Two employees passed the first examination for SME management consultants in 2017, and two employees passed multiple subjects!

We are pleased to announce that a student Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration successfully passed the first stage of the 2017 Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultant Examination, which was held on Saturday, August 5th and Sunday, August 6th, 2017.

This qualification, the only nationally certified management consultant, was ranked number one in the "2016 Ranking of Qualifications Most Wanted by Working Adults (business people in their 20s to 40s)" (Nikkei Inc., Nikkei HR Survey), making it a difficult qualification that gives working adults with work experience an overwhelming advantage.

The passing rate for this first test was 15.4%. ^*1 (3,106 successful applicants). ^*2 There were 35 successful candidates nationwide, two of whom were students from Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration.
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*1 Success rate for applicants
*2 Students by workplace category, 5. "Statistical data on the 2017 Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultant First Examination" by the Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultant Association

Successful candidates for the first examination for Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultants

Yuki Sato, 4th year student, Department Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Faculty of Commerce Department of Economics (graduated from Kasai Minami High School)
Hayato Niyama, 3rd year student in the Department Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Department of Business Administration Commerce and Economics (graduated from Toke High School)

SME Management Consultant 1st Examination Subject Pass

◆ Pass 3 subjects
"Economics and Economic Policy", "Corporate Management Theory", "Management Information Systems"
Tatsuki Ishihara, 3rd year student Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Department of Economics

◆ Pass two subjects
"Business Law" "Management Information Systems"
Ayano Ishibashi, 3rd year, Department of Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Department of Business Administration Commerce and Economics (graduated from Chiba Women's High School)