Course of Study

After building a solid foundation in business and commerce during their two years at the Hiyoshi Campus, students advance to the Mita Campus to enhance their specialized expertise. Students can engage in systematic study across the four core fields of Management and Organization, Marketing Science, Accounting, and Economy and Industry—the core disciplines of the Faculty of Business and Commerce—while also broadening their interdisciplinary understanding through a variety of available programs. This section gives an overview of the four-year course of study. The key feature of the Faculty of Business and Commerce is the freedom for students to design their own academic journey by choosing from a diverse range of subjects that draw on Keio University’s all-round capabilities. Whether you aspire to become an accountant, master practical language skills, work in the world of finance, balance academics with sports, or study abroad, you can take responsibility for shaping your four years of study to achieve your dreams.

Students take general education courses that cultivate various areas of knowledge and develop sound judgment, as well as foreign language courses that foster communication skills for the global stage. Additionally, through foundational and specialized classes, they learn essential basic theories, analytical tools, mathematics, and statistics—all indispensable for studying the four fields of Management and Organization, Marketing Science, Accounting, and Economy and Industry—laying the foundation for study in their respective areas of expertise.

Building on the first year, students will take general education courses, foreign language courses, foundational business courses, and specialized major courses to broaden their expertise in business and commerce. Both foundational and specialized courses include required and elective subjects, allowing students to gain a broad understanding of economic and social systems from temporal and geographical perspectives, as well as the legal frameworks that govern them.

Building upon the broad liberal arts education and comprehensive judgment skills cultivated in the first and second years, students systematically refine their knowledge by combining various courses centered on the four major fields (specialized areas) and programs (interdisciplinary challenges). Furthermore, this strongly embodies the tradition of “learning while teaching, teaching while learning,” in which students develop their own perspectives and hone their debating skills while acquiring specialized knowledge in small-group settings.

Continuing on from the third year, fourth year students pursue specialized expertise centered on their field and program while writing a graduation thesis as the culmination of their seminar work.

By combining the advance enrollment of master's course subjects in the third and fourth years with the master's course early completion system, it is possible to obtain both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in five years.