Graduate School of International Culture and Communication StudiesWaseda University

AO Admission & Intramural Selection by Recommendation

2026 April Application Guide & Forms

*For details of application procedures and schedules, please refer to the Application Guidelines.

*For documents with prescribed forms, please download each from below.

*To ensure fairness in admissions, research directors at GSICCS do not give any advice or comment on the application documents, especially the research plan.

Application Documents for Admission (Prescribed Forms)

• Outline of Master’s Thesis (Research Paper)
• Research Plan
• Statement of Purpose
• Other Evidence of Research
• TEMPLATE: Certificate of Expected Graduation
• Application Form for Screening Fee Waiver

The following is a tentative schedule and is subject to change without prior notice. Please be sure to check the application guidelines after it is released on this website, for any changes to the schedule and other application details.

• Release of the application guidelines: Early-December 2025
• Application period: March 17th (Tue) ~ April 7th(Tue), 2026
• Interview Period: May 29th(Fri) ~ May 30th(Sat), 2026 *if applicable
• Announcement of the results: June 16th(Tue), 2026
• Enrollment date: September 21st(Mon), 2026

[For Reference]
Guideline of English Proficiency Test Scores

[Reasonable Accommodation]
If you expect to require reasonable accommodation during the entrance examination
or after entering the university owing to a disability or serious medical condition, etc.,
please refer to the application guide and contact the relevant school office before submitting your application.
Regardless of the type of entrance examination, answers to frequently asked questions can be found here. Please be sure to review them as well.

Application Guide & Forms for Entrance in September 2026 and April 2027

*For details, please refer to the link below. Note that the following application procedures DO NOT apply for AO/Intramural Selection applicants.

• Application Guide

*For additional documents required for GSICCS applicants, please use the following prescribed forms;

• (CSC) Outline of Master’s Thesis (Research Paper)
• (CSC) Research Plan
• (CSC) Statement of purpose
• (CSC) Other Evidence of Research