Waseda University’s Global Strategy:
Rediscovery of “Asian” Nexus and Its Historical Development

January 17, 2008

Shigeto Sonoda
Associate Dean, Center for International Education
Secretary General, Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration
Professor of Sociology, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies

Outline of Presentation

1. What’s Waseda University?
2. Waseda’s Global Network
3. Historical Development of Global Strategyand Rediscovery of “Asian” Nexus2

1. What’s Waseda University?

Waseda University: General Information

Founded in 1882
Most Prestigious
Private University

Second Largest
University in Japan
54,000 students
8 campuses
1,800 full time and3,000 part-time faculties
750 administrators

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Current Situation of Waseda University
Academic Organizations
13 Undergraduate Schools
17 Graduate Schools and 5
Professional Schools
2 High Schools
3 Affiliate High Schools
2 Schools of Arts and Architecture

Extensive Alumni Network
Over 490,000 alumni around the world
Excellent entrepreneurs creating prestigious firms such as Sony,Casio, etc.
CEOs of first-class companies such as Fujitsu, Honda, Nintendo,Samsung, etc.
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Waseda Graduates who became Primer

Shigenobu OKUMA
1898- and 1914-

Tanzan ISHIBASHI
1956-1957

Keizo OBUCHI
1998-2000

Noboru TAKESHITA
1987-1989

Yoshiro MORI
2000-2001

Toshiki KAIFU
1989-1991

Yasuo FUKUDA
2007-6

13 Undergraduate Schools

School of Political Science and Economics
School of Law
School of Media, Culture and Society
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
School of Education
School of Commerce
School of Fundamental Science and Engineering
School of Creative Science and Engineering
School of Advanced Science and Engineering
School of Social Sciences
School of Human Sciences
School of Sport Sciences
School of International Liberal Studies

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17 Graduate Schools
Graduate School of Political Science
Graduate School of Economics
Graduate School of Law
Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Graduate School of Commerce
Graduate School of Fundamental Science and Engineering
Graduate School of Creative Science and Engineering
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering
Graduate School of Education
Graduate School of Human Sciences
Graduate School of Social Sciences
Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies
Graduate School of Global Information and Telecommunication Studies
Graduate School of Japanese Applied Linguistics
Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems
Graduate School of Sport Sciences
Graduate School of Teacher Education
85 Professional Schools
The Okuma School of Public Management
Waseda Law School
Graduate School of Finance, Accounting and Law
Graduate School of Accountancy
Waseda Business School MBA Programs, Graduate School of Commerce

9Excellent Programs
21st Century COE (Center Of Excellence) Program andGlobal COE Program at Waseda University
Holostic Research and Education Center for Physics of Self-organization
Systems (21)The Innovative research on symbiosis technologies for human and robots
in the elderly dominated society (21)Constructing Open Political Economic Systems (21)Creating New Legal System for Corporation and Society (21)Global COE for Practical Chemical Wisdom (G)International Research and Education Center for Ambient Soc (G)International Institute for Education and Research in Theater and Film
Arts (G)Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration (G)102. Waseda’s Global Network

Global Network of Waseda
As of August, 2007

Agreements with Overseas Institutions

Type ofAgreement

Number ofAgreements

Number ofInstitutions

NumberofCountries

University-to-University
Agreements

311

382

74

Other Exchange
Agreements / Contracts

162

163

26

Total

473

539

75
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Student Exchange (Incoming)
As of June, 2007
International Students at Waseda (Region of Origin)
No ofCountries

No ofStudentsAsia
EuropeNorth America
Central-South America
Oceania

22362
114

1,984
203
156
36
33

81.5%
8.3%
6.4%
1.5%
1.4%

Middle East, Africa

14230.9%

892,435

100%RegionTotal%

13Student Exchange (Outgoing)
As of October, 2006

International Students from Waseda (Region of Destination)
Number ofCountries

Number ofStudents

North America
Europe222472
297

49.7%
31.3%

Asia

8108

11.4%

Oceania4626.6%

Middle East & Africa

550.5%

Central & South America

350.5%

44949

100%Region

TOTAL%

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Overseas Bases of Waseda University
Europe Center（Bonn, Germany）
Waseda Oregon Office（Portland, U.S.A.）
Peking-Waseda Joint Center for Instruction
and Research (China)
Paris Office（France）
KU Liaison Office (Korea)

Fudan-Waseda Education & ResearchInstitute (China)

Waseda Education (Thailand)

Waseda University Singapore Branch Office (Singapore)
Waseda Shibuya Senior High School (Singapore)
Waseda-Olympus Bioscience Research Institute (Singapore)
NTU-Waseda Double MBA Program (Singapore)15

Some Major Partner Universities

Peking University (China)
Fudan University (China)
Korea University (Korea)
National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Australian National University (Australia)
Science Po (France)
Columbia University (U.S.)
University of Milan (Italy)
Pembroke College, Oxford (U.K.)

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Joint Academic Programs with Overseas
Institutions – Double-degree Programs

Double-degree Programs with Partner Universities
Joint doctoral program with Peking University (2002-)
Double-degree programs with Peking University
and Fudan University at undergraduate level (2005-)
Double MBA program with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2006-)
Double-degree program with National Taiwan University and National University ofSingapore at undergraduate level (2007-)
Double-degree program with Columbia University at Ph.D. level (2008-)
Double-degree program with National Taiwan University at MA level (2008-)

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School of International Liberal Studies (SILS)

Emphasis on Liberal Arts Education
Nurturing a Global Perspective and Vision/Using English and Japanese as Common Languages forLearning

One-year Study Abroad Requirement
Helping Waseda become a World-class University

18Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies
First Graduate School which offered Courses inEnglish
Many International Students from Asian Countries
Driving Engine for “Asianization” of Education inWaseda

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International Students at Ph.D. Course: GSAPS (%)
80
60
40
20
0
2,000

2,001

2,002

2,003

2,004

2,005

2,006

International Students/ ApplicantsInternational Students/ Newly Enrolled

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Asia Cyber College by Digital Campus Consortium

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Participation in International Consortium

223. Historical Development of
Global Strategy and Rediscoveryof “Asian” Nexus

Development of International Education

1905 Accepted Chinese Students from Qing Dynasty
1920s 25% of All Students were International Students
1963 International Division (Bekka) Opened, Accepted 100
Students from U.S. Annually
1990s Large amount of Agreement with Foreign Affiliations
Started1998 Graduate Schools with English Courses Opened (GSAPS,GITS, IPS, WBS)
2001 School of International Liberal Studies (SILS) Opened
2005 Double-degree Programs Started

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Number of Student Exchange (Incoming)

2,368
2,076

Undergraduate

2,435

MA

1,779

Ph.D.
Others

1,502

1,593

1,313
1,094

1,153

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

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Number of Student Exchange (Outgoing)

949
842

449

464

483

520

362
292

1999

20002001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

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Administrative Logistics in Historical Perspective

1960s Foreign Affairs Section, Academic Affairs Division
1980s Center for International Exchange（AcademicExchange Section, Student Exchange Section）
1990s Bureau of Promotion of Overseas Projects
2003 International Division Established2005 Center for International Education Established2005 Student Exchange Section Established2006 International Community Center Established27

Administrative Logistics for Global Strategy
Executive Board
Schools, Graduate Schools
Academic Affairs DivisionInternational Affairs Division

Planning Global Strategy
Management of Overseas Office
Management of Global NetworkInternational OfficeStudent Exchange Office
Development of Exchange ProgramsCenter for International Education
Education for International Students
28Four Pillars of Global Strategy

Attracting Excellent International Students/ Scholarship, Development of Programs, International Network, ….

Routinizing Multi-cultural Experiences/ Foreign Language Education, International Community Center,

Educating Excellent Young Scholars/ Promotion of Pioneering Research, Global COE Programs, …

Networking with Global Top Universities/ “Global College” Scheme, Participation in International Consortium, ..

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Drives for Global Strategy

Domestic Reasons/ Shrinking Domestic Market/ Competition-oriented Governmental Policy

Non-domestic Reasons/ Global Competition in Education Industry/ Rising Asian Economies

30Uniqueness of Waseda’s Global Strategy

Strong Rivalry with Keio University/ Keio’s Reforms in early 1990s/ Catching-up Mentality in Waseda

Rediscovery of “Asian” Nexus/ “Bridging Ideas between East and West”: Waseda
University’s Creeds/ Waseda as Asian Brand/ Alumni as Social Resources

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Strong Leadership by Former President Okushima(1994-2002) and President Shirai (2002-)/ Establishment of GSAPS and OAS (Organization for AsianStudies)/ Recruitment of Asian Study Specialists/ Two-step Theory of Global Strategy: Preliminary and Final?

Centralized Concepts and De-centralized Networks/ Coordination between Administration and Education/ Competition among Schools and Graduate Schools
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Image of Networking with Global Universities“Global College” Scheme: Selected Program by MEXT’s“College Education Programs for Internationalization ofJapanese Universities” (2007-)
Proof of completion

Global College

Waseda University
Columbia University
Yale University
National University of Singapore
Peking University
Fudan University
Korea University

Fulfillment ofrequirements byparticipant university
student

FutureConferment of 2nd major from the GlobalCollege33

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