WHY GSAPS?

We would be grateful if you have a fascination with GSAPS through the various contents below!

GSAPS Open School

・June 27  (Sat.), 2026 1PM-5PM(tentative)【face-to-face】
*The details will be announced around May, 2026.

・January 9  (Sat.), 2027(tentative)【online】
*The details will be announced around December, 2026.

GSAPS Prospective Student Week

During “Prospective Student Week,” people considering applying to GSAPS can visit research seminars (zemi) taught by our faculty, where the focus is primarily on reactions to and guidance on current students’ research projects and plans.

・July 6th(Mon)～July 10th(Fri), 2026【face-to-face】
*The details will be announced around June, 2026.

・January 12th(Tue)～January 25th(Mon), 2027【online】
*The details will be announced around December, 2026.

This brochure provides a comprehensive overview of key information, including GSAPS programs, faculty areas of expertise, and student perspectives.

We’ve released our PR video (2024 version).
Experience the friendly atmosphere of our seminars and explore the beautiful Waseda campus. In the video, GSAPS’s professor and students share their ideas on “WHY GSAPS?”
Don’t miss the chance to discover what makes GSAPS such a welcoming and enjoyable academic community!

【GSAPS Faculty=Expertise × Humanism】

At the Waseda University Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies (GSAPS), students are taught by diverse faculty members with high-level research skills and practical abilities, who conduct cutting-edge research in their field, and who have real world experience, such as in international institutions-like the United Nations, the World Bank, and UNICEF-in diplomacy, and in the mass media.

In this edition of Faculty Spotlights, we take a look at the attractive learning experience and the three specializations-‘Area Studies’, ‘International Relations’ and ‘International Development/Policy Studies’-offered by GSAPS through the voices of its teaching staff and their unique expertise and rich humanism cultivated from various backgrounds.
Faculty Spotlights feature page

Through the voices of recipients of “GSAPS Excellence Awards” (Scholarship for Japanese students for the MA program), please comprehend its attractiveness!

※Please click the thumbnail below to view the detailed version (PDF). (Only Japanese version)

＞For the application guide of “GSAPS Excellence Awards”