Issuing Certificates
Where to apply for certificates depends on the alumnus’ date of graduation and undergraduate school/graduate school/school. See the Application List for details.
Issuing Certificates
Application List
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Graduate school +
- ■Doctoral Diploma/Certificate of Completion of Doctoral Course
- ●If received prior to the 2005 academic year
Handled by the Academic Affairs Section - ●If received from the 2006 academic year onward
Handled by the Waseda Portal Office - ■Other Forms of Identification
Handled by the Waseda Portal Office
Undergraduate school (For incoming classes from the 1949 academic year onward) +
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- ■ School of Political Science and Economics +
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- ●Graduates prior to September 1985
- ●Withdrawals/De-registrations prior to the end of March 1985
Handled by the Alumni Affairs Section - ●Those not listed above
Handled by the Waseda Portal Office
- ■ School of Law +
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- ●Graduates prior to March 1985
- ●Withdrawals/De-registrations prior to the end of March 1985
Handled by the Alumni Affairs Section - ●Those not listed above
Handled by the Waseda Portal Office
- ■ School of Letters, Arts and Sciences I +
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- ●Graduates prior to September 1983
- ●Withdrawals/De-registrations prior to the end of March 1983
Handled by the Alumni Affairs Section - ●Those not listed above
Handled by the Waseda Portal Office
- ■ School of Letters, Arts and Sciences II (Evening Division) +
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- ●Graduates prior to September 1985
- ●Withdrawals/De-registrations prior to the end of March 1985
Handled by the Alumni Affairs Section - ●Those not listed above
Handled by the Waseda Portal Office
- ■ School of Education +
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- ●Graduates prior to September 1983
- ●Withdrawals/De-registrations who enrolled prior to April 1974
Handled by the Alumni Affairs Section - ●Those not listed above
Handled by the Waseda Portal Office
- ■ School of Commerce +
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- ●Graduates prior to March 1983
- ●Withdrawals/De-registrations prior to the end of March 1983
Handled by the Alumni Affairs Section - ●Those not listed above
Handled by the Waseda Portal Office
- ■ School of Science and Engineering +
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- ●Graduates prior to September 1983
- ●Withdrawals/De-registrations prior to the end of March 1984
Handled by the Alumni Affairs Section - ●Those not listed above
Handled by the Waseda Portal Office
- ■ School of Social Sciences +
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- ●Graduates prior to March 1985
- ●Withdrawals/De-registrations prior to the end of March 1985
Handled by the Alumni Affairs Section - ●Those not listed above
Handled by the Waseda Portal Office
- ■ College of Technology “Waseda Daigaku Senmon Gakko” +
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- ●Waseda Daigaku Senmon Gakko is handled by the current Art and Architecture School.
Handled by the school administration (Japanese only)
- ●Waseda Daigaku Senmon Gakko is handled by the current Art and Architecture School.
Click here for information on how to determine the affiliation of a deceased alumnus.
Types of certificates issued by the Alumni Affairs Section
Certificates of Graduation, Certificates of Withdrawal, Transcripts (Japanese/English), etc.
Request Online
Please visit the Waseda Portal Office website for detailed information on online applications and follow the instructions listed. Credit cards are accepted for the payment of certificate issuance fees, return postage, and other fees via online applications.
If you have any questions regarding online application procedures, please check the FAQs. If you require any further assistance, please contact us via the Inquiry Form.
Request by In-Person / Postal Mail
Necessary Documents
- ■ Identifying document
- A copy of personal ID If your surname has changed, we will require copies of personal ID showing your old and new names, issued by a government office or similar.
* If you want an English-language certificate, submit a passport copy as ID.
- ■ Application Form
- PDF Format
- ■ Certificate fee: ¥300 per certificate (Japanese/English alike)
- When mailing from inside Japan
Purchase (from the post office) a fixed-amount postal money for the total amount.
* Leave the money order blank on both sides. - When requesting from outside Japan
Enclose an international postal money order or international reply coupons for the sum of the certificate fee amount and the return postage. (Bank-issued documents and checks are not accepted.)
* When applying via a family member or representative
Prepare the following three items.
- 1A copy of the alumnus’s ID. If their surname has changed, we will require copies of ID showing their old and new names, issued by a government office or similar.
* If they want an English-language certificate, submit a passport copy as ID. - 2Letter of proxy (bearing the alumnus’s signature) in PDF Format
- 3The representative’s ID
Where to Apply / Access
- Contact point
- Location:
Alumni Affairs Section, Office of the President of Waseda University, 1st Floor, Okuma Kaikan, Waseda Campus
1-104 Totsukamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-8050 (MAP) - Hours:
Monday – Saturday, 9:00 – 12:00, 13:30 – 16:00 (Closed on Saturdays during summer and winter break) - Check details here.(Japanese only)
- Enclose the following documents.
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- ■Identifying document
- ■Application form
- ■A self-addressed and stamped return envelope
- ■Certificate fee
- ■[If applying as a representative on behalf of an alumnus] Letter of proxy and a copy of the representative’s ID
- Address:
Waseda University Alumni Affairs Section
1-104 Totsukamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-8050, JAPAN
Notes
Sometimes it is not possible to issue a certificate by the end of the day, even for applications made at the contact point. Also, confirm in advance where to apply, as it depends on the alumnus’ graduating class and undergraduate school. Be sure to check in advance.
* Applications by phone, fax, and email are not accepted.
* English-language transcripts and similar documents may require one to two weeks.
Inquiries about Issuing Certificates
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