Waseda University

Shinjuku
Japan

Best in History

Best moot court performance of the law school throught out the recorded history (2013-2024)

About the Law School

Waseda University (早稲田大学, Waseda Daigaku), abbreviated as Sōdai (早大), is a Japanese private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902.Waseda is organized into 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. In addition to a central campus in Shinjuku, the university operates campuses in Chūō, Nishitōkyō, Tokorozawa, Honjō, and Kitakyūshū. Waseda also operates twenty-one research institutes at its main Shinjuku campus. The Waseda University Library is collectively one of Japan's largest libraries and currently hold some 4.5 million volumes and 46,000 serials. Waseda consistently ranks among the most academically selective and prestigious universities in Japanese university rankings. It is often ranked alongside Keio University, its rival, as the best private university in Japan. In 2020–2021, Waseda ranked 189th in the QS World University Rankings. Waseda is among the top type of the select Japanese universities assigned additional funding under the MEXT's Top Global University Project to enhance Japan's global educational competitiveness.Waseda has graduated many notable alumni, including seven Prime Ministers of Japan, numerous important figures of Japanese literature, including Haruki Murakami, and many CEOs, including Tadashi Yanai, the CEO of UNIQLO, Nobuyuki Idei, the former CEO of Sony, Takeo Fukui, the former president and CEO of Honda, Norio Sasaki, the former CEO of Toshiba, Lee Kun-hee, the Chairman of Samsung Group, Mikio Sasaki, the former Chairman of Mitsubishi, and Hiroshi Yamauchi and Shuntaro Furukawa, former and current Presidents of Nintendo respectively.Read more on Wiki...
Actual Ranking
World
NA / 2024,   #304 / 2023
Asia
NA / 2024,   #100 / 2023
Japan
NA / 2024,   #2 / 2023
Best in the Field (World)
Public International Law
# 72 / 2023
International Arbitration
# 92 / 2023
Best Ranking Ever
Best World
#131 / 2015
Best National
#1 / 2015

Current Ranking

World ranking 2023

N.
Law School
300
Shenzhen University
flag-CN China
-33
304
University of Helsinki
flag-FI Finland
-33
304
Waseda University
flag-JP Japan
-33
306
University of Milan (Statale)
flag-IT Italy
+179
307
Edge Hill University
flag-GB United Kingdom (UK)
-
N.
Law School
1
Nagoya University
flag-JP Japan
-
2
Waseda University
flag-JP Japan
-
3
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
flag-JP Japan
-
4
Doshisha University
flag-JP Japan
-
4
Seinan Gakuin University
flag-JP Japan
-

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