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Waseda University, Tokyo Big6

Private university in Tokyo, Japan

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About

instance of	private university academic publisher higher education institution
inception	1882
founder	Ōkuma Shigenobu
named after	Waseda
native label	早稲田大学 (ja)
short name	Sōdai (ja) 早大 (ja) · name in kana: そうだい
motto text	学問の独立 (ja)
language used	Japanese
gender educated	all genders
official color	maroon

Location and contact

country	Japan
located in the administrative territorial entity	Tokyo
headquarters location	Shinjuku · postal code: 169-8050 · street address: 1-104, Totsuka-machi (und)
street address	東京都新宿区戸塚町1丁目104 (ja)
postal code	169-8050
coordinate location	35.7092, 139.7193
official website	https://www.waseda.jp/ · language of work or name: Japanese https://www.waseda.jp/top/en/ · language of work or name: English
phone number	+81-3-3203-7747

People and numbers

count of students	47,094 · comment (DEPRECATED): 38685 Undergraduates, 8409 Postgraduates · 1 May 2021 16,390 · 1945
chairperson	Aiji Tanaka · series ordinal: 17 · 5 November 2018–4 November 2022 Kaoru Kamata · series ordinal: 16 · 5 November 2010–4 November 2018

Rankings and recognition

ranking	196 · QS World University Rankings · 2026 Earlier figures (3) 199 · QS World University Rankings · 2024 205 · QS World University Rankings · 2023 203 · QS World University Rankings · 2022

Structure and memberships

parent organization or unit	Gakko Hojin Waseda University
part of	Tokyo Big6 Sōkei
child organization or unit	Consolidated Research Institute for Advanced Science and Medical Care, Waseda University School of Commerce, Waseda University Graduate School of Political Science, Waseda University Waseda University Graduate School of Finance School of Human Sciences, Waseda University 2 more 早稲田大学大学院スポーツ科学研究科・スポーツ科学部 Waseda University Basketball Department
has part(s)	Ōkuma Auditorium Ōkuma Garden Statues of Ōkuma Shigenobu Waseda University Library Waseda University Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum 3 more Waseda Aizu Museum Waseda International House of Literature Sōshisha
affiliation	Universitas 21
member of	OpenPOWER Foundation arXiv · 2021 Association of Pacific Rim Universities Open Education Global RU11
owner of	Ōkuma Auditorium Chiune Sugihara relief International Conference Center Waseda Arena
replaces	Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō

Other facts

dedicated heritage entity	Honjō-Waseda no Mori Museum
name in kana	わせだだいがく · revised Hepburn romanization: Waseda daigaku · applies to name of subject: 早稲田大学 (ja)
official shop URL	https://www.waseda-shop.com/ · language of work or name: Japanese
participated in conflict	早稲田騒動早稲田大学事件
pseudonym	私学の雄
related category	Category:Campuses of Waseda University · category contains: campus Category:Waseda University buildings · category contains: building
revised Hepburn romanization	Waseda Daigaku
significant event	Waseda University Military Research Group Incident · 1923

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (6)

aerial view	Around Waseda University Waseda Camps Aerial photograph.2019.jpg
image	Okuma Auditorium.jpg · media legend: Okuma Auditorium of Waseda University
locator map image	Waseda university campus 1.svg
logo image	Waseda university logo.svg
panoramic view	Waseda University - panorama of Waseda campus.jpg
video	Doage - Waseda Graduation - 2015 3 25.webm

Wikimedia and technical details (13)

Commons category	Waseda University
topic's main category	Category:Waseda University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Waseda University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Academic staff of Waseda University
on focus list of Wikimedia project	Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher
API endpoint URL	https://iaidp.ia.waseda.jp/idp/shibboleth · protocol: Shibboleth
different from	Waseda
has list	list of Waseda University people
category of associated people	Category:People associated with Waseda University
maintained by	Gakko Hojin Waseda University
hashtag	早稲田大学 · language of work or name: Japanese 早大 · language of work or name: Japanese
social media followers	63,577 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 247078980 · 5 February 2023 17,300 · YouTube channel ID: UCrDO_Ggelqmak9IJ_TtFbMQ · 23 March 2025 Earlier figures (8) 58,941 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 247078980 · 28 February 2022 54,066 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 247078980 · 4 January 2021 50,186 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 247078980 · 24 April 2020 15,600 · YouTube channel ID: UCrDO_Ggelqmak9IJ_TtFbMQ · 24 June 2024 14,100 · YouTube channel ID: UCrDO_Ggelqmak9IJ_TtFbMQ · 14 January 2024 12,100 · YouTube channel ID: UCrDO_Ggelqmak9IJ_TtFbMQ · 17 February 2023 10,100 · YouTube channel ID: UCrDO_Ggelqmak9IJ_TtFbMQ · 18 March 2022 9,460 · YouTube channel ID: UCrDO_Ggelqmak9IJ_TtFbMQ · 12 October 2021
subject has role	private university

Identifiers in other databases (65)

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ARWU university ID	Waseda-University
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identification code for Japanese universities and colleges	2140 · subject named as: 早稲田大学
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Japan Search name ID	早稲田大学
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Libraries Australia ID	36387885
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National Library of Korea ID	KAB202009195
Naver Encyclopedia ID (pre-August 2026)	1129193
NDL Authority ID	00257874
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Olympedia affiliations ID	999
Open Funder Registry funder ID	501100004423
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OpenStreetMap relation ID	8115838
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID	早稲田大学
QS World University ID	waseda-university
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Times Higher Education World University ID	waseda-university
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Union List of Artist Names ID	500253163
VIAF cluster ID	131237411
X (Twitter) username	waseda_univ · language of work or name: Japanese · number of subscribers: 50,186 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 247078980 · 24 April 2020
YouTube channel ID	UCrDO_Ggelqmak9IJ_TtFbMQ · subject named as: Waseda University 早稲田大学 · number of works: 223 · number of subscribers: 7,370 · number of viewers/listeners: 1,020,197 · 5 December 2020
Zhihu topic ID	19687533 · subject named as: 早稻田大学
‎Scilit organization ID	216
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