News
To: International students who are enrolling Hosei University from Spring 2024
2024.01.18
Welcome to Hosei University
Congratulations on your pass to Hosei University.
We will inform you of the procedures for international students enrolling Spring 2024.
This information will be updated as needed.
Orientation (Guidance)
The orientation for international students will be implemented by HyFlex (both in person and online). Those whose residence status are/ will be “Student” must attend this orientation.
We will held welcome party after orientation, so please participate it in person as you can possible.
- Date and Time: March 29 (Fri.) 13:00-14:30
- Place: Ichigaya campus Fujimi-gate G201 (students who belong to Ichigaya campus and Koganei campus)
Tama campus Sougou-tou 3F Enkakukougi-shitsu (students who belong to Tama campus) - Zoom URL: Will be informed by email.
- Contents: Residence status, Tuition reduction, Scholarship, etc.
★Announcement by Chinese students group (wechat／instagram・RED)
For Students who belong to Tama Campus
Students who belong to Tama campus must take a J-CAT test. Check the the details as below.
For Students who belong to Koganei Campus
We will held the orientation and welcome party. Check the details as below.
Renewal period of your stay for those who are living in Japan
Students who have paid the enrollment fee are eligible to apply for renewing the residence card to Hosei. Please apply by the URL below. Application can be accepted from 3 months prior to the expiration date.
- In case you apply for it before the enrollment, you have to get the “Certificate of enrollment” first. Please check the “●Issuing Certificate of enrollment” as below.
- Extension of your stay for Spring 2024 new students
Documents required for a ‘Notification of the Accepting Organization’
If you attend another school in Japan and enter Hosei University immediately after graduation from that school.(No notification is required if you have already submitted a notification at the time ofthe graduation from your previous school.)
※Not required for those who have already applied for renewal period of your stay at Hosei.
- Notification of the Accepting Organization
If you enter Hosei University from another school
NOTIFICATION OF THE ACCEPTING ORGANIZATION（PDF：163KB）
※Hosei University’s corporate number is 4010005002359. - Residence card (a copy should be enclosed if the notification is submitted by mail)
In the event of any change in items described on your residence card other than your place of residence (e.g., your name, date of birth, gender, nationality/region, etc.), please notify the immigration bureau within 14 days.
For those who lives abroad and have not yet obtained “Student” status, or for those who are in Japan with a short-term visitor visa
All international students have to obtain “Student” status by applying a Certificate of Eligibility, COE and need to apply for a visa at Japanese Embassy/ Consulate general in your country.
For those who have not applied for the visa and wish to ask for the proxy application, please contact Global Education Center, gso@hosei.ac.jp as soon as possible.
It will take about two months to issue COE. The delay of your application may causes you not arriving in Japan by the time of the entrance ceremony.
Please keep in your mind that all procedures regarding the residence card need plenty of time.
Reservation holders of “Monbukagakusho Honors Scholarship for Privately-Financed International Students”
Get your My Page ID by URL below if you are a reservation holder. Then, apply both ① and ②.
- ①大学への申請
- Deadline: March 25th
- After we confirm your enrollment payment, we will email you Certificate of enrollment.
- ②JASSO Online Form
- Deadline: March 27th
- With the Certificate of enrollment, register Hosei university as your host institution.
Issuing Certificate of enrollment
If you are a reservation holder of “Monbukagakusho Honors Scholarship for Privately-Financed International Students” and need Certificate of enrollment, follow as above.
If you are not, email 申請用紙 to gso@hosei.ac.jp for the certificate of enrollment.
For graduate programs, ask your faculty for Certificate of enrollment.
Leave of absence for the military service after your enrollment
You may take a leave of absence for your country’s military service even from right after your enrollment. If you have a plan to do so, notify Global Education Center, gso@hosei.ac.jp
After all procedures are completed and confirmed, the tuition fee of the first spring semester and an equivalent amount of registration fees will be paid as a scholarship.
