Independence of Scholarship, Practical Application of Scholarship, Fostering of Good Citizens
Type
Private;
research university
Established
21 October 1882; 141 years ago (21 October 1882)
Founder
Ōkuma Shigenobu
President
Aiji Tanaka
Academic staff
2,218 full-time[1] 3,243 part-time[1]
Administrative staff
1,257 full-time[1] 119 part-time[1]
Students
47,959[1]
Undergraduates
39,382[1]
Postgraduates
8,577[1]
Location
Shinjuku
,
Tokyo
,
Japan
Campus
Urban
Athletics
43 varsity teams
Colors
Maroon, white, and gold [2][3]
Affiliations
AACSB Universitas 21 APRU URA AALAU
Mascot
Waseda Bear
Website
www.waseda.jp/top/en/
Japanese name
Kanji
早稲田大学
Hiragana
わせだだいがく
Transcriptions
Romanization
Waseda Daigaku
Waseda University (早稲田大学), abbreviated as Waseda (早稲田) or Sōdai (早大), is a private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the Tōkyō Professional School by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the fifth Prime Minister of Japan, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902.[4]
Waseda is organized into 36 departments: 13 undergraduate schools and 23 graduate schools. As of 2023, there are 38,776 undergraduate students and 8,490 graduate students. In addition to a central campus in Shinjuku (Waseda Campus and Nishiwaseda Campus), the university operates campuses in Chūō, Nishitōkyō, Tokorozawa, Honjō, and Kitakyūshū. Waseda also operates 21 research institutes at its main Shinjuku campus.[5]
The university is selected as one of the Top Type (Type A) universities under MEXT's Top Global University Project.[6] Waseda University has the highest entrance examination difficulty level among private universities in Japan.[7]
Its alumni include eight prime ministers of Japan;[8] three prime ministers of Korea;[9][10][11] a number of important figures of Japanese literature, including Haruki Murakami; founders of leading Japanese and Korean companies such as Samsung, Sony, Ito En, Lotte, POSCO; and many CEOs, including Japan's richest person, [12] Tadashi Yanai.[13]
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