Information

The Autumn 2024 entrance ceremonies for undergraduate and graduate students will be held on September 21^st.

Only new students are invited to attend the ceremonies. The event will be streamed online (with subtitles in English and Japanese, the URL will be published at a later date), and a live broadcast viewing area will be set up on Toyama Campus for guardians of students.

The date, time, proceedings, and rules of the ceremonies might change in the case of the spread of an infectious disease or in the event of an emergency.

Note: The information on this page is regarding the main entrance ceremony. Some schools may have separate ceremonies planned. Please refer to your affiliated school’s homepage for information related to events and ceremonies to be conducted by your school.

Date & Time: September 21 (Sat) 11:00-12:00 JST

Venue: Waseda Arena, Toyama Campus

(Entrance ceremony for the Graduate School of Information, Production & Systems will be held on Kitakyushu campus)

Livestream URL: https://www.youtube.com/live/2CguMlxvds0

MC: English (Japanese and English subtitles available)

Live broadcast viewing area for guardians of students

• We have set up a live broadcast viewing area for guardians of students in Building 32 of the Toyama Campus (The viewing will have a monitor displaying the online stream with English and Japanese subtitles).
  Toyama Campus Map
• There is no limit to the number of visitors per family at the live broadcast viewing area.

Please note:

• Both the ceremony venue and the simultaneous broadcast venue are scheduled to open one hour before the ceremony starts. Please note that it will take some time to enter the ceremony venue (Waseda Arena), so please come to the venue at least 30 minutes before the ceremony starts.
• The monitor in the viewing area will be displaying the same footage as the online stream (with English and Japanese subtitles)
• There will be 1 sign for commemorative photos that says “Waseda University entrance ceremony” (in Japanese characters only 早稲田大学入学式), located at each of the following locations: Shigenobu Okuma Statue, next to Building 1, and Okuma Garden. The Okuma Garden (Waseda campus) is open from 8:00 – 17:00, but closed if it’s raining.
• Please use public transportation when traveling to the ceremony. If you must travel by car, there is no parking available on campus, so please use coin parking or other public parking spots near the venue. Do not park your car on the street under any circumstances.
• New students with support requests, such as guidance within the venues, seat reservations, or considerations for attending with children, please contact the General Affairs Section four weeks before the day of the entrance ceremonies. The University will try to accommodate such requests.

Contact information:

• For more information about the entrance ceremonies at Waseda Arena, kindly contact the General Affairs Division at [email protected]
• For more information about the events organized by each school, please contact the respective administrative office, listed here.