Career Center早稲田大学 キャリアセンター

Connecting with companies and society is an opportunity to gain new perspectives and broaden your horizons.
The Career Center holds events where you can interact with companies and alumni.

We hope that this will lead to the creation of further opportunities for PhD students who have acquired advanced expertise, research capabilities, and knowledge and skills in research and analysis.
We hope you will also use this opportunity to build relationships with companies that are essential for your research activities, including your academic career.

[2025 Events] Click on the image for event details.

「博士キャリアデザインカンファレンス2025」は開催終了しました。アーカイブ（Moodle)にて一部ご視聴可能です。

We provide career and job-hunting advice to doctoral students and postdocs.
We are available to advise you on job hunting, job-based research internships, etc.
We also welcome consultations from undergraduate and master's students who are considering going on to doctoral programs, so please feel free to take advantage of this opportunity.

*Please note that we are unable to provide consultation regarding your own field of expertise (such as what types of companies your current research field can be utilized for), so please consult with your supervisor or someone with expertise in that field.
*Currently, we can provide online (Zoom) or face-to-face consultations depending on your preference.

▼How to make a reservation

[STEP 1]
Please make a reservation by email according to the following:
Please make sure to send your reservation email from your Waseda email address.

Contact: career-doc#list.waseda.jp (please change # to @ when sending)
Email subject: "PhD career/job hunting individual consultation reservation, student ID number (if currently enrolled), name"
Contents of the text: Consultation details

[STEP 2]
After receiving the above information, our staff will contact you to arrange a date and time. (It may take a few days.)

[STEP 3]
Once the date is confirmed, your reservation is complete.
*For the following consultations, please click here.

・General job-hunting consultations not specific to PhD students (including general consultations related to job hunting, such as resume editing and interview practice)
・Consultations in English
・Disability-related consultation
・Individual consultations regarding sexual minorities
・Consultations for students other than regular students
・Consultations for graduates (excluding postdocs and those who have completed their studies)

Other references (contents introduced at Waseda University)

• Mentor System for Female Researchers – Waseda University Diversity Promotion Office (waseda.jp)

Waseda University is participating in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Job-Type Research Internship Program.

[What is a job-based research internship?]
This is a long-term, paid, research-based internship with a company promoted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in order to expand the career path of doctoral students into the industrial world. Specific information such as member companies, past achievements, and leaflets is posted on the website of the "Job-Type Research Internship Promotion Council."

• Job-Based Research Internship Promotion Council (coopj-intern.com)

[Access to the dedicated system]

• Obtaining an account for the dedicated system

Since the Job-Type Research Internship is a program that can only be participated in by those who belong to the Council's participating organizations, the URL for the dedicated system is not publicly available on the web. A link to register for use of the system is posted on Waseda Moodle. Inquiries regarding account registration should also be directed to the Job-Type Research Internship Management Office. Contact details are also posted on Waseda Moodle, so if you have any questions, please contact the office directly.

Posting location: Moodle → Contents provided by the Career Center → 12. Doctoral Careers

Regardless of whether you are planning to participate in an internship or not, please register an account and use it to gather information.

[Testimonials]

[Where information received by the university is stored]

In the folder below, we have posted various information such as job postings and internships for doctoral students and postdocs that have been received by the Career Center.

<MyWaseda "Company and Job Information Inquiry">
[STEP 1]
MyWaseda Login → Student Life → Career Compass "Company and Job Information Inquiry"
[STEP 2]
Job postings and company search
→Enter "For doctoral course graduates and those scheduled to graduate" in the free word search field and search
→Check the "Actively recruiting PhD students" column in the School Original Items section and search

<Job postings for doctoral students/postdocs>

Some of the documents sent to our university are also posted on Moodle. Please check it out as it is updated regularly.
Please see Moodle → Contents provided by the Career Center → 12. Doctoral Careers.