Waseda University

Also known as Waseda daigaku, Sōdai, Waseda Daigaku

private university in Tokyo, Japan

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Waseda University is a private university located in Tokyo, Japan, and is one of the country's most prestigious institutions of higher education. It matters because it has played a significant role in educating leaders across government, business, and culture in Japan for over a century.

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Waseda University (Japanese: 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 [ja] by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the eighth and eleventh prime minister of Japan, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902.

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.