School of International Liberal Studies

Waseda University

Admissions

Admissions

Fall 2026 Admissions (One-Semester/One-Year 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 May 11, 2026)

– 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.  School of Journalism and Communication, Faculty of Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  2. Faculty of Social Sciences (FOSS), The University of Hong Kong
  3. Bina Nusantara University (BINUS) (Indonesia)
  4. University Kebangsaan Malaysia (Malaysia)
  5. University Utara Malaysia (Malaysia)
  6. Underwood International College, Yonsei University (South Korea)
  7. University of Ghent (Belgium)
  8. Institution for Higher Social Communication Studies (IHECS) (Belgium)
  9. Vesalius College (Belgium)
  10. Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
  11. University College Freiburg, University of Freiburg (Germany)
  12. Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence (France)
  13. University College Maastricht (UCM), Maastricht University (The Netherlands)
  14. Utrecht University (The Netherlands)
  15. CEU San Pablo University (Spain)
  16. College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Koc University (Turkey)
  17. Goldsmiths College, University of London (UK)
  18. Roanoke College (Virginia)
  19. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)

3. Applicants from non-partner institutions

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

Application Period for Fall 2026: January 22,2026 to February 22,2026

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

4. Applicants for Double Degree Program

To learn more, please click here.