For enrollment procedures, the payment of the Admission fee, Tuition fee, AP House entrance fee, Comprehensive Renter’s Insurance and money deposit (if applicable) is necessary. Please ensure that you have sufficient financial abilities before application. For successful applicants, the invoice for the enrollment procedure fees will be sent along with the application results. It is compulsory for prospective enrollees to pay the stated fees in the invoice before the payment deadline. In case of failure to pay before the deadline, acceptance will be revoked.
If there are no exceptions, the fee deadline will be set about one month after the release of results. 130,000 Japanese Yen or 1,460 US Dollars The Admission Fee will not be refunded under any circumstances. APU tuition fee is made up of two types of tuition fees, Tuition A (fixed) and Tuition B (credit-based). Tuition B (credit-based) is based on the number of credits stated in the APU course registration model, and not the actual number of registered credits. First Year Tuition Fees | 2011 Spring Semester (April-September)| 2011 Fall Semester (September-March)| Total| | Tuition A| Tuition B| Tuition A| Tuition B| | st Year Enrollee| 342,000yen| 307,500yen| 342,000yen| 307,500yen| 1,299,000yen| 2nd Year Transfer| 342,000yen| 369,000yen| 342,000yen| 369,000yen| 1,422,000yen| 3rd Year Transfer| 342,000yen| 369,000yen| 342,000yen| 369,000yen| 1,422,000yen| (Tuition fee for 2011 April enrollees without APU tuition reduction scholarship) Tuition A for 2011 (Fixed)… 342,000yen/semester Tuition B for 2011 (Credit-based)… 20,500yen/credit *Students awarded with the APU tuition reduction scholarship will have their tuition fees reduced according to the percentage of scholarship awarded. Please refer to the “Scholarship System” for more details..
Annual Tuition Fee till Graduation | 1st Year| 2nd Year| 3rd Year| 4th Year| 1st Year Enrollee| 2011 Spring| 2011 Fall| 2012 Spring| 2012 Fall| 2013 Spring| 2013 Fall| 2014 Spring| 2014 Fall| | 649,500yen| 649,500yen| 717,500yen| 717,500yen| 724,000yen| 724,000yen| 587,000yen| 587,000yen| 2nd Year Transfer| | 2011 Spring| 2011 Fall| 2012 Spring| 2012 Fall| 2013 Spring| 2013 Fall| | | 711,000yen| 711,000yen| 717,500yen| 717,500yen| 580,500yen| 580,500yen| 3rd Year Transfer| | | 2011 Spring| 2011 Fall| 2012 Spring| 2012 Fall| | | | 711,000yen| 711,000yen| 615,000yen| 615,000yen| (Tuition fees for 2011 April Enrollees.
Tuition fees from the 2nd year onwards are approximated. ) 1st Year Students??????? 14,800 Japanese Yen or 167 US Dollars 2nd Year Transfer Students? 11,300 Japanese Yen or 127 US Dollars 3rd Year Transfer Students? 7,780 Japanese Yen or 88 US Dollars In case of accidents arising to compensations, all international students are to join the insurance program designated by the university. After acceptance, please refer to the issued “Guide to Comprehensive Renter’s Insurance for International Students Studying in Japan”. April 1st 2011 Enrollment 188,000 Japanese Yen or 2,112 US Dollars
September 21st 2011 Enrollment 168,500 Japanese Yen or 1,893 US Dollars To allow international students to adapt to life in Japan without any worries, the university has set up the student dormitory, AP House, for multi-cultural exchange and the learning of languages. First-year students are entitled to stay in AP House for their first year of studies (11 months). Required Fees before Moving-in | April 1st 2011 Enrollees| September 21st 2011 Enrolless| Moving-in Fee *1| 32,000yen| 32,000yen| Security Deposit *2| 78,000yen| 78,000yen| Rent *3| 78,000yen| 58,500yen|
Total| 188,000yen| 168,500yen| *1 The moving-in fee is non-refundable under any circumstances. *2 The security deposit serves as a guarantee. In case of non-payment of AP House fees, or any damages done to the room during the period of stay, charges will be made from the security deposit, and the remaining amount will be returned upon moving out of the dormitory. *3 The monthly rental fee of AP House for students who will obtain the “College Student” visa (as described in the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act) is 39,000 JPY (including rental, utilities and bedding rental).
For international students who will possess other types of visa, the monthly rental fee for AP House is 49,000 JPY. April enrollees are required to pay 2 months rent in advance (April and May). September enrollees are required to pay 1. 5 months rent in advance (From mid-September and October). The money deposit system is created by the university to allow enrollees to deposit their first year of living expenses and tuition fee.
This system provides assurance of sufficient financial means during the first year of studies to the Japanese Immigration Bureau in the application process of the Certificate of Eligibility (COE). After enrollment, the amount of monthly living expenses will be transferred to the student’s designated bank account every month. (Students who are staying in AP House will have their dormitory fees deducted directly from their living expenses. ) Tuition fees will also be deducted and transferred on designated payment dates.
If the money deposit system is applicable to the successful applicant, the money deposit payment will be included in the invoice of the enrollment procedure fees, which will be sent together with the application results. The amount of money deposit varies according to the amount of awarded APU tuition reduction scholarship, but in principle comprises of the tuition fee and living expenses during the first year of studies. After confirmation of the payment of fees, the application for the COE will be made on behalf of the applicant by the university. Regarding the living expenses in Japan, it costs approximately 900,000JPY per year.
