The goal of the School of Business Administration is to cultivate highly-specialized human resources capable of meeting contemporary social needs. The School, which has its roots in the Kobe University of Commerce, aims to achieve the research and educational goals desirable for the twenty-first century. The School of Business Administration is made up of two departments. One is the Department of Strategic Management that aims to develop businesspeople who can cope with the environmental changes affecting management organizations. The other is the Department of Entrepreneurship and Management that focuses on fostering entrepreneurs who will create new business.

Presently, there are about 1,000 undergraduate students studying in the School, and about new 250 students enroll every year.

In order to achieve its goal, the School of Business Administration provides a motivational education concerned with management, and has a system in which students can systematically acquire a broad range of general knowledge and advanced expertise. The School has four courses: Strategy and System Course, Accounting and Information Course, Venture Course, and Market Analysis Course, from which students can choose according to their career plans. Furthermore, the School emphasizes on small-sized classes and seminars, and encourages students to brush up their foreign language skills.

The Graduate School, which consists of a two-year master's program and a three-year doctoral program, offers students the opportunity to acquire sophisticated expertise. The Graduate School of Accountancy, which was established in 2007, aims to produce professional accountants with specialized skills. The Graduate School of Business, which is going to start in April, 2010, is designed to foster professionals with management skills. Students with excellent records can benefit from a unified five-year program of undergraduate and graduate education, which enables them to enter the Graduate School one year before their graduation. Moreover, the Graduate School has a doctoral program for those who would like to continue further research.

The aim of this course is to cultivate highly-motivated entrepreneurs with venture spirit. Our goal is to develop business leaders who start and operate venture business with creative management know-how, and who will contribute to stimulating the community where they play an active part. In order for students to study practical business, we provide two principal subjects, "Internship" and "Corporate Relations" classes, in which students have the opportunity to experience the fieldwork incorporated into the course. We focus on both basic subjects and advanced ones so that students can pursue their careers in the business world.

The target of this course is to acquire fundamental knowledge of market analysis. Students study the knowledge of information about industry and economy, which is dispensable for entrepreneurs to analyze the market environment. Our aim is to foster business supporters capable of providing vital information and legal aspects or matters for entrepreneurs, and those who are engaged in cultivating venture business in the community. Graduates in this course are expected to be talented professionals, and to represent in a diversity of careers.

Current movements such as globalization and development of information technology have a great impact on society and economy. The educational goal of this course is to offer knowledge of how to adjust to social and environmental change. Students study methods of analyzing the business environment and implementing business strategy based on careful planning. This course covers strategic management and the ways of systematic thinking for management. We create businesspeople responsible for implementing their decisions in this rapidly changing society.

In profit-oriented and nonprofit organizations, the management has the duty to report on managerial activities, and this explanation is defined as accountability. Our target is to foster professionals skilled in accounting and information processing. This course provides practical subjects for certificate examinations as well as fundamental subjects. Students are encouraged to acquire advanced knowledge of accounting along with the information service. The goal of this course is to cultivate specialized human resources who meet the social needs and contribute to society.