Accounting Policy

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Foreign:$ 3.54 k / Year(s) Deadline: Dec 22, 2024
201–250 place StudyQA ranking:4562 Duration:2 years

Tohoku University, Japan newly founded the International Graduate School of Accounting Policy (IGSAP) in April, 2015 and shortly start admitting students from many countries to begin study from October, 2015. IGSAP students will earn master's degrees awarded by Tohoku University upon completing two years of course work.

The IGSAP is a unique master’s degree program run jointly by universities and partner business professional institutions in Japan and overseas. The principal mission of the IGSAP is to turn out “professionals" of accounting policy, who will lead the resolution of a variety of serious problems in global, national and local societies. We believe that they will be able to solve the problems by applying transnational human networks and advanced knowledge of accounting, finance and public policy.

IGSAP offers a lot of Lecture / Seminar courses in the main three Subjects. IGSAP has the main three Subjects: Accounting Systems Design, Finance of SMEs, and Modern Public Policy, and four communication literacy courses: Japanese Business Communication, English Business Communication, Cross-section of Multi-culture, English Composition for Research Paper and Master Thesis.

These courses are to be held from October to January and from April to July.

About six Lecture courses are given in each of the three Subjects as follows;

Accounting Systems Design

  • Accounting System Design
  • Financial Accounting
  • Tax Accounting
  • Management Accounting
  • Accounting in Asia
  • Seminar Class for Master Thesis or Research Paper

Finance of SMEs

  • History of Finance for SMEs
  • Management of SME Bank
  • Scoring Model
  • Cash Flow Management and Corporate Finance
  • Operational Management and Information Systems
  • Organization and Human Resource Management
  • Seminar Class for Master Thesis or Research Paper

Modern Public Policy

  • Global Politics
  • Environmental Issues and Sustainable Developments
  • Global Health
  • Scientific Technology and Human Being
  • Public Policy Formation in Practice
  • Seminar Class for Master Thesis or Research Paper

Internship and Field Study

Students can engage in internship or field study in business organizations or government offices offered by Public Organization Institute of Accounting Policy (collaborative organization between academia and profession) or foreign collaborative universities.

Internship and field study is to be held every year in February and March or August and September. Internship and field study classes are not given in those 4 months.

Students can make a research paper in the second year of IGSAP. If it is evaluated AA, the students can proceed to the Ph.D. program of the Graduate School of Economics and Management. In case students enrolled based on Double Degree MOU between IGSAP and a partner university, they can submit a master thesis to both university and can get dual degrees.

Master Thesis or Research Paper

Students can make a Research Paper in the second year of IGSAP. If it is evaluated AA, the students can proceed to the Ph.D. program of the Graduate School of Economics and Management. If they wish, in case every Double Degree student is requested to submit a Research paper (or an MA thesis) to bothe his / her home instiution and Tohoku University in order to obtain Double Degrees awarded by the both institution.

  • Bachelor's degree to apply for Master's program
  • Undergraduate transcript
  • Certificate of (expected) completion or of degree conferral
  • One letter of recommendation from your academic advisor or equivalent
  • Study Plan (1,000 words in English)
  • General Test score for the GRE
  • Score Report of GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) (optional)
  • 1 Photo ID and examination admission ticket
  • Written recommendation
  • Basic academic ability: Grade point average (GPA) 2.30 or higher out of 3.0
  • English proficiency: TOEFL (iBT: 79), IELTS (6.0), etc.
  • Entrance examination Fee JPY 30,000
  • Entrance Fee JPY 282,000

Scholarships

  • Presidential Scholarship in Tohoku University
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