In addition, when SAIONJI took charge of the promoter to establish the Japan Women's University, he took the post as chief secretary of the foundation preparatory secretariat of the university with Yasuie TOGAWA and Shozo ASO, and made efforts to establish a higher educational institute as a government official of the Ministry of Education.
また、西園寺が日本女子大学の設立発起人を務めた際には、戸川安宅、麻生正蔵らとともに同大学の創立事務幹事長に就任し、文部省官僚として高等教育機関の設立に尽力した。