• upage_Waseda

    Waseda University
    Tokyo, Japan

    Founded in 1882 by Shigenobu Okuma, once prime minister and regarded as the father of Japanese national modernization, Waseda University is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. It comprises thirteen undergraduate, seventeen graduate and five professional graduate schools covering most areas of social and natural sciences, liberal arts and engineering, with over 54,000 students and 5,000 faculty members on eight campuses, four of which are located in central Tokyo.

    Currently, there are more than 5,000 foreign students enrolled at Waseda. The number of foreign students at Waseda is the highest among universities in Japan. The university has agreements with 868 organizations in 94 countries to date, concerning student and faculty exchange programs. Furthermore, there are ‘double degree’ programs with leading universities in Asia-Pacific region as well as network-type cooperative colloquiums via the Internet, to support the student and faculty members involved in the exchange programs.

    Waseda University has a large number of alumni, about 640,000 in Japan and around the world. Waseda is famous for its distinguished graduates dispersed not only across business and political circles in Japan but also worldwide. So far, seven prime ministers of the Japanese government have been Waseda alumni. Waseda graduates are very active and influential in such field as politics, law, journalism and mass communications, art and sports. Among them are excellent entrepreneurs contributing to scientific breakthroughs and creating globally prestigious firms as well as current and former presidents and CEOs of top multinational companies. The university has 400 alumni associations throughout Japan and more than 1,100 including alumni associations within companies, not to mention the 40 Waseda associations overseas.

    Website: http://www.waseda.jp/top/en/

    VSE Season 2, 2022-23: Courses offered by Waseda University


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    Offering DepartmentSchool of International Liberal Studies
    Course TeacherProf. Masumi NAGASAKA
    Language of InstructionEnglish
    First Day of ClassApr 18, 2023
    Last Day of ClassJul 25, 2023
    Course ComponentLecture
    Mode of TeachingSynchronous
    Meeting TimeTue 1310-1450, 1505-1645
    Time ZoneUTC+09
    Course Description
    This lecture will enable students to understand the history of Western philosophy from the early modern period to the present in an attempt to overcome ontotheology. Students will learn the history of metaphysics, as well as the history of the critique of metaphysics.
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    Offering DepartmentSchool of Social Sciences
    Course TeacherProf. Shinji HASEGAWA
    Language of InstructionEnglish
    First Day of ClassApr 18, 2023
    Last Day of ClassJul 18, 2023
    Course ComponentLecture
    Mode of TeachingSynchronous
    Meeting TimeTue 1310-1450
    Time ZoneUTC+09
    Course DescriptionTraditionally, a foreign market for companies has been nothing more than a place to export domestically produced products and import raw materials. Today, producing products overseas, conducting research and development, or providing various services to local customers is a common occurrence regardless of the nationality, industry, or size of the company.

    Once the activities and organizations of a company become globalized across national borders, problems arise that cannot be fully explained in existing academic disciplines, which have assumed that companies remain within their borders. International business is an interdisciplinary/cross-disciplinary study using knowledge, concepts, and framework systematized in various academic fields, such as business administration, economics, politics, sociology, and psychology, to solve problems unique to international business.

    In this lecture, we will study the principle of internationalization of firms. We will also consider what principle the internationalization of a company will increase efficiency and benefit the company, the individual, the economy, and society. Furthermore, we will learn how companies organize and manage various business activities that have spread around the world.
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