At a glance

• UIBS teaches in English at its Tokyo campus, with up to 8 start dates a year
• The Global Bachelor and the Global Master each include a quarter in Tokyo
• Average rent for international students in Tokyo: ¥57,000 a month (about €324)
• International students may work up to 28 hours a week with permission

Yes. UIBS teaches business in English at its Tokyo campus, one of 9 city-center campuses, with up to 8 start dates a year.

Our programs are English-taught and American-inspired, so you do not need Japanese to follow your classes. Also, because our academic year runs in quarters, you can spend part of your studies in Tokyo and the rest in Europe or online.

That flexibility is what sets an English-taught business school in Tokyo with a European network apart. You can study one quarter in Tokyo and the next in Zurich, Barcelona or another of our campuses. See the campus on our Tokyo campus page.

Choose the Global Bachelor or the Global Master: each includes a quarter at a European campus and a quarter in Tokyo.

Both also add credits from American partner universities. So our three Tokyo routes look like this:

So an English-taught business school in Tokyo does not have to mean choosing between Asia and Europe. With these routes you can study in both, within one degree.

Rent is the main fixed cost: international students in Tokyo paid an average of ¥57,000 a month, according to JASSO’s 2023 survey.

Japan uses the yen, so we converted at the European Central Bank reference rate of 176.15 yen per euro on 26 October 2026, and we checked the figures on 29 October 2026.

However, the second figure is a national average, so expect Tokyo to sit above it. So budget in yen too: tuition at our English-taught business school in Tokyo is charged in yen, and our fees and scholarships page sets out the current fees. You can read the full survey summary on the Study in Japan cost of living page.

Yes, with permission: international students may work up to 28 hours a week, and up to 8 hours a day during long school holidays.

The rules for work while studying in Japan come from the country’s official study portal. First, check these points:

These rules are summarized on the Study in Japan part-time work page. Visa and work rules change, and we last checked them on 29 October 2026. So confirm them with the Japanese authorities before you plan. Our student visas page explains what to prepare.

Check that the whole program is in English, how it is accredited, and whether you can continue elsewhere. Then compare start dates.

Our guide to English-taught business schools in Europe explains these checks in detail. The same questions apply to any English-taught business school in Tokyo, because the checks do not depend on the city. For our own answer: “United Institute is institutionally-accredited by the EQAR-listed British Accreditation Council (BAC). Its main constituent school, UIBS, further holds programmatic accreditation from the EQAR-listed ‘Fundación para el Conocimiento Madri+d’ for its Professional Master’s programs, and from the CHEA-recognized Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) for several of its Bachelor’s and Master’s programs.”