Career Support

Major Employers and Graduate Schools Recruiting APU Students

< As of May 1, 2023 >

APU sent forth yet another batch of graduates into the workforce in September 2022 and March 2023. The success our graduates have in attaining employment can be attributed to APU’s Career Development Support, a unique job placement support system linked to APU’s innovative education system.​

AY2022 List of Major Employers

Dom. Int. Company /Organization
IHI Corporation
IRIS OHYAMA Inc.
Accenture Japan Ltd
Adecco Ltd.
Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Amazon Com, Inc.
AlphaSights Ltd.
Aeon Kyushu Co., Ltd.
AEON RETAIL Co., Ltd.
Ishida Co., Ltd.
Itoham Foods Inc.
Infosys Limited
UENO Co.,Ltd.
USHIO INC.
ANA AIRPORT SERVICES CO., LTD.
NTT DATA Corporation
NTT DATA i CORPORATION
NTT DOCOMO, INC.
FPT Japan Holdings Co., Ltd.
OITA BANK CO., LTD
Oita Prefectural Government Office
OTSUKA CORPORATION
Keyence Corporation
Kikkoman Corporation
Kyushu Railway Company
KYOCERA Corporation
Kubota Corporation
International Hospitality and Conference Service Association
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.
Konami Group Corporation
Komatsu Ltd.
Saishunkan Co.,Ltd.
Sagawa Global Logistics Co., Ltd.
SAP Japan Co., Ltd.
SATO HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Sansan, Inc.
J-TEC Co., Ltd.
JFE Steel Corporation
JTB CORPORATION
JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
SHIMIZU CORPORATION
Immigration Services Agency of Japan
STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
State Street Trust and Banking Company, Ltd.
SEIBU PRINCE HOTELS WORLDWIDE INC.
GENERAL ASAHI
Sojitz Corporation
Sony Corporation
Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.
TIS Inc.
Dom. Int. Company /Organization
TEIKOKU DATABANK, LTD.
Imperial Hotel, Ltd.
TEKsystems, Inc.
Toyota Tsusho Corporation
THE NISHI-NIPPON CITY BANK, LTD.
Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd.
IBM Japan, Ltd.
Samsung Japan Corporation
Tata Consultancy Services Japan, Ltd.
Japan Tobacco Inc.
Nippon Express Company, Limited
Mcdonald's Holdings Company (Japan), Ltd.
Nohmi Bosai., Ltd.
Pasona Inc.
Panasonic Corporation
PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
Hitachi Construction Machinery Japan Co., Ltd.
Hino Motors, Ltd.
FAST RETAILING CO., LTD.
FamilyMart Co., Ltd.
Fujitsu Limited
Funai Soken Holdings
Funai Consulting Incorporated
Plan・Do・See Inc.
BULGARI JAPAN
FURUKAWA SANGYO KAISHA LTD.
The P&G Japan Limited.
HAYS Specialist Recruitment Japan K.K.
Beppu City Hall
Hoshino Resorts Inc.
Bosch Corporation
Michael Page International Japan K.K. Corporation
Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
Mitsui Fudosan Realty Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc.
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation
MORITA CORP.
Morgan Stanley Japan Holdings Co., Ltd.
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
OITA GODO SHIMBUN INC.
Lion Corporation
Rakuten Group, Inc.
LIXIL Corporation
Recruit Co., Ltd.
LITALICO lnc.
Robert Walters Japan K.K
Notes: Information is provided by students, and is current as of March 31, 2023

“Dom.” indicates companies and organizations which employ domestic students

“Int.” indicates companies and organizations which employ international students

AY2022 Countries of Foreign Employers

Country/Region Number employed
Republic of Indonesia 21
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam 21
People's Republic of China 15
Kingdom of Thailand 13
Republic of Korea 9
Republic of Tajikistan 6
Taiwan 3
United States of America 3
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste 2
Republic of Maldives 2
Republic of Mozambique 2
Malaysia 2
Independent State of Papua New Guinea 2
Independent State of Samoa 1
Republic of India 1
Mongolia 1
Republic of Kiribati 1
Nepal 1
People's Republic of Bangladesh 1
Federal Republic of Somalia 1
Republic of Fiji 1
Lao People's Democratic Republic 1
Kyrgyz Republic 1
Republic of Austria 1
Republic of Singapore 1
Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1
Republic of the Union of Myanmar 1
Slovak Republic 1
Palestine 1
Total 117
Note: Information is provided by students, and is current as of March 31, 2023

AY2022 List of Schools Accepting APU Graduates

1 out of every 2 students who goes on to higher education enters a university or graduate school in the Top 500 of the QS World University Rankings.

College of Asia Pacifc Studies

International Students
Aoyama Gakuin University
Columbia University
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Kansai University Graduate School of Law
King's College London
Kyoto University
Leipzig University
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Ritsumeikan University
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong
The University of Sydney
The University of Tokyo
University of Glasgow
University of Kent
University of Leeds
University of New South Wales
University of Oxford
University of Seoul
Waseda University
Domestic Students
Akita International University
Meiji University
Ritsumeikan University
University of East Anglia

College of International Management

International Students
NUCB Business School
Keio University
King's College London University of London
Kobe University
Kyung Hee University
Nagoya University
National University of Singapore
Norwegian Business School
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Sophia University
Temple University
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow
Waseda Unviersity
Domestic Students
"Tohoku University Graduate School of
Economics and Management"
Hult International Business School
The University of Manchester

Graduate

International Students
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
The University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow
Notes: 1. Information is provided by students, and is current as of April 1, 2023

2. Based on the QS W orld University Ranking, 2023.

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