Waseda University

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.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Waseda University FACTS 2016
2. ↑ "Waseda University Baseball Team: Renewing Ties with the University of Chicago after 72 Years". Waseda OnLine. The Yomiuri Shimbun.