Tuition Reduction System
Reduction Rate
Eligible undergraduate students receive a tuition reduction depending on their grades as follows.
*See more details; Tuition reductions system/Payment of tuition Schedule
How to apply & Payment Schedule
Students in the following categories are not eligible for tuition reductions
- International students dispatched by foreign governments
- International students participating in student exchange programs
- Students enrolled in double-degree programs who come from participating universities in China
- Students whose academic performance is unsatisfactory and who have no prospect of completing their studies. This excludes those deemed to have compelling reasons for doing so (e.g., serious illnesses that requires long-term hospitalisation or home care after hospitalisation; military service)
- Students who have repeated the previous academic year (including those who have repeated the year due to a leave of absence, but not those deemed to have compelling reasons (e.g., serious illnesses that require long-term hospitalisation or long-term home care after hospitalisation; military service))
- Students who are currently studying overseas (apart from those dispatched under the university’s program or those in the Study Abroad Program)
- Students taking a leave of absence throughout the academic year or consecutively during the spring and autumn terms
- Students who are deemed not to have financial difficulties (including those in categories a, b and c below)
a Recipients of a scholarship that exceeds the amount provided to government-sponsored
international undergraduates or research students in the academic year.
b Students who pay extremely high housing expenses (room rent) c Students who are exempted from paying tuition for an academic year - Students expelled for failing to pay the spring term tuition in an academic year (except for those expelled for the autumn term)
- Students whose residence status is not ‘Student’, as stipulated in Table I (appended) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
Scholarships
Undergraduate students
HOSEI University provides various internal scholarships.
Applications are accepted around September every year, and scholarships will be provided to applicants with good academic performance.
Organization/ Scholarship Name |
Qualifications |
Scholarship Amount | Application Period (Schedule) |
Provision Period |
HOSEI International Fund (HIF) International Student Scholarship |
2nd,3rd and 4th year students who requires financial aid for education purposes |
Humanities: 200,000 JPY per year Sciences: 250,000 JPY per year |
September | Once a year |
New HOSEI University Centennial Scholarship for International students | 2nd,3rd and 4th year students who requires financial aid for education purposes |
Humanities: 200,000 JPY per year Sciences: 250,000 JPY per year |
September |
Paid in 2 instalments per year (Around December and August) |
HU Co.,Ltd. Scholarship for International students | 2nd,3rd and 4th year students who requires financial aid for education purposes |
Humanities: 200,000 JPY per year Sciences: 250,000 JPY per year |
September |
Paid in 2 instalments per year (Around December and August) |
Some external foundations provide scholarships to international students, however most foundations require applicants to have Japanese language proficiency.
Please refer HERE for scholarships provided by external foundations.
(Scholarships that can be applied in English are described in both Japanese and English.)
Graduate Students
Organization/ Scholarship Name |
Qualifications | Scholarship Amount | Application Period (Schedule) |
Provision Period |
Hosei University Centennial Graduate Scholarship | Applicants who have outstanding academic or research performance | 200,000 yen per year | Beginning of April |
Once a year (Around July) |
*Please note that scholarships are subject to change in future.
Vietnam Friendship Scholarship by Hosei University and Taisei Corporation
This scholarship is preferentially provided to first-year Vietnamese international students who are enrolled in the Faculty of Engineering and Design (Department of Architecture or Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering) or the Graduate School of Engineering and Design (major in architecture or civil and environmental engineering). If the number of such students is below the scheduled number of recipients, a first-year Vietnamese undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in any of the following may be chosen in each of the spring and fall semesters: the Faculty of Engineering and Design (Department of Engineering and Design), the Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, the Faculty of Science and Engineering, the Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry, the Graduate School of Engineering and Design (major in engineering and design), the Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences, the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, or the Institute of Integrated Science and Technology.
Applicant Guidelines for Vietnam Friendship Scholarship by Hosei University and Taisei Corporation
Application Form for Vietnam Friendship Scholarship from Hosei University and Taisei Corporation
Pledge for Vietnam Friendship Scholarship from Hosei University and Taisei Corporation