Japan

At a glance · ⁨한눈에 보기⁩

Who it suits · ⁨누구에게 적합한가⁩Students willing to learn Japanese, and students aiming at the few universities that still teach a whole degree in English.适合愿意学日语的学生，以及瞄准少数仍提供全英语学位的大学的学生。

Tuition, national universities

535,800 yen a year plus a 282,000 yen admission fee at Kyoto; about 820,000 yen in the first year京都大学每年 535,800 日元，另加 282,000 日元入学金；第一年约 820,000 日元 [1]

Tuition, private universities

About 1,300,000 yen in the first year, and about 3,800,000 yen for medicine or dentistry第一年约 1,300,000 日元；医学或牙医约 3,800,000 日元 [12]

Living costs

105,000 yen a month on average; rent averages 41,000 yen, or 57,000 yen in Tokyo平均每月 105,000 日元；房租平均 41,000 日元，东京为 57,000 日元 [3]

Work during study

28 hours a week once you hold the permission; 8 hours a day in long holidays取得许可后每周 28 小时；长假期间每天 8 小时 [8]

Stay and work after

A job-hunting stay of 6 months, extendable once, to a maximum of 1 year求职居留 6 个月，可延长一次，最长 1 年 [9]

Money you must show

No fixed sum: Japan asks for bank balances, income certificates and the source of the funds没有固定金额：日本要求提供存款证明、收入证明和资金来源说明 [13]

Which qualification leads where · ⁨어떤 자격증으로 어디로 갈 수 있는가⁩

• A-LevelGood route · ⁨좋은 경로⁩

  Named in the national admission rule alongside the IB, and accepted by name at Waseda.与 IB 一同列入国家入学规定，早稻田也明确接受。 [4]

• IB DiplomaGood route · ⁨좋은 경로⁩

  Also named in the national rule as satisfying the twelve-year education requirement.同样被国家规定列为满足十二年教育要求的资格。 [4]

• AP and a US high-school diplomaPossible · ⁨가능함⁩

  Twelve years of schooling satisfies the national rule, but no Japanese page read here names AP as an accepted qualification. Ask the university before you assume it counts.十二年学制满足国家规定，但本页查阅的日本页面均未将 AP 列为认可资格。不要想当然，先向大学确认。 [4]

• GaokaoPossible · ⁨가능함⁩

  Waseda accepts it by name among its standardised tests. Elsewhere, expect the EJU to be the test that matters.早稻田在其认可的标准化考试中明确列出高考。其他学校通常以 EJU 为准。 [10]

• Chinese high-school diploma onlyPossible · ⁨가능함⁩

  Twelve years of formal schooling satisfies the national requirement — but you will still sit the EJU and the university's own entrance examination.十二年正规学制满足国家要求——但仍需参加 EJU 和大学自己的入学考试。 [4]

English you need · ⁨필요한 영어 능력⁩

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For an English-taught programme. For a Japanese-taught one you need JLPT N1 or N2 AND at least 250 on the Japanese section of the EJU — passing N1 does not excuse you from the EJU.这是英语授课专业的要求。日语授课专业需要 JLPT N1 或 N2，并且日本留学试验（EJU）日语科目至少 250 分——通过 N1 并不能免考 EJU。

Universities to look at · ⁨참고할 대학⁩

• Waseda University Tokyo

  Accepts · ⁨수용⁩ Six schools teach a whole degree in English and state that Japanese is not required to apply. It accepts SAT, ACT, IB, A-Level and the Gaokao by name.六个学部提供全英语学位，并明确说明申请无需日语。明确接受 SAT、ACT、IB、A-Level 与高考。

  Admissions page · ⁨입학 안내 페이지⁩ → [10]

• Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) Beppu, Oita

  Accepts · ⁨수용⁩ Its tuition-reduction scholarship runs in bands of 30%, 50%, 65%, 80% and 100%.其学费减免奖学金分为 30%、50%、65%、80% 和 100% 几档。

  Tuition a year · ⁨연간 수업료⁩ 1,455,000 yen in the first year and 1,655,000 yen after, plus a 200,000 yen admission fee (2027 entry)第一年 1,455,000 日元，之后每年 1,655,000 日元，另加 200,000 日元入学金（2027 年入学）

  Admissions page · ⁨입학 안내 페이지⁩ → [2]

• Kyoto University Kyoto

  Accepts · ⁨수용⁩ ⚠️ One undergraduate degree is taught in English, Civil Engineering. Its iUP programme says the final two years are mainly or exclusively in Japanese.⚠️ 仅土木工程一个本科学位用英语授课。其 iUP 项目说明最后两年主要或完全用日语。

  Tuition a year · ⁨연간 수업료⁩ 535,800 yen a year plus a 282,000 yen admission fee — the national standard每年 535,800 日元，另加 282,000 日元入学金——国立标准

  Admissions page · ⁨입학 안내 페이지⁩ → [7]

• University of Tokyo Tokyo

  Accepts · ⁨수용⁩ ⚠️ PEAK, its English-taught undergraduate route, takes its final intake for September 2026.⚠️ 其英语授课本科项目 PEAK 于 2026 年 9 月最后一次招生。

  Tuition a year · ⁨연간 수업료⁩ 642,960 yen a year plus a 282,000 yen admission fee — above the national standard每年 642,960 日元，另加 282,000 日元入学金——高于国立标准

  Admissions page · ⁨입학 안내 페이지⁩ → [14]

Your ticks are saved in this browser, and to your account when you are signed in. · ⁨체크 표시는 이 브라우저에 저장되며, 로그인 시 계정에도 저장됩니다.⁩

Decide the language question first

• Decide early whether you are going in English or in Japanese: it changes the universities, the tests and the timetable.尽早决定是用英语还是日语入学：这会改变可选的大学、要考的试和整个时间表。
• If you are going in English, check the programme still exists: Tokyo's PEAK closes after September 2026 and Tohoku's FGL after 2026.若走英语路线，先确认项目仍在招生：东大 PEAK 2026 年 9 月后关闭，东北大 FGL 2026 年后关闭。 [5]
• Going in Japanese? Register for the EJU — it is held twice a year, in June and November, and most universities require it.走日语路线？报名 EJU——每年六月和十一月各一次，多数大学都要求。 [15]
• A Japanese-taught degree usually wants JLPT N1 or N2 as well as 250 on the EJU's Japanese section.日语授课学位通常要求 JLPT N1 或 N2，外加 EJU 日语科目 250 分。 [4]

Apply

• Apply about 6 to 8 months before the intake; Waseda's English-based window is 8 January to 10 February for a September start.在入学前约 6 至 8 个月递交申请；早稻田英语项目为 1 月 8 日至 2 月 10 日，九月入学。 [16]
• Apply for MEXT through the Japanese embassy if you can: it waives tuition and pays your return airfare.如有可能，通过日本使馆申请文部科学省（MEXT）奖学金：免学费并提供往返机票。 [17]

Visa

• Your university applies for the Certificate of Eligibility on your behalf; the visa follows at a Japanese consulate.大学代你申请在留资格认定证明书（COE），之后到日本领馆办签证。 [13]
• Prepare a bank balance certificate, a year of income certificates and documents showing where the money came from.准备存款证明、一年的收入证明，以及说明资金来源的材料。 [13]
• Apply for the permission to work after you arrive — the student status alone does not allow it.抵达后申请“资格外活动许可”——学生身份本身不允许打工。 [8]

Before you fly

• Arrange housing through the university if you can: rent in Tokyo averages 57,000 yen a month against 41,000 yen nationally.尽量通过学校安排住宿：东京房租平均每月 57,000 日元，全国平均为 41,000 日元。 [3]
• Remember the year starts in April, not September — though some programmes have an autumn intake.记住学年从四月开始，而不是九月——不过部分项目有秋季入学。 [18]

Oct 2026 Apr 2028

1. Oct 2026 18 months before · ⁨18 개월 전⁩ now · ⁨지금⁩

   Decide English or Japanese, and check the English-taught programmes are still open.决定走英语还是日语路线，并确认英语授课项目仍在招生。 [5]

2. Jul 2027 9 months before · ⁨9 개월 전⁩

   Sit the EJU if your route needs it.如路线需要，参加 EJU 考试。 [16]

3. Aug 2027 8 months before · ⁨8 개월 전⁩

   Send your applications — 6 to 8 months before the intake.递交申请——入学前 6 至 8 个月。 [16]

4. Jan 2028 3 months before · ⁨3 개월 전⁩

   Receive the admission letter, then the Certificate of Eligibility, then apply for the visa.收到录取通知，再拿到在留资格认定证明书，然后申请签证。 [16]

5. Mar 2028 1 month before · ⁨1개월 전⁩

   Arrange housing and book flights for the April start.安排住宿并订好四月入学的机票。

6. Apr 2028 At the start · ⁨초기에⁩

   Arrive, register your address, and apply for permission to work if you want a job.抵达、办理住址登记；若打算打工，申请资格外活动许可。 [8]

A year

¥76,000 – ¥130,000

Whole degree · ⁨전체 학위⁩

¥300,000 – ¥530,000 over 4 years · ⁨4 년간⁩

Converted to RMB at two significant figures — the rate moves and the ranges are wide. Rate: · ⁨유효숫자 두 자릿수로 위안(RMB)으로 환산했습니다 — 환율은 변동하며 범위는 넓습니다. 환율:⁩ 유럽 중앙은행: 유로 화폐 기준 환율, 2026년 9월 18일 기준, checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19.

Tuition, national

535,800 yen a year plus 282,000 yen admission (Kyoto); Tokyo charges 642,960 yen京都大学每年 535,800 日元，另加 282,000 日元入学金；东京大学为 642,960 日元 [1]

Tuition, private

About 1,300,000 yen in the first year; APU is 1,455,000 yen rising to 1,655,000 yen第一年约 1,300,000 日元；APU 为 1,455,000 日元，之后升至 1,655,000 日元 [12]

Living costs

105,000 yen a month on average, excluding study and research expenses平均每月 105,000 日元，不含学习与研究开支 [3]

The same fee for everyone

Japanese universities do not charge international students a higher rate — unlike most destinations here日本大学不对国际学生收取更高学费——与本栏目多数目的地不同 [12]

Scholarships and funding · ⁨장학금 및 자금 지원⁩

• MEXT scholarship, undergraduate [17]

  Tuition exempted, return airfare provided, and a monthly allowance. It runs 5 years including the Japanese-language year, or 7 for medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and veterinary science.免学费、提供往返机票，并发放月额奖学金。含日语预备教育共 5 年；医学、牙医、药学与兽医为 7 年。

  You must be under 25 and have completed twelve years of schooling. Two routes: your embassy recruits and screens you, or a Japanese university with a MEXT quota recommends you. ⚠️ The monthly amount is published only in the official guidelines document, and two of the ministry's own pages disagree about it — read the guidelines before you budget on a figure.须未满 25 岁并完成十二年教育。两条路径：由使馆招募并选拔，或由有 MEXT 名额的日本大学推荐。⚠️ 月额仅在官方募集要项中公布，而文部科学省自己的两个页面数字不一致——做预算前请以募集要项为准。

• JASSO Monbukagakusho Honors Scholarship [19]

  48,000 yen a month for an undergraduate, for one year from April or six months from October.本科生每月 48,000 日元；自四月起一年，或自十月起六个月。

  You apply after you are enrolled. It wants a GPA of at least 2.30, JLPT N2 or better, and monthly support from home below 90,000 yen.入学后申请。要求 GPA 不低于 2.30、JLPT N2 或以上，且家庭每月汇款低于 90,000 日元。

• APU: tuition reduction [2]

  Bands of 30%, 50%, 65%, 80% and 100% off the tuition.学费减免分为 30%、50%、65%、80% 和 100% 几档。

Visa · ⁨비자⁩

• Your school normally acts as your proxy and applies for the Certificate of Eligibility at an immigration bureau in Japan.学校通常作为代理人，在日本的入国管理局申请在留资格认定证明书。 [13]
• Japan publishes no fixed sum you must show. It asks for a savings balance certificate, a year of income certificates and documents identifying where the money came from.日本没有公布固定的资金门槛。需要提交存款证明、一年的收入证明，以及说明资金来源的材料。 [13]
• The Student status of residence by itself does not permit work.“留学”在留资格本身不允许打工。 [20]

Work during and after studies · ⁨수업 중 및 졸업 후 취업⁩

• With permission to engage in activity other than that permitted, you may work up to 28 hours a week.取得资格外活动许可后，每周最多可工作 28 小时。 [8]
• In long school holidays that rises to 8 hours a day.长假期间可增至每天 8 小时。 [8]
• Adult entertainment work is prohibited by law, whatever permission you hold.无论持有何种许可，法律禁止在风俗营业场所工作。 [8]
• After graduating you may switch to a designated-activities stay for job hunting: 6 months, extendable once, to a maximum of 1 year.毕业后可转为“特定活动”求职居留：6 个月，可延长一次，最长 1 年。 [9]

When you arrive · ⁨도착 시⁩

• Register your address at the local city office in the first fortnight.两周内到当地市役所办理住址登记。
• Apply for permission to work before you look for a job.找工作前先申请资格外活动许可。 [8]
• Join the national health insurance — it is compulsory and it is cheap.加入国民健康保险——这是强制的，而且费用不高。

Common mistakes · ⁨일반적인 실수⁩

• Two of the three flagship English-taught undergraduate routes at national universities are closing: Tokyo's PEAK after September 2026 and Tohoku's FGL after 2026. A guide written from older sources will send you to a door that has already closed.国立大学三大英语授课本科项目中有两个正在关闭：东大 PEAK 2026 年 9 月后、东北大 FGL 2026 年后。依据旧资料写的指南会把你送到一扇已经关上的门前。 [5]
• Kyoto's iUP is widely described as English-taught. Its own page says the final two years are mainly or exclusively in Japanese.京都大学 iUP 常被说成英语授课。其官网写明最后两年主要或完全用日语。 [7]
• Passing JLPT N1 does not excuse you from the EJU. If your university asks for the EJU Japanese test, you sit it anyway.通过 JLPT N1 并不能免考 EJU。如果大学要求 EJU 日语科目，你仍然要考。 [11]
• The academic year starts in April. A September-intake programme is the exception, not the rule.学年从四月开始。九月入学是例外，不是常态。 [18]

Sources · ⁨출처⁩

1. Kyoto University: tuition and fees checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19
2. Ritsumeikan APU: tuition fees checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19
3. Study in Japan: cost of living checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19
4. Study in Japan: universities and admission requirements checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19
5. University of Tokyo PEAK: applying checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19
6. Tohoku University: courses in English checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19
7. Kyoto University: English-taught degree programmes checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19
8. Study in Japan: part-time jobs checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19
9. Study in Japan: immigration procedures for working checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19
10. Waseda University: English-based undergraduate programmes checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19
11. JASSO: does the JLPT replace the EJU? checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19
12. Study in Japan: academic fees checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19
13. Study in Japan: immigration procedures checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19
14. University of Tokyo: tuition and fees checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19
15. JASSO: about the EJU checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19
16. Study in Japan: application schedule checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19
17. Study in Japan: MEXT scholarships checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19
18. Study in Japan: the educational system checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19
19. Study in Japan: JASSO scholarships checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19
20. Study in Japan: residing in Japan checked · ⁨확인됨⁩ 2026-09-19

Rules and fees change. Everything here was checked against the official pages on the date shown. Confirm on those pages before you apply or pay. · ⁨규칙과 비용은 변경될 수 있습니다. 여기의 모든 정보는 표시된 날짜에 공식 페이지와 대조하여 확인되었습니다. 신청하거나 결제하기 전에 해당 페이지에서 다시 확인하십시오.⁩