Career Center早稲田大学 キャリアセンター

The Career Center holds events for doctoral students as part of its doctoral career support program.

We hold events throughout the year that provide opportunities to explore diverse career paths and encourage you to think about your own career. We offer a variety of events to suit your interests and stage of development, including real-life experiences shared by Senpai PhD students, joint projects with other universities, and opportunities to interact with companies. Undergraduate and master's students aiming for a doctorate are also welcome to participate.

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To use content such as event reservations and job posting searches, you need to log in to Career Compass and register your career aspirations (initial user registration).
For detailed instructions on how to log in, please refer to the user guide.

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-oriented internship program with companies promoted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to expand career paths for doctoral students into industry. Specific information, including member companies, past achievements, and leaflets, can be found on the website of the "Council for the Promotion of Job-Type Research Internships."

• 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 plan to participate in the internship, please register for an account and use it to gather information.

Personal experience information

This page features interview articles with students who participated in our job-based research internship program. Please scroll down the webpage to the "Interview Articles, etc." section at the bottom of the page to find them!

[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 "Career Events, Consultation Reservations, Job Inquiries, etc."
[STEP 2]
Job postings and company search
→Enter "doctor" in the free word search field and search.

*Please also refer to this user guide for more details.

<Job postings for doctoral students>

Some of the documents received by our university are also posted on Moodle. This section is updated as new documents arrive.
Please go to Moodle → Career Center Content → 12. Doctoral Career.