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Waseda University
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private university in Tokyo, Japan
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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Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1882
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- Waseda Daigaku
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.5290.e · ISNI 0000 0004 1936 9975
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Tokyo
- Founded by
- Ōkuma Shigenobu
- Headquarters
- Shinjuku
- Official website
- www.waseda.jp/top/en
- Image
- Okuma Auditorium.jpg
- Students count
- 47094
- Motto
- 学問の独立
Show 25 more facts
- hashtag
- 早稲田大学
- topic's main category
- Category:Waseda University
- Commons category
- Waseda University
- inception
- 1882-01-01
- native label
- 早稲田大学
- name in kana
- わせだだいがく
- revised Hepburn romanization
- Waseda Daigaku
- category for alumni of educational institution
- Category:Waseda University alumni
- category for employees of the organization
- Category:Academic staff of Waseda University
- affiliation
- Universitas 21
- postal code
- 169-8050
- street address
- 東京都新宿区戸塚町1丁目104
- short name
- 早大
- phone number
- +81-3-3203-7747
- API endpoint URL
- iaidp.ia.waseda.jp/idp/shibboleth
- related category
- Category:Waseda University buildings
- social media followers
- 17300
- category of associated people
- Category:People associated with Waseda University
- official color
- maroon
- pseudonym
- 私学の雄
- language used
- Japanese
- subject has role
- private university
- official shop URL
- www.waseda-shop.com
- P12749
- Mitrovdan offensive
- ranking
- 205
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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