School of International Liberal Studies

Waseda University

Admissions

Admissions

Spring 2026 Admissions (One-Semester Enrollment)

NOTE:  Depending on the applicant’s home institution, admission information/schedule may differ.

1. University-Wide Partner Institutions

– Application Period: Please contact CIE.

– Applicants from inter-university partner institutions and Consortia(GLCA/ACM, CSU, IE3, UC) – University-wide Partner Institution List (As of June 1, 2024)

– For admission guidelines and application process, please refer to the Center for International Education (CIE) homepage or contact the study abroad coordinator of your home institution.

NOTE:  The application period may be different from the ones for the SILS Bilateral Study Abroad Program students and students from non-partner institutions. Please refer to the CIE homepage.

2. SILS Bilateral Study Abroad Program Partners

Please contact the study abroad coordinator of your home institution to learn more about the admission guidelines and application process.

SILS Partner Institution List
  1. Yuanpei College, Peking University, China
  2. School of Journalism and Communication, Faculty of Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  3. Faculty of Social Sciences (FOSS), The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  4. The School of Business Management and the Faculty of Economics and Communication, BINUS University, Indonesia
  5. University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
  6. School of Economics, Finance and Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
  7. Underwood International College (UIC), Yonsei University, South Korea
  8. University of Ghent, Belgium
  9. Institute for Higher Social Communication Studies (IHECS), Belgium
  10. Vesalius College, Belgium
  11. Faculty of Humanities; Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  12. University College Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Germany
  13. Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence, France
  14. University College Maastricht (UCM), Maastricht University, The Netherlands
  15. Utrecht University, The Netherlands
  16. Faculty of Humanities and Communication, CEU San Pablo University, Spain
  17. College of Social Sciences, Koc University, Turkey
  18. Department of Politics and International Relations, Goldsmiths College University of London, The United Kingdom
  19. Roanoke College, USA
  20. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
  21. School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong (NOT offered, accurate as of 2024.7.16)
  22. Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan (NOT offered, accurate as of 2024.7.16)
  23. College of Liberal Studies, Seoul National University, South Korea (NOT offered, accurate as of 2024.7.16)
  24. East Asia International College, Yonsei University, South Korea (NOT offered, accurate as of 2024.7.16)
  25. Bachelor of Arts Program in Language and Culture, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (NOT offered, accurate as of 2024.7.16)

3. Applicants from non-partner institutions

Applicants from non-partner institutions will pay the tuition & fees directly to SILS.

Application Period for Spring 2026: September 24,2025 to October 24,2025

NOTE: Online Application form is available ONLY during the application period.

4. Applicants for Double Degree Program

To learn more, please click here.