GMF Program 2026
Program Application
Student Capacity: 32 
Application Deadline: Feb. 22, Sun., EOD
Final Student List Announcement: no later than Feb. 23, Mon. EOD

**Selection Priority: First come first serve 
**Authorization Code will be distributed during the course add/drop period (2/23-2/27)

 

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Info Session

Online Info Session: 2/7 10:00  (Sat.)

Video: WATCH
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Agenda

Time

Agenda

10:00-10:02

Opening remarks

10:02-10:05

Professor Baber introduces himself

10:05-10:40

Go over Course syllabus, company visit, field trip introduction

10:40-11:00

QA

Important Dates & Syllabus
Syllabus (Tentative)

In-Person Lectures: 3/14 (Sat.) & 3/15 (Sun.) 9:30-12:00 / 13:30-16:00 - Room 402

3/14 (Sat.) 9:30-16:30

Introductory content, Negotiation I

3/15 (Sun.) 9:30-16:30

Introductory content, Digital Internationalization



Study Trip in Kyoto: 6/10-12, 2025 (Tue.-Fri.)
★★Those who run into VISA problems and thus cannot enter Japan cannot ask for a withdrawal or refund on their credit fee. This will also be seen as an act of missing the class and will receive an X or F for the grade.★★

6/16 (Tue.)

AM

KU campus

Negotiation II

Cross Cultural Management – Communication

PM

KU campus

Negotiation event with Kyoto GSM students

(preparation, interaction, debrief)

6/17 (Wed.)

AM

KU campus

Negotiation III

Cross Cultural Management I – Leadership

PM

Hilltop Inc., Uji

Digital transformation II – Case firm

(Visit to Hilltop, Inc.)

6/18 (Thu.)
AM

Yuhisai Kodokan

Cross Cultural Management II – Japanese Business Culture
(Tea event a
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Yuhisai Kodokan

PM

KU campus

Cross Cultural Management IV – Japanese Business

Cross Cultural Management III – Acculturation

Business Models in New Space
★Dinner with KU GSM Students

6/19 (Fri.)

AM

Off campus

Cross Cultural Management V – Japanese Business
Bus from Kyoto to Hikone

PM

Bus to Ohmi-Hachiman

Cross Cultural Management V –
Traditional Japan & Foreign Owned Japanese Business


 
Site Info
1. Kyoto University  
Yoshidahonmachi, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, 606-8501日本  GOOGLE MAP  
Building 34 (Research Building #2) CAMPUS MAP

2. Yuuhisai Koudoukan 有斐斎弘道館
日本〒602-8006 Kyoto, Kamigyo Ward, Mototsuchimikadocho, 524-1 上長者町通  GOOGLE MAP

3. HILLTOP株式会社 京都本社
Narute-1-30 Okubocho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0033日本  GOOGLE MAP

4. Two Rabbits Brewing Co.
241 Miyauchicho, Omihachiman, Shiga 523-0828日本   GOOGLE MAP