Improve Your Employability with “MA in Law + Certificates of KIMAP Fields”!
Kobe University Interdisciplinary Master Program (KIMAP) is offered under a collaboration of the three graduate schools: Business Administration and Economics and Law. Students enrolled in KIMAP in Global Business Law can not only obtain the Master’s Degree in Law by satisfying the graduation requirements but also receive certificates by completing one or several specialized fields.
Three Fields of KIMAP
- International Business Field
In this field, students can study international business not only from legal point of views but also from the viewpoints of business administration and economics.
- Entrepreneurship & Finance Field
This field focuses on how to promote entrepreneurship and utilize finance.
- Sustainable Development & Public Policy Field
This field focuses on how to promote sustainable development by public policy making and corporate governance.
1）International Business Field
Students can study international business not only from legal point of views but also from the viewpoints of business administration and economics.
Followings are example of the designated courses: (Law) Private International Law, International Business Transactions; International Arbitration; WTO Law; International Investment Law (Business Administration) KIMAP Introduction to Marketing; International Trade; Advanced International Business; Strategic Management; Advanced Supply Chain Management; WTO and IPR (intellectual property rights) (Economics) Comparative Economic History; Microeconomic Analysis I Macroeconomic Analysis I; Econometric Analysis I
2）Entrepreneurship & Finance Field
This field focuses on how to promote and sustain corporate governance, competitiveness, innovation and financial strength of enterprises.
Followings are example of the designated courses: (Law) International Corporate Law and Practice; Law and Practice of International Finance; Intellectual Property Law; Comparative Competition Law (Business Administration) KIMAP Introduction to Finance; Financial Management; Corporate Finance; Advanced Entrepreneurial Finance; Technology Entrepreneurship (Economics) Public Finance; Monetary Economics; Microeconomic Analysis I; Econometric Analysis I
3）Sustainable Development & Public Policy Field
This field covers a variety of issues including sustainable development which is becoming more and more important in current public policy making and corporate governance.
Followings are example of the designated courses: (Law) International Environmental Law; International Labor Law; Global Business and SDGs; Comparative Constitutional Law; Public International Law (Business Administration) Sustainability Accounting and Reporting; Advanced Supply Chain Management; Sustainable Tourism (Economics) Topics of Development Economics; Macroeconomic Analysis I; Public Finance; Monetary Economics
Requirement for the completion of fields
- Registration in the first semester
- 14 credits from courses designated for each field
Lists of designated courses offered in AY2024
Check which courses are designated (〇) to each of the three Fields.
Past lists of designated courses (AY2023-)
Table 2
| Courses | Semester | Regular/Intensive | Date and period | Credit(s) | Lecturer | Field | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IB* | EF** | SDPP*** | |||||||
| Law | Japanese Legal System II | Spring | Regular | Thu 5 | 2 | Kadomatsu and others | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Introduction to Common Law I | Spring | Regular | Wed 3 | 2 | Carpenter | 〇 | × | × | |
| Global Business and SDGs | Spring | Regular | Fri 4 (May 10-Jun 28) | 1 | Heike/ Yodogawa |
× | × | 〇 | |
| International Investment Law | Spring | Regular | Fri 5 | 2 | Lavranos/ Hamersma |
〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Private International Law | Spring | Intensive | May 13, 15: 4-5 May 14, 16: 3-4 |
1 | Fiorini | 〇 | × | × | |
| Public International Law | Spring | Intensive | Jul 2: 2-4 Jul 3: 2, 4-5 Jul 4: 3-4 |
1 | Devaney | × | × | 〇 | |
| International Labor Law | Spring | Intensive | Jul 29-Aug 2: 2-4 | 2 | Ago | × | × | 〇 | |
| Japanese Legal System I | Fall | Regular | Thu 5 | 2 | Sekine and others | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| European Law | Fall | Regular | Mon 4 (15:10-16:50) | 2 | Sekine | 〇 | × | 〇 | |
| Comparative Constitutional Law | Fall | Regular | Tue 1 | 2 | Wang | × | × | 〇 | |
| Introduction to Common Law II | Fall | Regular | Wed 3 | 2 | Carpenter | 〇 | × | × | |
| International Law for Sustainable Development | Fall | Regular | Thu 2 | 2 | Hirano | × | × | 〇 | |
| Law and Practice of International Finance | Fall | Regular | Fri 2 | 2 | Carpenter | 〇 | 〇 | × | |
| International Arbitration | Fall | Regular (online) | Sat (twice a month) | 2 | Saito/Allen/ Kurita |
〇 | × | × | |
| Asian Law | Fall | Intensive |
Oct 22, 24, 29, 31: 3-4 Oct 23, 30: 4-5 Oct 25: 3 Oct 28: 2-3 |
2 | Zhao/Leong | 〇 | × | × | |
| International Business Transactions | Fall | Intensive |
Nov 5-6: 2-3 Nov 7: 3-4 Nov 8: 1,3 |
1 | Koh | 〇 | 〇 | × | |
| International Corporate Law and Practice | Fall | Intensive |
Nov 26: 3-4 Nov 27: 4-5 Dec 19-20: 3-4 |
1 | Ködderitzsch | 〇 | 〇 | × | |
| Intellectual Property Law | Fall | Intensive | Dec 10: 3-4 (in-person) Dec 11: 1-2 (in-person) Dec 17: 1-2 (on-demand) Dec 18: 1 (on-demand), 2 (online) Jan 6: 1-3 (on-demand) Jan 9: 1 (online) Jan 16: 1-3 (online) |
2 | Takenaka | 〇 | 〇 | × | |
| Comparative Competition Law | Fall | Intensive |
Jan 14: 2-3 Jan 15, 20, 22, 24: 4-5 Jan 16: 4 Jan 21, 23: 3-4 |
2 | Cheng | 〇 | 〇 | × | |
*IB: International Business
**EF: Entrepreneurship & Finance
***SDPP: Sustainable Development & Public Policy
Table 3
| Courses | Semester | Regular/Intensive | Date and period | Credit(s) | Lecturer | Field | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IB* | EF** | SDPP*** | |||||||
| Economics | KIMAP Elective Courses／KIMAP選択科目群 | ||||||||
| Microeconomic Analysis II | Spring | Regular | Fri 3 | 2 | Wolf | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Macroeconomic Analysis II | Spring | Regular | Mon 2 | 2 | Zierhut | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Econometric Analysis II | Spring | Regular | Fri 1 | 2 | Wolf | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Public Finance | Spring | Regular | Tue 2 | 2 | Miyazaki | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Household Economics | Spring | Regular | Tue 1 | 2 | Horioka | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Monetary Policy and Financial Frictions | Spring | Intensive | Sep 9: 3 Sep 10-13: 2-3 Sep 17-19: 2-3 |
2 | Schabert | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Applied Time Series Econometrics | Spring | Intensive | Jun 12: 3-5 Jun 13: 3-4 Jun 14: 4-5 Jun 17-18: 3-5 Jun 19: 3-4 |
2 | Goto | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Microeconomic Analysis I | Fall | Regular | Thu 1 | 2 | Wolf | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Macroeconomic Analysis I | Fall | Regular | Tue 4 | 2 | Zierhut | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Econometric Analysis I | Fall | Regular | Thu 2 | 2 | Wolf | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Comparative Economic History | Fall | Regular | Tue 3 | 2 | Hashino | 〇 | 〇 | × | |
| European Economy | Fall | Regular | Fri 2 | 2 | Wierzbowska | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Environmental Economics | Fall | Regular | Mon 2 | 2 | Sakamoto | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Finance | Fall | Regular | Tue 2 | 2 | Otsubo | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
|
Business Administration |
KIMAP Elective Courses／KIMAP選択科目群 | ||||||||
| Advanced Supply Chain Management | Spring | Regular | Q3: Wed 3-4 | 2 | Sano | 〇 | × | 〇 | |
| Public Administration and Project Evaluation | Spring | Regular | Thu 2 | 2 | Matsuo | 〇 | × | 〇 | |
| Advanced Portfolio Management - Theory and Practice | Spring | Regular | Fri 2 | 2 | Nishimura | × | 〇 | × | |
| Corporate Finance | Spring | Regular | Q3: Tue 1-2 | 2 | Tongurai | × | 〇 | × | |
| International Trade | Spring | Regular | Wed 2 | 2 | Ma | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Marketing Communications Research I | Spring | Intensive (online) | May 27-28, 30-31: 5-6 | 1 | Okazaki | 〇 | × | × | |
| Marketing Communications Research II | Spring | Intensive (online) | Jun 3-4, 6-7: 5-6 | 1 | Okazaki | 〇 | × | × | |
| Economics of Network Industries | Spring | Intensive (online) | July 1-2, 4-5: 3-5 | 1 | Smith | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Dynamics of Strategy | Spring | Intensive | Apr 22-23, 25-26: 3-4 | 1 | Wright | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Strategic Management | Spring | Intensive | May 20-21, 23-24, 27-28, 30: 3-4, 31: 3 | 2 | Yiu | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| WTO and IPR (intellectual property rights) | Spring | Intensive | May 13-14, 16-17: 3-4 | 1 | Bond | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Leadership: Advanced Perspectives | Spring | Intensive | Jun 10-11, 13-14: 3-4 | 1 | Khapova | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Econometrics for Business Economics | Spring | Intensive | Jul 8-9, 11-12, 16-18: 3-4, 19:3 | 2 | Lu | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Management Control for Strategy Execution | Spring | Intensive | Jul 29-30, Aug 1-2: 3-4 | 1 | Schloetzer | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Sustainability Accounting and Reporting | Fall | Regular | TBA | 2 | Haider | × | × | 〇 | |
| Management Statistics | Fall | Regular | TBA | 2 | Waqar | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| KIMAP Introduction to Finance | Fall | Regular | TBA | 2 | Tongurai | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Financial Management | Fall | Regular | Q3: Tue 1-2 | 2 | Tongurai | × | 〇 | × | |
| Advanced Entrepreneurship | Fall | Intensive | TBA | 1 | Rûffer | × | 〇 | × | |
| Advanced International Business | Fall | Intensive | TBA | 2 | Bebenroth | 〇 | × | × | |
| Entrepreneurship Management | Fall | Intensive | TBA | 1 | Iyoha | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Supply Chain Management | Fall | Intensive | TBA | 1 | Narayanan | 〇 | × | 〇 | |
| Marketing Channels and Organizational Economics | Fall | Intensive | TBA | 1 | Lo | 〇 | × | × | |
| Business Analytics and Innovation Management | Fall | Intensive | TBA | 1 | Goduscheit | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Technology Entrepreneurship | Fall | Intensive | TBA | 1 | Eesley | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
*IB: International Business
**EF: Entrepreneurship & Finance
***SDPP: Sustainable Development & Public Policy