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| Application Date | 4/1→4/30 | 5/1→5/31 | 6/1→9/20 |
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| School fees | 50,000JPY | fee | Leave of Absence for Spring Semester Not Approved |
| Application Date | 9/21→10/31 | 11/1→11/30 | 12/1→3/31 next year |
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| School fees | 50,000JPY | fee | Leave of Absence for Fall Semester Not Approved |
Returning to GSAPS from leave of absence
If you wish to return after a leave of absence, you are required to complete the followings.
- 1. Please submit the application for returning students to the GSAPS Office two months before you resume your studies back to GSAPS after your leave of absence or from studying abroad.
- 2. For returning students, you must submit the application at the start of the semester. If the GSAPS Office receives no official notification of extension or application of withdrawal, your enrollment will be reinstated.
Application
You must submit the Application for Returning using the designated form. Please download the designated form by accessing the link above.
Date of returning
The date(s) of returning are as follows:
| April 1 - September 20 (Leave of Absence/ Studying Abroad) | September 21 |
| September 21 - March 31 of the following year (Leave of Absence) | April 1 |
*Request for Studying Abroad
Should you request for studying abroad, Please contact GSAPS Office in advance.
Withdrawal / Re-admission
Withdrawal from the University
1）Voluntary Withdrawal
〇 Students are allowed to voluntarily withdraw upon receiving permission from the Academic Affairs Committee.
At the time of asking for permission to withdraw, students should submit a “Petition to Withdraw” (with signature or seal) and return their student ID card.
〇 In the case of withdrawal during the middle of a semester, school tuition and other fees must be fully paid for that semester. (See below.)
| Date of petition | ||||
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| Spring Semester | Fall Semester | |||
| April 1 - 14 | April 15 – September 20 | September 21 - 30 | October 1- March 31 | |
| Date of withdrawal | March 31 (previous AY) | Date of petition or September 20 | September 20 | Date of petition or March 31 |
| Tuition payment(1) | No payment | Payment required | No payment | Payment required |
(1) Includes tuition and other fees.
For students who withdraw during the semester they enter the school, payment was completed upon entering.
2) Administrative Withdrawal
Under the conditions below, following an academic hearing, a student will be required to withdraw.
①The number of years allotted to earn a degree has expired.
②Research supervision has ended (for Doctoral Program students)
③Tuition and other required fees have not been paid.
Students who have not paid tuition and other fees will automatically be required to withdraw according to the chart below. Their date of withdrawal will be shown as the last day of the semester for which they paid tuition and fees. Registered credits and grades taken during the period where tuition was not paid will be registered as invalid.
| Date of Automatic Removal from the Registration Roll | Date Considered to have Withdrawn | ||
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| Without Submission of Petition for Delayed Payment | With Submission of Petition for Delayed Payment | ||
| Spring Semester Unpaid | September 20 | January 10 | March 31 of Previous AY |
| Fall Semester Unpaid | March 31 | July 1 of Following AY | September 20 |
3）Disciplinary Withdrawal
Students who have committed an infraction of Universitiy’s rules, or have acted in a way that is contrary to what is expected of them as Waseda students, may be dismissed from the University as a disciplinary measure.
Readmission
Depending on the reason for their withdrawal from the University, students may be granted permission for readmission (see the Permission for Readmission chart below). Only students who, after consideration, are deemed to have the ability to continue their study at the University successfully will be readmitted.
| Type of Withdrawal | ||
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| Voluntary Withdrawal | May be allowed | |
| Administrative Withdrawal | The number of years allotted to earn a degree has expired. | Not allowed |
| Research supervision has ended (for Doctoral Program students) |
Not allowed | |
| Tuition and other required fees have not been paid. | May be allowed | |
| Disciplinary Withdrawal | In principle, not allowed *Depending on the infraction, if, after 2 years from the date of dismissal, a student who has shown remarkable repentance and is determined to successfully complete the degree applies for readmission, the application may be approved in exceptional cases. |
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〇Permission for Readmission
Note:
・Students cannot be readmitted in the semester following the semester they are listed as having withdrawn from.
・If readmission is permitted, some students may have to retake some or all of the courses previously enrolled in.
・No student will be granted permission for readmission more than once.
〇Time Period of Permission for Readmission
The time period in which a student is allowed to apply for readmission, including the academic year following the academic year in which they withdrew, is as follows:
・ Graduate School Master’s Program: 4 years
・ Graduate School Doctoral Program or Law School: 5 years
〇Procedures to Apply for Readmission
If one wishes to be re-admitted in the Spring semester, please submit the application for re-admission by the last working day of December the year before. For the re-admission in the Fall semester, please submit the application for re-admission by the last working day of May to the GSAPS Office.
For re-admission, applicants are requested to have an interview with the Associate Dean. After submitting the application, the GSAPS Office will schedule the interview. Please inform us your contact number/ email/ address which the Office can definitely reach you.