GLOBIS University Celebrates 2025 Full-time English MBA Graduation: 44 Students from 20 Countries

August 25, 2025

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Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo—GLOBIS University held its annual graduation ceremony for the 2025 Full-time English MBA Program on August 24. 44 graduates from 20 countries—the largest full-time cohort so far—celebrated their milestone together with friends and family at GLOBIS Hall.

GLOBIS University President and Founder Yoshito Hori addressed the new graduates with the following words:

We want you to be adventurous and visionary. If you take risks, you will surely face adversity.
Adversity is a great opportunity to improve yourself. If you are in your comfort zone, you are not learning or improving yourself.

We want you to be courageous to enjoy adversity.
Taking risks, facing adversity, improving yourself. If you keep on repeating this cycle, you will become the role models of those who will follow you.

Additionally, the coming “Technovate” era will be important, so deepen your understanding of technology and use your management capabilities to believe in possibilities.

Andy Meade from the United Kingdom, a recipient of the Academic Excellence Award, shared his learnings and how his experience at GLOBIS shaped his understanding of being a leader:

You don’t need a badge or a fancy title to be a leader. We can display the courage and determination to be the key player, to take action at the right time, regardless of our role. Only time will tell if that action is right or wrong. But failure is never final. Let’s do the hard yards, make the decision, take the risk, and live well with our choices. Let’s stay curious, have confidence in our taste, demonstrate the ability to express how we feel, and to listen, really listen, to others. You don’t have to be the smartest in the room, the richest, the best; sometimes you just have to stay the course. And let’s not forget to have some laughs and find love along the way.

Renee Lyn Reyes from the Philippines and Student Representative Speaker, reflected on her journey with GLOBIS by summarizing her experience in her personal 3C framework:

For me, It’s Community, Change and Challenge. The 3Cs that came out from this GLOBIS journey.

To my fellow graduates, I encourage you to think about your “So What?” And remind yourself that the person who stood here a year ago for the welcoming ceremony has grown so much and is ready to take on the challenges of the real world.

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, 984 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 20 countries: Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, France, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Kuwait, Mongolia, Nigeria, Philippines, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, and Vietnam.

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.