Waseda University ranked in the top 12% on the QS World University Rankings 2025, achieving an exceptionally high rank of 30 in the category of Employer Reputation.

QS World University Rankings 2025: Top 12% in the World

On June 5, 2024 the U.K.’s Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)* released the QS World University Rankings 2025. Waseda University was ranked 181^st (9^th overall, 1^st among private universities in Japan), placing it in the top 12% of the 1,500 total universities ranked worldwide.

*QS: A British higher education analytics firm. Every year the firm evaluates universities worldwide and publishes various university rankings.

Employer Reputation: 30^th in the World

Among the indicators used to compile the rankings, Waseda University ranked exceptionally high, 30^th in the world, in the category of Employer Reputation.

QS uses the nine indicators below to rank the world’s universities in order of overall score. More information is available the QS World University Rankings 2025 site.

• Academic Reputation
• Citations per Faculty
• Employer Reputation
• Employment Outcomes
• Faculty Student
• International Faculty
• International Research Network
• International Students
• Sustainability