Overview
, also known as a is a national university located in Tokyo, Japan. It has campuses in Kunitachi, Kodaira, and Chiyoda. One of the top ten Designated National University in Japan, Hitotsubashi is a relatively few institution specialized solely in social sciences with about 4,000 undergraduate students and 2,100 postgraduate students. Hitotsubashi holds the distinction of being Japan's first-ever Business School. Hitotsubashi is the first national university in Japan to receive accreditation from the prestigious AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) of the United States of America which means it is one of the top 6% business schools in the world. It was ranked 25th in the world by Mines ParisTech: Professional Ranking of World Universities.
Established in 1875 by Mori Arinori and evolved from Tokyo University of Commerce, Hitotsubashi has been consistently ranked amongst the top universities in Japanese university rankings and considered the best in economics and commerce related subjects in Japan.
From 1913 to the following year, the Government of Japan's Ministry of Education attempted to merge the Department of Commerce at The University of Tokyo and Hitotsubashi into an College of Commerce at Tokyo Imperial University. After strong against, this enabled the establishment of Tokyo University of Commerce, the predecessor of Hitotsubashi. In 1920, it was officially renamed as the Tokyo University of Commerce as a Japan's first commercial college. It underwent further rebranding in 1949 to adopt its modern name "Hitotsubashi". In 1962, the name "Tokyo University of Commerce" was legally modified to "Hitotsubashi University".
With a venerable history that traces back to the Tokyo University of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University wields significant influence in Japan. The university has produced over 40 senior bureaucrats for the Japanese government, including Masayoshi Ōhira, who served as the Prime Minister of Japan. The university was ranked 4th in 2023 Nikkei Survey "University Image held by Human Resources" (人事が見る大学イメージ) of leading companies of Japan
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