Abitus’ courses for professional development are focused on those for the world’s “de facto standard” professional qualifications. Those courses help busy candidates advance their careers by gaining valuable professional credentials within short time through efficient and flexible programs to meet the needs of a diverse candidate population.
●Number of students in USCPA program has increased over the last 10 years since "Accounting Big Bang”, the major transformation of Japanese accounting system into an international standard.
●Abitus is the market leader in CPA education in Japan. It has annual enrollment of over 1,000 students with the main age ranging between 20’s and 30’s. Our program is specially designed for beginners in accounting . This means that each student can study and gain the critical knowledge as quickly and effectively as possible.}
●Abitus is the market leader in the CIA education in Japan . The course has gained popularity by the recent SOX requirement implemented in Japan.
●The majority of its students are in their 40’s and many of them belong to accounting, consulting firms or internal audit department in public companies.
●CISA program was launched in April 2007. Number of enrollment has been increasing. This is supported by the recent growing interest in IT audit and Information security.
●Majority of students work in relation to Information system but there are also more than 20% of qualified CPA or CIA.
●Abitus signed an agreement with ICAEW (The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales), and launched the review course for IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) in November 2008.
●Abitus is the only provider for IFRS Certification Assessment in Japan.
●Abitus signed an agreement with FCSL (Florida Coastal School of Law), and started to market its online LL.M. program exclusively in Japan from August 2010.
●Abitus is also offering a preparation course for California Bar Examination not only to LL.M. students but also to Japanese attorneys.
●Annual enrollment of the first year is expected to reach 40 in LL.M. program, and 100 in Bar Exam preparation course.
●Abitus signed an agreement with UML (University of Massachusetts at Lowell), and welcomed the first cohort of students in April 2012.
●Abitus offers Foundation courses of UML's MBA program in Japanese, while supporting students learn in the Advanced courses where students can study online, on-campus, or both.
●The first cohort included 30 students. Abitus projects continuing growth in future recruitment numbers.