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Hitotsubashi University 一橋大学
Motto	None
Established	1875
Type	Public (National)
President	Takehiko Sugiyama
Faculty	600
Undergraduates	4,600
Postgraduates	2,000
Location	Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan
Campus	Urban
Mascot	None
Website	http://hit-u.ac.jp/

Hitotsubashi University (一橋大学, Hitotsubashi daigaku^?) is a national university in Tokyo, Japan. The University has campuses in Kunitachi, Kodaira and Kanda.

Hitotsubashi University is one of the most renowned Japanese universities for the social sciences, in particular commerce, economics and sociology. It has produced many alumni who went on to play active roles in the finance and industrial sectors. The university is held in high esteem by Japanese, placing it alongside other esteemed universities like Tokyo, Kyoto, Keio and Waseda. Hitotsubashi is recognised as one of the best specialist Japanese universities for the social sciences, and the best for commerce-related subjects. A useful comparison would be the London School of Economics, in London.

Hitotsubashi has strong relationships with overseas universities. Students in Hitotsubashi University are able to make use of the exchange student system. When founded, Hitotsubashi was called the Lecture School of Commerce and Law. It was founded by Mori Arinori. There were talks about a merger with Tokyo University, but alumni and students objected - the merger was not fulfilled. This is known as the 'Rouzyou Episode'.

The symbol of the Hitotsubashi university is inspired by Mercury, Greek mythology's god of commerce.

From the university webpage: "Hitotsubashi University is a publicly funded university in Tokyo that specializes in the social sciences. For 130 years Hitotsubashi graduates have played leading roles in Japanese business, hence the university's motto "captains of industry." Today, our former students are also prominent in finance, government, politics and the media. The quality of our research has been recognized internationally, and Hitotsubashi scholars maintain strong ties to industry and government. Hitotsubashi is an excellent base for visiting researchers, offering a well-stocked library, a beautiful campus (and in the case of ICS a location in the heart of Tokyo), and a friendly atmosphere."

Contents 1 Faculties and Graduate Schools 1.1 Faculties 1.2 Graduate Schools 2 Research Institutes and Centers 3 Famous alumni 4 External links

• Commerce
• Economics
• Law
• Social Sciences

• Commerce
• Economics
• Law
  • Law school
• Social Sciences
• Language and Society
• International Corporate Strategy
• International and Public Policy

• Institute of Economic Research
  • Research Center for Information and Statistics of Social Science
• Research and Development Center for Higher Education
• Computer Center
• Center for Student Exchange
• International Joint Research Center
• Institute of Innovation Research
• Center for Historical Social Science Literature

• Masayoshi Ohira - 68th and 69th Prime Minister of Japan
• Shintaro Ishihara - Author, current governor of Tokyo
• Yasuo Tanaka - Author, current governor of Nagano Prefecture
• Heizo Takenaka - Economist, current Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy of Japan.
• Hiroshi Okuda - ex Chairman of Toyota and Chairman of the prestigious Nihon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)
• Masaru Hayami - Governor of the Bank of Japan
• Fukuda Tokuzo - Economist
• Wataru Yoshizumi -manga artist
• Ken Ishii - musician
• Itô Sei - translator and novelist

• Hitotsubashi University
• Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS) Hitotsubashi University

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