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The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan announced the top 10 research institutions for each newly funded research field approved over the past five years (2013 – 2017) under the Grants-in-Aid Scientific Research project.

Out of the 336 research fields, Waseda University claimed top position in 16 research fields, doubling from a total of eight last year. Among all public and private research institutions, Waseda University came in 5^th in overall ranking for having the most number of research fields ranked number one. In addition, Waseda is ranked 1^st across all private universities in Japan under the same ranking.

The 16 research fields which the University attained 1^st position are as follows (in alphabetical order):

1. Chinese Literature
2. Civil Law
3. Criminal Law
4. Educational Psychology
5. Educational Technology
6. Finance
7. Foreign Language Education
8. International Law
9. International Relations
10. Japanese Language Education
11. Japanese Literature
12. Mathematical Analysis
13. New Frontier Law
14. Politics
15. Public Law
16. Tourism