Office of Research EthicsWaseda University

• Please see “Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects（MEXT, MHLW, METI).   [Japanese]   [English]
• When conducting research with human subjects, researchers must respect human rights and the dignity of participants, and ensure the protection of personal information. As such, Waseda University assesses code of ethics on research plans to protect research subjects and ensure the fairness and credibility of research. Please apply for assessment by following the instruction in Application Guidelines for Ethics Review after checking the Academic Year 2025 schedule, Academic Year 2024 schedule,
• To determine if you need to apply for assessment, please refer to the flowchart. If you are unable to determine if you need to apply for assessment, please contact the committee secretariat.

• Ethics Regulations related to Research with Human Subjects
• Detailed of Regulations for Enforcement of the Ethics Regulations related to Research with human subjects

The Ethics Committee on Research with Humans as Subjects conducts the “Lecture on Research with Humans as Subjects” for teaching and administrative staff and students of our school who are scheduled to conduct research with humans as subjects, in order to deepen their understanding of research with humans as subjects.
Before submitting an application to the Ethics Committee on Research with Humans as Subjects, the member(s) of our school in charge of the research, and the representative(s) for the conduct of the research, must attend the lecture.

Please download and use them from the following website.

https://waseda-research-portal.jp/research-ethics/irb/

Please check them from the following website.

https://www.waseda.jp/inst/ore/procedures/human/（Japanese only）

Secretariat of the Ethics Review Committee on Human Research of Waseda University (The Research Management Division, The Research Promotion Division)