ADMISSIONS

Graduate Financial Support Info

Graduate Financial Support Info

■Tuition/Fees

◆Master’s Programs (2-year programs)

  Admission fee Tuition fees Facility fee Total
  100,000JPY     100,000JPY
1st semester   285,000JPY 25,000JPY 310,000JPY
2nd semester   285,000JPY 25,000JPY 310,000JPY
3rd semester   285,000JPY 25,000JPY 310,000JPY
4th semester   285,000JPY 25,000JPY 310,000JPY
Total 100,000JPY 1,140,000JPY 100,000JPY 1,340,000JPY

◆Doctoral Programs (3-year programs)

  Admission fee Tuition fees Facility fee Total
  100,000JPY     100,000JPY
1st semester   285,000JPY 25,000JPY 310,000JPY
2nd semester   285,000JPY 25,000JPY 310,000JPY
3rd semester   285,000JPY 25,000JPY 310,000JPY
4th semester   285,000JPY 25,000JPY 310,000JPY
5th semester   285,000JPY 25,000JPY 310,000JPY
6th semester   285,000JPY 25,000JPY 310,000JPY
Total 100,000JPY 1,710,000JPY 150,000JPY 1,960,000JPY

◆Professional Degree Program (2-year program)

  Admission fee Tuition fees Facility fee Total
  100,000JPY     100,000JPY
1st semester   550,000JPY 50,000JPY 600,000JPY
2nd semester   550,000JPY 50,000JPY 600,000JPY
3rd semester   550,000JPY 50,000JPY 600,000JPY
4th semester   550,000JPY 50,000JPY 600,000JPY
Total 100,000JPY 2,200,000JPY 200,000JPY 2,500,000JPY

■Tuition Exemption

Kumamoto Gakuen University (KGU) offers a tuition exemption of 50% designed to reduce the financial burden of privately funded international students, who are highly motivated to study and who fulfill certain conditions, in order to allow them to concentrate on their studies. To be eligible for this exemption, an individual must have the status of residence "Student" as a degree-seeking privately funded international student.

■Scholarships

Scholarships offered at KGU for degree-seeking privately funded international students to apply are as follows:

1. University-specific scholarships

a. Higo Bank International Scholarship Fund

Amount 30,000 JPY per month
Scholarship period 1 year
Application period June
Selection method Application documents and interview

b. Tajima Shiro International Scholarship Fund

Amount 20,000 JPY per month
Scholarship period 1 year
Application period October - December
Selection method Application documents and interview
Note Application is limited to students from China and Southeast Asia.

2. Scholarships offered by private organization funds

a. Rotary Yoneyama Scholarship

Amount 140,000 JPY per month
Scholarship period 2 years at most
Application period September/October of previous year
Selection method Application documents and interview
(Pre-selection at our university depends on the number of the applicants.)
Note Please confirm the qualification requirements.

b. Heiwa Nakajima Foundation Scholarship for Foreign Students

Amount 150,000 JPY per month
Scholarship period 1 year
Application period September/October of previous year
Selection method Application documents
(Pre-selection at our university depends on the number of the applicants.)

c. The Korean Scholarship Foundation

Amount 70,000 JPY per month (Doctoral Program)
40,000 JPY per month (Master’s Program)
Scholarship period 1 year
Application period April
Selection method Application documents and interview
Note Application is limited to students of Korean nationality.
Age limit Under 40 as of April 1st when applying for the first time.

3. Other scholarships

Other scholarships including “MEXT Honors Scholarship for Privately-Financed International Students” offered by JASSO, the JEES Scholarship for International Students, and Kumamoto YWCA Scholarship are also available to apply through KGU, depending on the year.

■Other Financial Support

Academic Activity Assistance

KGU supports a part of the necessary expenses for making research presentations at academic conferences, and publishing papers in academic journals, in order to encourage the academic activities of graduate students and to promote academic research.

Support for Copying Documents

Making copies up to 1,500 pages are free of charge per year when photocopying documents and handouts for classes using on-campus designated copiers.

Teaching Assistant Program

With the aim of realizing detailed guidance in undergraduate and graduate education and providing training opportunities for graduate students to become teachers and researchers in the future, KGU has established a teaching assistant program, with many graduate students participating every year. Through this program, students learn about education and research methods under the guidance of faculty members with abundant research achievements and practical experience, and receive a certain amount of remuneration, which is designed to play a role in providing financial support to graduate students.

Research Assistant Program

KGU has established a research assistant program to enhance the academic research of the Graduate Schools and effectively promote research projects, as well as to foster young researchers through research support work.

Education and Training Benefits

The "Education and Training Benefit System" is an employment insurance benefit system that aims to support employees' proactive development efforts or medium- to long-term career development, and to promote employment stability and re-employment. Eligible persons include persons covered by employment insurance (employed) and persons covered by employment insurance (unemployed) who meet certain conditions and complete general education and training designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. The amount equivalent to a certain percentage of the educational expenses paid by the person himself/herself to the educational institution (the upper limit of 100,000 JPY) is paid from Hello Work (Public Employment Security Office). In our university, all the master's programs and professional degree program are accredited as a "General Education and Training Benefits Designated Course" so the graduates of those programs who meet the benefit requirements can receive benefits.

■Long-term Course

The long-term course is a course that allows students who continue to work while attending graduate school, to extend their school year if they have difficult taking the standard course of study (2 years of master's program, 2 years of professional degree program, 3 years of doctoral program).

Eligibility

Those who can apply for a long-term course shall fall under one of the following conditions:

  1. Those who have a profession and are employed.
  2. Those who have various circumstances such as nursing care, childcare, childbirth, etc.
  3. Those whom the Graduate School admitted to have extenuating circumstances.

Long-term Course of Study Period

The course of study period for long-term course students is as follows.

Program Period
Master’s Program 3 years
Professional Degree Program 3 years
Doctoral Program 5 years

By extending the study period as above, the tuition fee shall be divided up to reduce the cost burden of tuition per year. Please note that the long-term course students cannot apply for an Education and Training Benefit.

Tuition/Fees for Long-term Course

◆Master’s Programs (3-year programs)

  Admission fee Tuition fees Facility fee Total
  100,000JPY     100,000JPY
1st semester   190,000JPY 25,000JPY 215,000JPY
2nd semester   190,000JPY 25,000JPY 215,000JPY
3rd semester   190,000JPY 25,000JPY 215,000JPY
4th semester   190,000JPY 25,000JPY 215,000JPY
5th semester   190,000JPY 25,000JPY 215,000JPY
6th semester   190,000JPY 25,000JPY 215,000JPY
Total 100,000JPY 1,140,000JPY 150,000JPY 1,390,000JPY

◆Doctoral Programs (5-year programs)

  Admission fee Tuition fees Facility fee Total
  100,000JPY     100,000JPY
1st semester   171,000JPY 25,000JPY 196,000JPY
2nd semester   171,000JPY 25,000JPY 196,000JPY
3rd semester   171,000JPY 25,000JPY 196,000JPY
4th semester   171,000JPY 25,000JPY 196,000JPY
5th semester   171,000JPY 25,000JPY 196,000JPY
6th semester   171,000JPY 25,000JPY 196,000JPY
7th semester   171,000JPY 25,000JPY 196,000JPY
8th semester   171,000JPY 25,000JPY 196,000JPY
9th semester   171,000JPY 25,000JPY 196,000JPY
10th semester   171,000JPY 25,000JPY 196,000JPY
Total 100,000JPY 1,710,000JPY 250,000JPY 2,060,000JPY

◆Professional Degree Program (3-year program)

  Admission fee Tuition fees Facility fee Total
  100,000JPY     100,000JPY
1st semester   368,000JPY 50,000JPY 418,000JPY
2nd semester   368,000JPY 50,000JPY 418,000JPY
3rd semester   368,000JPY 50,000JPY 416,000JPY
4th semester   368,000JPY 50,000JPY 416,000JPY
5th semester   368,000JPY 50,000JPY 416,000JPY
6th semester   368,000JPY 50,000JPY 416,000JPY
Total 100,000JPY 2,200,000JPY 300,000JPY 2,600,000JPY