Admissions

A guide to admission procedures and documents to be submitted are posted here. Please be sure to check all documents.

Declining Admission

If you wish to decline your admission to this graduate school, please submit a request via the form linked below.

* If you have already completed payment of the admission-related fees, the procedure will differ. Please refer to the “Guide for Admission Procedures” for more details.

* Please note that even if you do not submit the form, failure to complete the necessary procedures within the designated admission period will be regarded as a formal declination of admission.

How to Submit

Please complete the form via the MyWaseda application system at the following URL:

https://my.waseda.jp/application/noauth/application-detail-noauth?param=t1M86Wdtuc7Ey2dhCP8DTA

You can submit the form even if you do not have a Waseda ID.

What is Waseda ID？

Your Waseda ID contains essential information required to obtain your Waseda email address, log in to the student portal site MyWaseda, register for courses, and more. After downloading your Waseda ID User Record, please make sure to complete all necessary procedures, such as setting up your Waseda email address.
Important announcements after enrollment will be sent to your Waseda email address. Some messages may also require further action on your part, so please check your Waseda email regularly.

How to obtain a Waseda ID User Copy

You will be able to access it from the UCARO Confirmation of Successful Applicants’ Information screen on or after Wednesday, September 10, 2025. Please download and print the screen and keep it in a safe place.

How to get it

1. When your press the menu button on the upper right of the UCARO screen. Please press the “受験一覧 JUKEN LIST(List of Applications)” button.
2. Please click on the information you have applied for and click the “合否照会(Confirmation of Successful Applicants Information)”button.
3. Please click the “Waseda ID 利用者控を印刷する(Print the Waseda ID User Copy)” button.
4. Keep the displayed PDF data.

*Please obtain Waseda email address by the procedures described in the Waseda ID User Copy.

Distribution of Student ID Card

Student ID cards will be distributed at the Tokorozawa Campus. Please be careful not to forget your examination card, as you will be asked to submit it in order to receive your ID card.

• Start date of student ID card distribution:  2025/9/22 (Mon) 10:00～
• Issuing place: Tokorozawa Administrative Office counter at the Tokorozawa Campus

If you wish to receive a student ID card at the Higashi-fushimi Campus, please apply using the form below. You can pick it up three business days after submitting your application.

• Application: Picking up items at Higashi-fushimi

Student Commuter Certificate

The sticker on the back of Your “Student ID Card” of Waseda University to be issued will serve as your certificate of commutation. You can purchase a commuter pass by showing this card.

• I want to change my commuting route – Support Anywhere

Other Certificates

Various certificates, such as the Certificate of Enrollment, can be issued after the date of enrollment. For details, please refer to the following page.

• Certificate Issuance Service – Waseda Portal Office

Payment of Tuition and Fees after the semester of admission

• At Waseda University, tuition and various fees are to be paid each semester, according to the designated schedule. For details on payment periods and methods, please refer to Support Anywhere.
• After admission, the University Accounting Section will inform you of the “Procedures for registering of Tuition Payment Account”. When the procedure becomes available, students will also be notified via their Waseda e-mail address.
• “Tuition Payment Account” is different from the “Personal Bank Account” registered in the admission information entry form (UCARO). All new students must register for a “Tuition Payment Account” regardless of whether or not they have a “Personal Bank Account” and regardless of whether or not they are enrolled in the university. The Graduate School cannot respond to inquiries regarding account registration, so please use the inquiry form.
• The procedure must be carried out by the account holder. At that time, you will need to enter authentication information provided by the financial institution, such as your Student ID number and cash card PIN (the information required for authentication will vary depending on the financial institution).
• There are no fees or withdrawal fees associated with the registration process (paid by the university).
• Even if you are an undergraduate student at our university or wish to continue to designate the same account, you will need to go through the procedure again.

Change of registered information

The “Notification of Bank Transfer of Tuitions, etc” will include the transfer date, account information, amount, etc. This information will be sent to the “person/body who will bear the tuition fees” registered when entering admission procedure information through UCARO. If the “person/body who will bear the tuition fees” or its mailing address has changed, please inform the Academic Affairs of Administrative Center of Graduate School of Sport Sciences. Particularly, if your guardian lives abroad and the “person/body who will bear the tuition fees” is “the student yourself” and if you marked “2. Not determined yet” in the “1. Student yourself ⑨ Residence after admission” in the “Waseda University Admission Procedure Form”, be sure to notify your new address in Japan to the Administrative Center of Graduate School of Sport Sciences.

Related Websites

You can access to the videos and documents from the link below.
The guidance and the documents are very important, so make sure to watch and read them before the course registration.

Guidance videos

・English-Based Greaduate Program Guidance
・Course Registration Guidance

Documents

・2025 Graduate School of Sport Sciences Course Registration Guide
・Guidelines of the Graduate School of Sport Sciences
・Japanese Language Courses
・Course examples
*This is just an example. Not all courses may be displayed. And, class time may be changed, so please
confirm details by web syllabus.

Web Syllabus

Please search by “Course Title” or “Name of Instructor”. You can search for all courses’ information at Waseda University.

Syllabus Search － Syllabus Search (waseda.jp)

The Graduate School of Sport Sciences always assigns a secondary supervisor for the purpose of enabling students to receive consultation and advice on research and studies (e.g., general studies and progress in research) from persons other than their academic advisor when needed.

Therefore, we request that you select and report on your secondary supervisor as follows.

About the Secondary Supervisor

The program will be taught by professors, associate professors, and lecturers (including tenured faculty members) of the Graduate School of Sport Sciences.

This faculty member is assumed to be a secondary reviewer at the time of the dissertation review.

Students are required to consult with their faculty advisor, decide on a candidate for a secondary supervisor, obtain consent from that candidate to be the secondary supervisor, and report back within two months of enrollment.

Depending on the progress of the research, it may be possible to change the secondary supervisor in the future.

How to apply

Please report it using the MyWaseda application form (URL below).

https://my.waseda.jp/application/detail/application-detail?communityContentLinkId=628472911

* You can apply after obtaining a Waseda ID.

Application deadline

October 31 (Friday) 17:00

Other

If you have a co-supervisor (a faculty member who is jointly responsible for research guidance), please contact Tokorozawa Administrative Office.

The entrance ceremony for students enrolling in September 2025 will be held as outlined below. Attendance is optional, and no notification is required if you choose not to attend. For details, please refer to the university website.

• Entrance Ceremony (General Ceremony) (Waseda University Web site)
• Date: 2025/9/21 (Sun) 11:00
• Place: Waseda Arena (Building 37, Toyama Campus)　Toyama Campus Map

*There will be no individual ceremony hosted by the Graduate School of Sport Sciences.

If your status of residence is “ Study Abroad”, please refer to the “Scholarships for International Students” section below.

Scholarship registration procedures and application page login information

In order to receive a scholarship at the University, students must complete the “Scholarship Registration” process prior to admission. Please do the following two things:

• Eligible applicants: September admission students only
• 2025年度9月入学奨学課からの案内_スポーツ科学研究科
  *Japanese version ONLY
• Procedures: (1) Submit your application through the scholarship application website (2) Send the required documents by post (3) Register a bank account under your own name via MyWaseda
• Scholarship registration period:奨学金登録（早稲田大学独自の奨学金希望登録制度） – 早稲田大学 奨学課

How to obtain the Login Information for the Scholarship Application Page (PDF)

It will be available for download from UCARO after early August. For details, please check the Waseda University Scholarships and Financial Assistance Section website.

1. On the result inquiry screen, select “Print scholarship application page login information.”
2. The Login Information for the Scholarship Application Page (PDF) will be displayed.
3. Download to your PC etc. and print. *Please keep it in a safe place.

Scholarships at Waseda University

Scholarships are available through Waseda University’s own internal scholarship programs, New Study Support System for Higher Education (monthly grant-type scholarships and tuition reduction) by JASSO, JASSO loan scholarship scholarships (offered by the Japan Student Services Organization, both interest-free and interest-bearing), as well as scholarships provided by private organizations and local governments. If you wish to apply for a scholarship, please refer to the websites below for more information and follow the application procedures.

Scholarships unique to this graduate school

This graduate school does not offer any scholarships of its own. All scholarships are handled by the Scholarship Division.

Related Websites

International Student Handbook（Privided by CIE）

International Student Handbook (Center for International Education)

VISA/Status of Residence

First, please throughoutly check following website of CIE.
（日本語）入学前の方へ | 早稲田大学 | 在留資格・VISAに関するサイト
（English）Prospective Students | WASEDA University | Status of Residence and Visa

・Submission Form for valid status of residency
Submission Form

・Request Form for proxying residency status application
Request for COE Application by Proxy

・Application Form for status of residency extension
Application Form

Various reference information such as materials about the University Co-op and the university campus, regular health checkups for students, etc. is available. If you have any questions, please contact the office where the information is published directly.