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Career

Career Support

Waseda University Career Center

The career support provided by Waseda University Career Center (3F, Student Union Building 30) is open to students from the whole university. Various events are held and career counseling is available.
The supportive activities include the guidance counseling with professional staffs, the company seminars which are participated by about 500 companies/organizations and other yearly events and seminars. Please make good use of these events.

Please refer to Waseda University Career Center Homepage for more information.

SILS Global Network Center (GNC)

The SILS Global Networking Center (GNC) provides the following career  services to SILS students.

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1 Career Seminar and Lecture GNC offers various career events during your student life at Waseda.
2 SILS Company Guidance GNC invites companies expanding business globally every year exclusively for SILS students.
3 SILS Student Career Supporter 4th year SILS students who have completed their job hunting are available as advisors for current students. In addition to career advices, they can also give tips on study abroad and student life in general. Don’t miss this great opportunity to get information from your seniors!

For Employers

The School of International Studies was opened in April 2004 and is Waseda University’s 11th faculty. Since roughly 30% of SILS students are overseas students, and because classes and lectures are conducted in English, the faculty has a very international flair. Students who have Japanese as mother tongue are required to study abroad for a year.

Since the faculty is still new we offer interested companies as well as organizations to visit the faculty to get to know it better. Every year many companies come and hold information sessions for SILS students. We also develop internship programs with various companies exclusively for SILS students.

If you have any interest in the above activities, please contact us.([email protected])

Information for School Recommendation

Intramural Selection Recommendation System (for Graduate schools)

It is possible to enter Waseda University’s Graduate Schools through intramural selection recommendation.
Application period, number of successful applicants and application procedures depend on each department, so please prepare accordingly. Please refer to the International Admissions Office Website for details.

Job application through recommendation

There are generally two job hunting procedures: Either through regular entry or entry through school recommendation.
Regular entry, as the name indicates, is when students apply individually to each company and is the most common method for job application in Japan. On the other hand, job application through school recommendation is when a formal university recommendation letter with the dean’s seal accompanies the application. Until now, this recommendation system has mainly applied to Science and Technology students.

Career after Graduation

Career after Graduation

Employment and education status of academic year 2022graduates
(update:2023/06/15)

For statistics of all schools, please refer to the Career Center HP

Employment Further studies/

Study Abroad

Others
66% 13% 21%

(update:2023/06/15)

Information Technology 17.4%
Manufacturing 16.2%
Commerce 15.4%
Professional Services 21.9%
Finance 7.7%
Mass Communication 3.2%
Real Estate & Construction 3.2%
Travel & Transportation 4.5%
Education 1.2%
Civil Servant 2.8%
Non-Profit Organization 0.8%
Teacher 0.4%
Others 5.3%

 

(update:2023/06/15)

Ranking Companies
1 Amazon.co.jp
2 EY Strategy and Consulting Co., Ltd
3 Rakuten Group, Inc.
4 Recruit Co., Ltd

 

Major Companies and Organizations for New Graduates Obtaining Employment

Please refer to the Career Center Home page (Career Data) for Major Companies and Organizations for New Graduates.

Major Graduate Schools for Further Schooling(academic year 2022 SILS graduates)

(updated on 2023/06/15)

 

United Kingdom King’s College London
France Sciences Po
France ESCP Business School
United Kingdom The University of Edinburgh
United States The George Washington University
United States Columbia University
Singapore National University of Singapore

 

Waseda University
University of Tokyo
Kyoto University
Keio University                                                                                                                                  Tokyo Institute of Technology

Internship

What’s an Internship?

An internship is designed to help you plan your future career path by allowing you to experience a job and improve your knowledge of a particular field while you are still in school. A student may be given up to 4 elective credits for graduation by doing internships. Generally, internships are unpaid.
Presently, there are 2 types of internships available at Waseda University. Please select the one that is the most ideal for achieving your goals.

Two types of Internship

  1. Internships through the Waseda University Career Center
    The Internship Desk is located within the Waseda University Career Center and handles internship programs for the entire university.
    In addition, the Waseda University Career Center is in charge of credit accreditation for internships developed by students. When you develop the internship on your own, you might be able to earn credits through that internship. Please check the homepage of the Career Center for details.
  2. SILS Internship Program
    In the SILS Internship Program, the credits is awarded as elective course credits.  The number of credits is decided depending on the working hours. These credits will be listed on the academic transcript. Your grade is based on an overall evaluation of submitted materials and an evaluation done by the internship host organization. A maximum of 2 credits can be awarded for a single internship.

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