早稲田大学 | |||||
Former names | Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō | ||||
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Motto | Japanese: 学問の独立 | ||||
Motto in English | Independence of scholarship | ||||
Type | Private | ||||
Established | October 21, 1882 | ||||
President | Aiji Tanaka | ||||
Academic staff | 2,176 full-time[1] 3,327 part-time[1] | ||||
Students | 51,129[1] | ||||
Undergraduates | 42,860[1] | ||||
Postgraduates | 8,269[1] | ||||
Location | , , Japan | ||||
Campus | Urban | ||||
Athletics | 43 varsity teams | ||||
Colors | Maroon [2] | ||||
Affiliations | Universitas 21 APRU URA AALAU | ||||
Mascot | Waseda Bear | ||||
Website | www | ||||
Japanese name | |||||
Kanji | 早稲田大学 | ||||
Hiragana | わせだ だいがく | ||||
Katakana | ワセダ ダイガク | ||||
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Waseda University is a well known university in Japan. The main campus is in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It was founded in 1882. Waseda thirty-six departments: thirteen undergraduate schools and twenty-three graduate schools. As of May 2016, there were 42,860 undergraduate students and 8,269 graduate students. It is called 早稲田大学 (Waseda Daigaku) in Japanese.