graduate salary is the sixth best in Japan. Popularity and selectivity Admission to Sophia is highly selective and competitive. As such it is considered one of the top private universities along with Keio University and Waseda University. Typical acceptance rate is 5%. Its entrance difficulty is considered one of the toughest along with Waseda and Keio among 730 private universities. Overseas partner institutions Sophia University has student and academic exchange agreements with 387 overseas partner universities in 81 countries and regions as of June 2021. List of External University Agreements and Affiliations: Association of Southeast and East Asian Catholic Colleges and Universities (ASEACCU) Comprehensive Agreement on Cooperation with Kwansei Gakuin University Global 5 University Collaboration Agreement (with Waseda University, Akita International University, International Christian University, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University) Comprehensive Agreement on Cooperation with International Christian University Member of the Catholic University Institute for Christian Culture Notable faculty Father Peter Milward, SJ, emeritus professor of English Literature Gregory Clark, former professor of economics; currently a Japan Times contributor Kuniko Inoguchi, former professor of law, and Permanent Representative of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva Jun-ichi Nishizawa, electronic engineer, inventor and specially-appointed professor; Sadako Ogata, former professor of political science, and former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; currently serving as President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency Notable alumni Politics Morihiro Hosokawa, 79th Prime Minister of Japan Toshitsugu Saito, 65th and 66th Japanese Defence Minister Koichiro Genba, former Japanese Foreign Minister Seiko Noda, former Minister-in-charge of Measures against Declining Birthrate Kuniko Inoguchi, Japan's first Minister of State for Gender Equality and Social Affairs Takuya Hirai, former Minister for Digital Transformation Carlos Holmes Trujilo, former Foreign Minister and Defence Minister of Colombia Rizal Ramli, former Finance Minister of Indonesia Yukari Sato, economist and LDP Member of the House of Representatives Shoichi Kondo, DPJ Member of the House of Representatives and former Senior Vice Minister for the Environment Li Linsi, Chinese diplomat, educator, diplomatic consultant to Chiang Kai-shek Mukhriz Mahathir, 11th Menteri Besar of Kedah, Malaysia Benigno Aquino III, 15th President of the Philippines Academia Ruben Habito, associate professor at Southern Methodist University Yuya Kiuchi, sport and pop culture scholar at Michigan State University Fidel Nemenzo, mathematician, chancellor of University of the Philippines Diliman Junko Shigemitsu, theoretical physicist, emerita professor at Ohio State University Kyouichi Tachikawa, historian Takayuki Tatsumi, American literature scholar at Keio University Dominique Turpin, Dean & President