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Waseda listed No. 1 in Japan and 33rd in the world in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2016 published on November 26.

The ranking is calculated from measures of reputation among employers, alumni outcomes, partnerships with employers, employers’ presence on campus and graduate employment rates. The result shows Waseda’s success in relationships with employers in research and other projects, as well as performance of its graduates.

Selected Results:

1  Stanford University
2  MIT
3  Harvard University
4  University of Cambridge
5  Yale University
…
33  WASEDA UNIVERSITY
35  Tokyo Institute of Technology
37  Keio University
51-60  Nagoya University
51-60  Kyoto University

Waseda’s high rank is the product of its sustained efforts to adapt and lead in the global era. 

Waseda University has committed to major innovations in its Vision 150 strategic plan, which sets out aggressive goals aimed at expanding its leadership in Asia and the world, for the period of 20 years until 2032, the 150th anniversary of its founding. Targets include doubling the number of international students (to 10,000) and having every student get experience abroad before graduation, teaching half of all classes in a foreign language, doubling external research funding and increasing donations by 500%. 

QS Rankings are published by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a leading provider of data analysis and consulting in the field of higher education.