Career Development

For career paths of international students, please see the Career Center’s website.

About the Center – Career Center, Waseda University

List of Companies

Following is a list of some of the companies where graduates of our English-based Degree Program have found employment.

List of Master’s and Ph.D. Programs

Following is a list of some of the universities where graduates of our English-based Degree Program have gone on to study.

In the past years, many graduates from the School of Political Science and Economics have gone on to graduate school. If you wish to further pursue your academic interests, pursue a career as a researcher, or if you hope to work in the private or public sector in the future based on your studies and research at graduate school, you may be interested in the Graduate School of Political Science or the Graduate School of Economics at our university, as well as other leading research universities in Japan and abroad.

Graduate School of Political Science

Since its establishment in 1951, Waseda University’s Graduate School of Political Science (GSPS) has produced hundreds of graduates who have gone on to contribute to society in a diverse array of fields. The GSPS comprises a highly-regarded faculty with academic credentials from the most prestigious universities in Japan and overseas, and an international student body with a range of undergraduate educational backgrounds. Research at the GSPS is organized into five subfields: (1) Political Methodology and Political Analysis, (2) Political Thought and Political History, (3) Comparative Politics, (4) International Relations, and (5) Public Policy. The GSPS offers masters and doctoral degrees in political science providing both English-based and Japanese-based instruction. Graduate students may take courses in one or both languages and may write their thesis/dissertation in either language. The GSPS is built upon a solid foundation in both normative political philosophy and positive political science. This is why the graduate program requires every entering student to take three methodology courses: Research Methods in Political Science (Empirical Analysis), Research Methods in Political Science (Formal Models), Research Methods in Political Science (Normative Studies). After graduate students acquire a firm foundation in political science methodology and normative political philosophy, they move forward to apply these skills in their substantive fields of inquiry. The end result is that each graduate student can be expected to transform themselves into an independent researcher with the potential to make an academic contribution that expands our knowledge of politics.

Graduate School of Economics

In accordance with the university’s policy of fostering human resources who possess “intellectual resilience” and “flexible sensitivity,” and can contribute to making society and the world a better place, the Graduate School of Economics confers degrees on those who obtain a wide range of basic knowledge and methodology in economics (Master’s Program), acquire in-depth expertise and analytical methods in economics and/or econometrics at a level that enables them to write a doctoral dissertation with a high academic value that is recognized both domestically and internationally (Doctoral Program), develop research skills expected of independent researchers or superior techniques demanded of highly skilled professionals, and are capable of contributing to society using their research skills and techniques while collaborating with diverse people. Especially, in the process of assessment of a master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation, one particularly important criterion is whether the student can conduct research with the strictest ethics and greatest responsibility.

Career Design and Job-Hunting Support

If you want to make your student life more fruitful, or you have no idea about your future career, why not join the events at the Career Center? You can learn the basic knowledge for job-hunting in Japan by joining Job-hunting Guidance either in Japanese or English. You can also learn about Self-analysis, ES preparation and job interview preparation in practical seminars. Furthermore, welcome to the “Knowing Japanese Companies” as well as Global Career Forum organized by the Career Center. During the “Knowing Japanese Companies”, you can hear sempais talk about their job-hunting experiences, alumni talk about their current work and company life, as well as their student life. Surely you will get hints on what kind of future career(mirai in Japanese) you want to have. For more detailed information, please check the Career Center’s website.

Individual Consultation

Feel free to make use of individual consultation and ask the Career Center staff your questions and concerns about job-hunting, further study, study abroad, and career paths. You may also talk with them about general concerns, such as “I don’t know what I should do in my student life” and so on. We would like to hear your voices and give you advice. The Career Center staff will fully support you.
For your reference, there are several kinds of individual consultation services. For more detailed information, please check the Career Center’s website.

Career Design and Job-Hunting Information

The Career Center offers information on alumni, career paths data, telecube for online job interviews and reference books for students to consult. You may read the books by visiting the Career Center office or borrow up to three at once for two weeks at most. You may find detailed information about extracurricular programs at the university and surely some of them will be suitable for you to participate (https://www.waseda.jp/inst/career/designyourfuture/). On Waseda Moodle, which you access after logging in to MyWaseda, you may also find the Career Center archives and information.