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Student organisation organising one of the largest international business competitions in East Asia with university students from China, Japan and Korea.
Number of Members | Around 40 students per academic year (about 20 students each in spring and autumn). |
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Participation Grades | Undergraduate students only |
Selection Process Info | yes |
Annual Membership Fee | o yen |
Frequency of Activities | Every Thursday face-to-face meeting in available places |
LINE | |
Website | |
Official Email Address |
ovaljapan.gakusei[a]gmail.com
(Please send an email with [a] as @.) |
Since then, the ‘IBC (International Business Contest for Students)’ has been held in China in 2005, and every year since then, a business contest has been held in one of the three countries. The contest has been held every year in one of the three countries.
Examples of themes include ‘Make an online business plan about services or products that seniors specifically can use. Make a business plan using gamification to solve problems in education. In addition to participating in two or three study sessions held before the contest to learn about the steps and cautions in making a business plan from a working professional from a major consultancy, participants are provided with support in advance to attend the Pre IBC, a two-day event where they learn to formulate a business plan in a way that is similar to the real thing.
The project also includes the planning and management of the Staff Exchange Programme (SEP), an annual winter exchange event for the staff of the Executive Committee in each country.
Number of people
Around 40 students per academic year (around 20 students each spring and autumn).
Grades
About half are first-year students, others second-year students, third-year students, etc.
Gender balance
About 2/3 female.
Enrolment period
March, April and October
Attribute
Eight universities including Tokyo University, Waseda-Keio, Sophia and others (at present).
Many are humanities students.
There are many returnees and international students, but even if you are not good at English, there is no problem if you want to communicate.
Many students have good communicative skills, and interactions within the group are very active.
The percentage of students who are also members is extremely high at 75%. The percentage of members who are also members of sports clubs and other international clubs is particularly high.
Many people are doing long-term internships at companies or starting long-term internships after they retire. (Just over 30% of current OVAL students).
Attrition rate
The attrition rate is extremely low, partly due to the strict selection process.
How many members leave the activity in a year?
Around 10%.
How much difference is there in the amount of commitment among members?
Somewhat.
Do some members only come for fun and launches?
Somewhat enrolled.
Regular activities
Plenary meeting: every Thursday @ in principle face-to-face (Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo), about 1 hour
Station meetings: after the plenary meeting, about 1 hour
Periods before and after contests/events
Station meetings increase to two or three times a week and the amount of work performed by individuals definitely increases, but it is not difficult to balance this with other activities.
March, April Spring: Welcoming of Newcomers
May: Newcomers' camp, OVAL IBC participant briefing and selection meeting
Early August: International Business Contest (IBC)
October: Autumn New welcome, selection → members decided by end of October
February: Staff International Exchange Programme (SEP)
In addition, study groups within OVAL are held several times a year
Joint events with sister organisations KING and GEIL held irregularly.
There will be selections
Eligible applicants:
University students in Kanto
Membership procedure details:
After application, students selected through a screening process of documents and interviews will join the LINE Group and Slack to confirm their membership.
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