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SUMMARY FOR STUDENT ADMISSIONS

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Support Systems

Support system for conference attendance

This system attempts to provide a part of the required travel expenses in order to promote students’ research activities.

Support for photocopying documents

This system allows students to copy 1500 pages per year of literature and other resources for thesis writing and lectures.

Teaching assistant program

The teaching assistant program gives financial support and provides training opportunities as a researcher for students, in addition to enriching undergraduate education. (18 students in 2005, 16 students in 2006, 24 students in 2007, 38 students in 2008 and 33 students in 2009 worked as teaching assistants.)

Scholarship Program

Scholarships for privately funded foreign students

  • Honors scholarship for privately financed international students
  • Rotary Suzaki scholarship
  • Rotary Yoneyama memorial foundation
  • Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho:MEXT) Scholarship and Young Leaders'Program
  • Sagawa Scholarship Foundation
  • The Korean Scholarship Foundation
  • Higo Bank International Exchange Scholarship
  • Haritable Trust Mizuno Otojirou Anniversary Exchange Student Foundation
  • Heiwa Nakajima Foundation Foreign Student Scholarship

    Others

Other scholarships

  • Ashinaga Foundation
  • Kotsuiji Ikueikai

    Others

Payment (for students entering in 2016 Currency: Yen)

Master course

(yen)
year/per type fee for schools commission levies sum payment due
admission fee course fee facilitation fee sum alumni fee
first year   100,000     100,000   100,000 enrollment appointment date
first semester   285,000 25,000 310,000   310,000
second semester   285,000 25,000 310,000 20,000 330,000 28 September
sum 100,000 570,000 50,000 720,000 20,000 740,000  
second year first semester   285,000 25,000 310,000   310,000 28 April
second semester   285,000 25,000 310,000   310,000 28 September
sum   570,000 50,000 620,000   620,000  

Doctor course

year/per type fee for schools commission levies sum payment due
admission fee course fee facilitation fee sum alumni fee
first year   100,000     100,000   100,000 enrollment appointment date
first semester   285,000 25,000 310,000   310,000
second semester   285,000 25,000 310,000 20,000 330,000 28 September
sum 100,000 570,000 50,000 720,000 20,000 740,000  
second year and third year first semester   285,000 25,000 310,000   310,000 28 April
second semester   285,000 25,000 310,000   310,000 28 September
sum   570,000 50,000 620,000   620,000  

Students who graduate from KGU and the KGU Graduate School have their admission fees and fees for the alumni association waived.

Foreign students can also have their fees waived if the student is to pay by themselves and their application is accepted.

Campus Schedule

Year 2016(Academic year 2016.)

  • April 1st Friday, orientation for students
  • 3rd April Sunday, entrance ceremony and orientation for new students
  • 7 April Thursday, start of spring semester classes
  • 30 May Monday, Founding Day
  • 15 July Friday, due date for dissertation for Master course students
  • 29 July Friday, end of spring semester classes
  • 30 July Saturday, start of summer break
  • 19 September Monday, end of summer break
  • 20th September Tuesday, start of autumn semester classes
  • 23th December Friday, end of classes
  • 25 December Sunday, start of New Year break

Year 2017 (Academic year 2017.)

  • 4th January Wednesday, end of New Year break
  • 5 January Thursday, restart of classes
  • 13 January Friday, due date for dissertation for Master course students
  • 25 January Wednesday, end of autumn semester
  • 26 January Thursday, Start of spring break
  • from end of January to beginning of February, dissertation defense and final exam
  • 24 March Friday, graduation ceremony (planned)