The Graduate School of International Culture and Communication Studies at Waseda was launched with a Master’s program in April 2013 as the University’s 22nd graduate school. The school has grown steadily by attracting large numbers of talented students from Japan as well as a number of countries worldwide, and the first group of students graduated in March 2015. The school also launched a doctoral program in April 2015, as part of a continuing effort to provide more specialized research and educational programs.