Education

In partnership with the Robert T. Huang Entrepreneurship Center (QREC), the SBRC delivered Social Entrepreneurship, a joint lecture course offered as part of QREC’s AY2018 curriculum.
SDGs Entrepreneurship, another QREC-SBRC joint lecture course, featured a field study in addition to classroom lectures.
 
 
Social Entrepreneurship: Joint lecture offered as part of QREC’s AY2018 curriculum
 
 
In Social Entrepreneurship, students learn about social business that aims to solve social problems in an independent and sustainable way. The course explores the differences between Yunus Social Business and social business in a broader sense as understood in Japan, and the similarities it shares with traditional Japanese management philosophies, with a focus on the theories developed by Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the pioneer of social business, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and the founder of Grameen Bank. The course also considers some case studies from Japan and abroad.

The course is delivered in a workshop format to enable the students to acquire the skills required to develop business ideas that address specific social problems.
 
 
Dates and times Period 3 (1:00 pm - 2:30 pm) and Period 4 (2:50 pm- 4:20 pm), every Thursday from May 17 through July 19
Venue Silicon Valley Room, 2F Common Facility 1, Kyushu University Ito Campus
Capacity 6
 
 
Message from Prof. Okada
 
 
 
 
 
SDGs Entrepreneurship: Joint lecture offered as part of QREC’s AY2018 curriculum
 
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to global problems and the social entrepreneurship models aiming to solve those problems. The course consists of classroom lectures on theories for identifying social issues with a focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and a one-week field study in an emerging economy (Thailand) designed to enable students to develop social entrepreneurship perspectives essential for implementing the SDGs.
 
During the field study, the students learn to investigate the causes of social problems and to explore and implement locally tailored strategies. In the course’s final session, they present their solution proposals devised based on the Yunus Social Business philosophy in front of the Kyushu University faculty and experts of related fields.
 
 
 
First session Dates 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, April 26 (Thurs) and April 27 (Fri)
Venue Shiiki Hall, Kyushu University Ito Campus
Second to fourth session Dates 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, June 23 (Sat), July 21 (Sat), and August 25 (Sat)
Venue Silicon Valley Room, 2F Common Facility 1, Kyushu University Ito Campus
Capacity 23
Field study Dates August 4 (Sat) – August 11 (Sat)
Destinations
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)　
Kasetsart University
Pak Kred Market Community (microcredit bank)
Mahidol University
Klong Toey (slum community)
Panorama-Medica Group Co, Ltd. (medical tourism provider)
Capacity 23
 
 
Message from Dr.Ahmed and Dr.Terano