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Waseda University

早稲田大学
Former names	Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō
Motto	Japanese: 学問の独立
Motto in English	Independence of scholarship
Type	Private
Established	October 21, 1882
President	Aiji Tanaka
Academic staff	2,176 full-time[1] 3,327 part-time[1]
Students	51,129[1]
Undergraduates	42,860[1]
Postgraduates	8,269[1]
Location	Shinjuku , Tokyo , Japan
Campus	Urban
Athletics	43 varsity teams
Colors	Maroon  [2]
Affiliations	Universitas 21 APRU URA AALAU
Mascot	Waseda Bear
Website	www.waseda.jp
Japanese name
Kanji	早稲田大学
Hiragana	わせだ だいがく
Katakana	ワセダ ダイガク
Transcriptions Romanization Waseda daigaku

Waseda University is a well known university in Japan. The main campus is in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It was founded in 1882. Waseda thirty-six departments: thirteen undergraduate schools and twenty-three graduate schools. As of May 2016, there were 42,860 undergraduate students and 8,269 graduate students. It is called 早稲田大学 (Waseda Daigaku) in Japanese.

Ōkuma Shigenobu started this school in 1882. It started with departments of political science and economics, law, and physical science. There was also an English language course where all students could learn English.^[3]

Much of the campus was destroyed in the fire bombings of Tokyo during World War II, but the university was rebuilt and reopened by 1949.

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Toyama

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Takadanobaba

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Campus Station

Waseda University's main campus is in Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku. The nearest station is Waseda Station, but nearby Takadanobaba Station on the Yamanote Line is the main access to the university.

Waseda also has other campuses around the country:

• Waseda (Main) Campus: Shinjuku, Tokyo
• Toyama Campus: Shinjuku, Tokyo
• Nishi-Waseda Campus: Shinjuku, Tokyo
• Nihonbashi Campus: Chūō-ku, Tokyo
• Higashifushimi Campus: Nishitōkyō, Tokyo
• Tokorozawa Campus: Tokorozawa, Saitama
• Honjō Campus: Honjō, Saitama
• Kitakyūshū Campus: Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka

This group of five universities in Tokyo started in 2001. Students from these universities may take courses at the other universities in the group. The members are:

• Gakushuin University
• Gakushuin Women's University
• Japan Womens University
• Rikkyo University
• Waseda University

Waseda is a member of:

• Universitas 21
• Association of Pacific Rim Universities

Many famous and influential people have graduated from Waseda including:

• Yasuo Fukuda
• Haruki Murakami
• Makiko Tanaka
• Shinichi Oishi - mathematician
• Tadashi Yanai
• Miori Shimosaka - professional Go player at Nihon Ki-in.

• Ryogo Hirota

• Waseda University Honjo Senior High School
• Waseda Shibuya Senior High School
• Waseda Jitsugyo
• Waseda University Go Club

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