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Exemptions of Admission Fee & Tuition Fee

(Updated July 31, 2025)
The results of the application for the admission fee and tuition fee exemption/deferred payment for the first half of the 2025 academic year have been released.
Please refer to the PDF below for details.
Notice about the result of Admission/Tuition Fee Exemption for the First Half of AY2025 (PDF:328KB)
Even if you applied for tuition fee exemption for the first and second halves together during the first half application period, you may still need to apply for the second half.
Please refer to the PDF below for details.
How to Confirm Whether You Need to Apply for the Second Half (PDF:496KB)

NOTICES

This system provides full or partial exemption from admission/tuition fees for those who are approved after screening based on their application.
Please understand that we operate the exemption program under a very tight budget.
Your application may not be approved. Please be prepared to pay the fees in advance.
In particular, the possibility of receiving an admission fee exemption is quite low. If you do not pay the admission fee by the designated date, as indicated in the results, you will lose your student status in accordance with university regulations.

Exemptions of Admission & Tuition Fee for the Second Half of 2025

1. Eligibility

Exemption of Admission Fee
Students (excluding research students and auditing students) entering the University to whom any of the following applies:

a) Students who have difficulties in paying admission fees due to economic reasons and who are recognized as having outstanding academic capabilities (graduate students only.)

b) Students who are recognized as having extreme difficulties in paying the admission fees due to either of the following reasons:
  • The death of the persons responsible for the payment of their school expenses occurring one year or less prior to admission.
  • Damages sustained by students or persons responsible for the payment of their school expenses caused by wind, flood or other natural disasters occurring one year or less prior to admission.

c) Students who are recognized as having other unavoidable circumstances.

Exemption of Tuition Fee
Undergraduate or graduate students (excluding research students and auditing students) to whom any one of the following applies:

a) Students who have difficulties in paying tuition due to economic reasons and who are recognized as having outstanding academic capabilities.

b) Students who are recognized as having extreme difficulties in paying tuition due to the following reason:
¡¡¡¡?Damages sustained by students or the persons responsible for the payment of their school expenses caused by wind, flood or other natural disasters.

c) Students who are recognized as having other unavoidable circumstances.

2. Application Forms

List of main required documents
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? Copy of Student-ID or admission letter
? Envelope sheet for mailing application (PDF: 222KB)
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? ¡ùOnly if you are enrolled beyond the standard program duration
? ¡ùOnly if there are any missing documents

Other required documents
There are other cases in which you need to submit other documents additionally. Please refer to the full list of required documents here. (PDF: 520KB)
How to obtain the other application forms &°ù²¹°ù°ù;¡¡Please download the application forms from here.

3. Precautions

  1. Applicants outside Japan must ask someone in Japan to act as a domestic proxy to submit their application during the application period.
    The proxy must attach their identification and a proxy letter (PDF: 69KB) signed by the applicant.
    Application documents sent directly from overseas will not be accepted.
  2. After submission, payment of the relevant fees will be deferred until the results are announced. If an applicant pays the fees before the results are announced, their eligibility for the exemption will be revoked.
  3. Applicants who applied for both the first and second half of 2025 during the first half's application period do not need to reapply for the second half.
    However, students meeting any of the following conditions must resubmit their applications for the second half.
    • If the information provided in the application on April 1 (family, study, or household budget) has changed by October 1.
    • If students have changed programs in October.
      (e.g., cases where an applicant completes a Master's program in September and enters a Doctorate program in October, or completes the Junior Division in September and enters the Senior Division in October)
    • If students were expected to graduate or complete the program but remain enrolled beyond the program duration.
    ¡ù Please refer to "2. Application Forms" above and prepare the required documents for reapplication.
  4. If applications for both the first and second half are submitted together, selection results will be determined separately for each half. Thus, even if an application or exemption is approved for the first half, the result for the second half may differ. Applicants should check the selection result for the second half separately.
  5. To withdraw your application, sign in with your 500²ÊƱÍø Account and complete .
  6. To continue receiving a tuition fee exemption, you must apply every academic year. The results of this academic year's application will not be carried over to the next academic year.
    Applicants seeking tuition fee exemption for the next academic year (April 2026 – March 2027) must submit the required documents and apply again by the deadline.

4. Deferred Payment of Admission and Tuition Fees

Once the application is submitted, the payment of the relevant fee will be deferred until the results are determined (by the middle of January).
If you need more deferment, you may additionally apply for deferment of admission/tuition fee payment.
If you wish to apply, please contact us according to the contact information below. 
The application period for deferred payment of the admission fee is the same as for the admission fee exemption, and the application period for deferred payment of the tuition fee is the same as for the tuition fee exemption.

5. Contact information

Before contacting the University, please view the Frequently Asked Questions and FAQ for exemption pages to see if there is an answer to your inquiry.
If your question pertains to a particular program/department, please contact that program/department directly.

* For questions regarding the payment method of the tuition fee, please contact