Students' Career PathsRikkyo University’s Law and Politics
Students of the College of Law and Politics at Rikkyo University pursue various career paths upon graduation
Of the students who graduated in March 2025 from the College of Law and Politics, 97.7% of students seeking jobs secured positions. Approximately 17.3%
went into the information industries; approximately 15.8% went into service industries; approximately 14.5% went into the finance or insurance; and approximately 12.2% went into public service. The remainder went into manufacturing, wholesale/retail, and many other fields. A distinguishing feature of the College of Law and Politics is that its students develop legal thinking skills that are useful in any industry or occupation, and therefore, its graduates are able to choose their career paths from almost any field in the world.
went into the information industries; approximately 15.8% went into service industries; approximately 14.5% went into the finance or insurance; and approximately 12.2% went into public service. The remainder went into manufacturing, wholesale/retail, and many other fields. A distinguishing feature of the College of Law and Politics is that its students develop legal thinking skills that are useful in any industry or occupation, and therefore, its graduates are able to choose their career paths from almost any field in the world.
Major Places of Employment
Public Service
Family Court Probation Officer Trainee, Court Clerk (General Position), Ministry of Foreign Affairs Specialist, Ministry of Justice Specialist, National Gov ernment Official (General Position), Finance Specialist, National Tax Specialist, Labor Standards Inspector, Imperial Guard Officer, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Kanagawa Prefectural Government, Saitama Prefectural Government, Chiba Prefectural Government, Tokyo Special Wards, Yokohama City Government, Saitama City Government, and Chiba City Government.
Services
Nishimura & Asahi, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, TMI Associates, Japan Federation of Bar Ass ociations, JASRAC, JICA, Keidanren, Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting, KPMG Consulting, PwC Consulting, ABeam Consulting, Accenture, BayCurrent, Nomura Research Institute, Japan Research Institute, Nihon M&A Center, ORIX, Recruit, JRA, Tokyo Dome, Oriental Land, JTB, and Horipro.
Information
IBM Japan, Salesforce Japan, LY Corporation, NTT DATA, Rakuten, Sky, Fujitsu, ITOCHU Techno-Solutions, TIS, Hitachi Systems, SCSK, NEC Solution Innovators, BIPROGY, NTT COMWARE, Trend Micro, Cybozu, Tsuzuki Denki, OBC, Square Enix, Tokyo Shoko Research, and Dentsu Soken.
Finance and Insurance
Bank of Japan, Norinchukin Bank, Japan Finance Corporation, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Mizuho FG, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking, Nomura Securities, Daiwa Securities, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance, Sumitomo Mitsui Marine & Fire Insurance, Nippon Life Insurance, Dai-ichi Life Insurance, and JCB.
Others
Mitsui & Co., ITOCHU, Marubeni, Mitsui Fudosan, Mitsubishi Estate, Nomura Real Estate, Kajima Corporation, Shimizu Corporation, JAL, ANA, JR Central, Metropolitan Expressway, NYK Line, TEPCO HD, ENEOS, Hakuhodo, CyberAgent, NHK, TV Tokyo, The Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo Head Office, Nikkei Inc., Amazon Japan, NTT EAST, Toyota Motor, Ajinomoto, Johnson & Johnson, Daiichi Sankyo, Eisai, INPEX, Asahi Kasei, Daikin Industries, Apple Japan, Tokyo Electron, DISCO, Hitachi, Sony, Panasonic, Mitsubishi Electric, Canon, and Keyence.
Graduate Schools
Major Graduate Schools
The University of Tokyo Law School, Kyoto University Law School, Hitotsubashi University Law School, Chiba University Law School, Tokyo Metropolita n University Law School, Waseda University Law School, Keio University Law Schoo l, Chuo University Law School, Meiji University Law School, Hosei University Law School, Nihon University Law School, Komazawa University Law School, Osaka University Gr aduate School, Tohoku University Graduate School, Yokohama National University Graduate School, Tokyo Gakugei University Graduate School, and Rikkyo University Graduate School.
Note: Abbreviations are used for the names of companies, organizations, and graduate schools.
Places of Employment by Industry (College of Law and Politics, March 2025 graduates)
