Revered throughout East Asia as the 'Harvard/LSE of Japan', Hitotsubashi University maintains an unmatched reputation in commerce and economics, consistently ranked alongside the University of Tokyo for starting graduate salaries, executive representation in Nikkei 225 corporations, and supreme judicial appointments. Comprising five undergraduate faculties—including Japan's pioneering Faculty of Social Data Science launched in 2023—and seven graduate schools anchored by the world-renowned Hitotsubashi Business School (HUB), the university blends classical social thought with cutting-edge quantitative finance and public policy.