapore, Bangkok, San Francisco, Brussels and Manila. English MBA program offerings include a la carte Pre-MBA courses, a one-year Full-time MBA, a two-year Part-time and Online MBA, and nano-MBA courses combining live classes, self-paced learning formats, and AI-powered feedback.
GLOBIS University continues to expand its curriculum with course offerings in digital technology and entrepreneurship, promoting business mastery in an age of global innovation.

About GLOBIS

Since its foundation in 1992, GLOBIS has fostered a vision to create and innovate societies by fostering management ecosystems of people, capital, and knowledge. Today, the company is involved in a range of activities, from higher education and corporate training to venture capital. GLOBIS also operates the G1 Institute and the KIBOW Foundation, both non-profit organizations to promote creativity and innovation in society. The GLOBIS MBA and corporate training programs are offered both online and in person across Japan, China, Singapore, Thailand, the USA, Belgium, and the Philippines. GLOBIS University is the proud home of Japan’s largest MBA and is rapidly growing to claim this title for all of Asia.