Approximately 2,900 students graduate from Sophia University each year, and around 97%* of these graduates secure employment after graduation. One of the university’s main strengths is that graduates have a wide range of career paths open to them, regardless of what subject they majored in.
*Calculated based on a report on graduate outcomes compiled by the university’s Career Center.
(2021 – 2025 academic years)
Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd. Recruit Co., Ltd. Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. Kagoshima Junshin Junior High School All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (ANA) Seibi Gakuen Elementary School Leverages Co., Ltd.
Rinkai Co., Ltd. Rakuten Group, Inc. Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan Nitori Co., Ltd. Seisen Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP)
Hoshino Resorts Management Co., Ltd. Bank of Japan Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. Resona Group SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. Unicharm Corporation, etc.
Rakuten Group, Inc. Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) Accenture Japan Ltd. IBM Japan, Ltd. Nikkei Inc. NTT Data Group Corporation TOPPAN Holdings Inc.
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. Recruit Co., Ltd. Tokyo Metropolitan Government The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings (Tokyo Head Office) Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation CyberAgent, Inc.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Hanwa Co., Ltd. Persol Business Process Design Co., Ltd. The Asahi Shimbun Company Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Law Firm, etc.
Toronomon Hospital, Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations National Cancer Center Hospital (Japan) Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital The University of Tokyo Hospital Tokyo Metropolitan Government Yokohama City Government NTT Data Group Corporation
Accenture Japan Ltd. Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR (Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research) LITALICO Inc. All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (ANA) Nippon Life Insurance Company Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company Persol Career Co., Ltd.
Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. Keio University Hospital Persol Business Process Design Co., Ltd. Tata Consultancy Services Japan, Ltd. Sumitomo Life Insurance Company, etc.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Rakuten Group, Inc. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation MUFG Bank, Ltd. NTT Data Group Corporation Accenture Japan Ltd. Nippon Life Insurance Company
Deloitte Tohmatsu LLC SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. NTT DOCOMO, INC. Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. Resona Group Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
IBM Japan, Ltd. Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Recruit Co., Ltd. Abeam Consulting Ltd. PwC Consulting LLC / PwC Advisory LLC , etc.
Accenture Japan Ltd. Rakuten Group, Inc. Deloitte Tohmatsu LLC MUFG Bank, Ltd. IBM Japan, Ltd. Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. PwC Consulting LLC / PwC Advisory LLC
NTT Data Group Corporation Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation Recruit Co., Ltd. Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. BayCurrent Consulting, Inc.
Nippon Life Insurance Company Resona Group Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Tokyo Metropolitan Government SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. EY Strategy and Consulting Co., Ltd. , etc.
Rakuten Group, Inc. All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (ANA) Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. Accenture Japan Ltd. IBM Japan, Ltd. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan) Sojitz Corporation
Deloitte Tohmatsu LLC Amazon Japan G.K. Ministry of Defense (Japan) Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. Leverages Co., Ltd. Resona Group SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Layers Consulting Inc. SoftBank Corp. Tata Consultancy Services Japan, Ltd. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Law Firm , etc.
Rakuten Group, Inc. Accenture Japan Ltd. All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (ANA) Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Deloitte Tohmatsu LLC Nippon Express Co., Ltd. Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.
NTT Data Group Corporation PwC Consulting LLC / PwC Advisory LLC NTT DOCOMO, INC. Amazon Japan G.K. Sojitz Corporation Mitsubishi Electric Corporation CyberAgent, Inc.
Norinchukin Bank BayCurrent Consulting, Inc. Hakuhodo Inc. / Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Inc. IBM Japan, Ltd. Tata Consultancy Services Japan, Ltd. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, etc.
NTT Data Group Corporation PwC Consulting LLC / PwC Advisory LLC NTT DOCOMO, INC. Amazon G.K. Sojitz Corporation Mitsubishi Electric Corporation CyberAgent, Inc.
Hitachi, Ltd. NTT Data Group Corporation IBM Japan, Ltd. NTT DOCOMO, INC. Accenture Japan Ltd NEC Corporation Abeam Consulting Ltd.
NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd. SCSK Corporation Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI) ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation PwC Consulting LLC / PwC Advisory LLC KDDI Corporation
SoftBank Corp. BayCurrent Consulting, Inc. Hitachi Systems, Ltd. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated NTT DOCOMO Solutions, Inc. NTT East, Inc, etc.
*Company names may differ from the time of hiring.
(2025 academic year)
*Includes graduated students
DENSO Corporation, Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated, Mazda Motor Corporation, dip Corporation, Prefectural Government, City Hall, Toyota Motor Corporation, Nagoya Broadcasting Network Co., Ltd., The Bank of Fukuoka, Ltd., Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd., Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting Co., Ltd., Gunma Bank, Ltd. , etc.
Accenture Japan Ltd., Deloitte Tohmatsu LLC, Amazon Japan G.K., PwC Consulting LLC / PwC Advisory LLC, Tata Consultancy Services Japan, Ltd., Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd., P&G Japan LLC, KPMG Tax Corporation, Louis Vuitton Japan Co., Ltd., Johnson & Johnson Japan Group, Capgemini Japan K.K., Costco Wholesale Japan Ltd. , etc.
*Includes only students formally registered as full-time “overseas students”
*“Other” includes traveling overseas, returning to home country, continuing to look for employment, preparing to undertake further study, no response given, unknown, etc.
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This brochure is compiled by the university’s Career Center every year and distributed to students in their freshman year.
It contains interviews with current students and graduates, who can provide useful role models for students that are starting to think about their future. Readers can get a better understanding of what students in the years above them and former students who have already graduated have focused on and what actions they are carrying out.
“SOPHIA STYLE” is a useful source of insights about what freshmen will need to be doing during their time at university, and of hints for practical actions that they can take.
The number of overseas students studying in Japan who are interested in working for a Japanese company after graduation has been increasing, while at the same time Japanese companies have been rapidly globalizing their operations, and so in recent years they have become more enthusiastic about hiring overseas students. However, it is still the case that most Japanese companies will not relax their recruitment standards just because the applicant is an overseas student, and so it must be said that the barriers faced by overseas students when it comes to securing employment in Japan remain high.
This guide provides hints that will help overseas students to understand how job-hunting in Japan works, so that they can begin the process of seeking post-graduation employment as smoothly as a Japanese student. Overseas students currently enrolled at Sophia University can access the guide via Web Piloti (please note that the guide is only available to currently enrolled students).
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