Waseda University - Waseda Business School

Part of Waseda University, the Waseda Business School offers world class education and fosters a culture of diverse learning. Established in 1904, the Business School offers postgraduate study in accounting, finance, entreprenuership, human resource management and more.

Academic Highlights

Waseda Business School is recognised as Japan’s top business program, and is the only top-tier business school located in Tokyo.

Location

The Waseda Business School is located in Shinjuku, central Tokyo. It was rebuilt in 1949, after the original 1882 campus was mostly destroyed during the firebombing of Tokyo during World War Two.

Did you know?

Albert Einstein, Nelson Mandela, Robert Kennedy and Bill Clinton have all been guest lecturers at Waseda University.

Handbook/Catalogue

Waseda Business School's course catalogue

For further information on an individual course, refer to Waseda's Syllabus search (specify the school as 'WBS').

Academic Restrictions

• Students applying for an exchange in Japan will need to have a WAM of 65% or above.
• Elective and bilingual courses (except for ‘GOTO bilingual workshop’) offered in the MBA program are open to exchange students.
• Courses that are classified as Compulsory Core courses, IMBA Compulsory Elective Core courses and overseas courses are not open to exchange students.
• Compulsory Elective Core subjects offered at MSc in Finance program are open to exchange students.

Terminology

• Units at Waseda Business School are referred to as ‘courses’ (and most units are worth two credits each).

Full-time Credit Load Equivalents

Academic Calendar

Waseda Spring semester (Monash Semester 1): early April - early August
Waseda Fall semester (Monash Semester 2): late September - early February

Waseda Business Schools's Academic Calendar

Note

• The listed disciplines are not necessarily exhaustive and other fields of study might also be available at the institution.
• Approval to study particular subjects at any institution is always at the discretion of the departmental/discipline and faculty advisers in your managing faculty(ies) and subject to available places at the host.

Accommodation

Waseda provides some information about on-campus and off-campus accommodation.

Visas

Exchange students must obtain a College Student visa to enter Japan. To apply for the College Student visa, you need to submit the Certificate of Eligibility (COE) for residence in Japan to your nearest Japanese Consulate. Your host University will issue the COE to you after your exchange application has been accepted.

For more information on visas, please refer to the Consulate-General of Japan here.

Waseda also offers some advise on obtaining a visa under the Application Schedule heading, as well as more in-depth visa advice here.

Health and insurance

All people residing in Japan are required to join the National Health Insurance System. Find out more Japanese Government Health Insurance here.

When travelling on a Monash Abroad approved program, you are automatically covered under the Monash University Student Travel Insurance policy.  This will provide cover to and from your exchange.

Orientation and extra-curricular 

Orientation is organised before the start of semester and attendance is mandatory. Further information can be found at the Schedule After Coming to Japan.

Waseda's Intercultural Communication Centre (ICC) organises events and activities as part of a cultural exchange between local and international students.

Waseda has a vibrant campus life, including sports, clubs and an active student union.

The Centre for Japanese Language is one of the largest Japanese language educational institutions in Japan, and has eight levels of short and long term proficiency classes for students to join.

Cost of living

Waseda has estimated that the cost of living for exchange students is approximately 80,000 yen per month including food, transport, and daily necessities (as stated in their Exchange Program Overview e-brochure).

Funding

Each year, Japanese universities apply for Japanese government funding for the following scholarships:

• The Japan Student Services Organizations (JASSO) scholarship here.
• The Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) scholarship here.

If Waseda University is successful in receiving the funding, they will request Monash to nominate students. You do not need to apply for these scholarships directly unless requested to do so.

Students may also be eligible for the New Colombo Plan scholarship, and if they are studying Japanese language courses, the Walter Mangold Study Abroad Scholarship.

For more information about funding available to support study on exchange overseas, see the Financial Information page on the Monash Abroad website.

To begin your application and study plan, click the button below.

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