Joint research and commissioned research

• Joint research conducted with overseas universities and private companies
• Research commissioned by companies

Research support and commissioned research received from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology （MEXT）

1. Two projects selected for the Global Centers of Excellence (COE) Program
   • Innovation in the Japanese Corporation
   • Research Unit for Statistical and Empirical Analysis in Social Sciences
2. Four projects selected for the 21st-Century Center of Excellence (COE) Program
   • Center for New European Research
   • Dynamics of Knowledge, Corporate System and Innovation
   • Normative Evaluation and Social Choice of Contemporary Economic Systems
   • Research Unit for Statistical Analysis in Social Sciences
3. Highest selection ratio for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research for new research topics among all Japanese research institutions for three years in a row （2005–2007; selection ratio of 56.1％, compared with the national average of 24.3％）.

4. Operation of a center for Asian research and education

   Through a commission received in fiscal 2007 from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Hitotsubashi’s Graduate School of Law is working with Renmin University of China Law School and Pusan National University College of Law on the theme: "The Reception and Creation of Law in East Asia: Towards the Formation of the Basis for an East Asian Commune."

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5. Implementation of the Project for the Promotion of Area Studies Research That Corresponds to the Needs of the World

   For five years beginning in fiscal 2006, Hitotsubashi’s Graduate School of Economics is conducting research commissioned by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology （MEXT） on the theme, "Middle East within Asia: Law and Economics."