Established April 1991 Affiliation Waseda University Principal Hikota Koguchi | Phone +65 6773 2950 Founded April 1991 School type International school | |
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Website www.waseda-shibuya.edu.sg Address 57 West Coast Rd, Singapore 127366 Similar Japanese School (seconda, National University of Singap, Nan Hua High School, Raffles Girls' School, 早稲田アカデミー シンガポー | ||
Waseda Shibuya Senior High School in Singapore (Japanese: 早稲田大学系属早稲田渋谷シンガポール校, Hepburn: Waseda Shibuya Shingapōru Kō) is a Japanese international boarding school in West Coast, Singapore. It is affiliated with Waseda University, making it an overseas branch of a Japanese private school, and is located on the island's west coast. The school is operated by Waseda Shibuya Senior High School in Singapore Pte. Ltd.
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History
Waseda Shibuya Senior High School in Singapore was founded in April 1991 as the Shibuya Makuhari Singapore School (渋谷幕張シンガポール校, Shibuya Makuhari Shingapōru Kō). The opening 10th grade class included 50 Japanese students whose families lived in Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, and Thailand. At the time the school was affiliated with the Shibuya Kyouiku Gakuen (渋谷教育学園, Shibuya Kyōiku Gakuen), the agency operating Makuhari Junior and Senior High School in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture. As of 1991 it was the only Japanese overseas boarding senior high school outside of the United States and Europe. Tetsuo Tamura (田村 哲夫 Tamura Tetsuo), who had served as the head of the Shibuya Kyouiku Gakuen, stated that he wished to establish an overseas Japanese school in Asia after learning about the sense of alienation from society many Japanese felt after returning from overseas. Tamura established a branch in Asia because he believed other Japanese international schools were too oriented to Europe and the United States.
The school first opened in a temporary facility for a local Japanese kindergarten. The Singaporean government leased 20,000 square metres (220,000 sq ft) of land to the school on terms described by Toshio Iwasaki of the Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry as "very favorable". In the northern hemisphere summer of 1991 the construction of the school buildings, athletic facilities, and dormitory facilities finished. In September 1991, the students moved into the permanent campus for the second semester of the school year.
In April 2002 the school became affiliated with Waseda University. The school was renamed as "Waseda Shibuya Senior High School in Singapore" to reflect the change.
Admissions and Academic Information
As the only overseas Japanese senior high school in Asia, the school accepts graduates of Japanese junior high schools across the region.
About 60% of this school's graduates move on to Waseda University. Other universities that have accepted students from Waseda Shibuya include Doshisha University, Hosei University, Kwansei University, Rikkyo University, and Ritsumeikan University.
Facilities
The school maintains dormitories, allowing students whose parents are transferred overseas to complete their high school education. The boarding school has 187 single occupancy rooms, with 116 for boys and 71 for girls. Currently, about 50% of the students reside in dormitories, while the remaining students reside with their families in Singapore.
The school has an astronomical observatory. As of 1991, as part of a proposed Singapore-Japan educational exchange, the school planned to open the observatory to students attending local Singaporean high schools.