Important Notes Regarding Payment

• Successful applicants must pay the Admission Fee and Tuition Fee(s) during the specified period. The University will not accept any remittance after the period in any circumstances. Make sure to check your payment deadline in the following section.
• If payments are not completed within the designated periods, your acceptance into the University will be cancelled. 
• Please pay the all necessary fees in Japanese yen. We cannot accept any payments in foreign currency. Please refer to the following instructions and make necessary bank transfers.
  
• We only accept payment by bank transfer or Convera. Credit card payment is not accepted.
  
• Miscellaneous Membership Fees are collected along with Tuition Fees. Details can be found on the Application Handbook.
  

Tuition Reduction Details

Please check TAO for the percentage of Ritsumeikan University Tuition Reduction Scholarship for International Students you are honored

Details

1. Period of Award
   1 year from initial enrollment
2. Amount of Tuition Reduction
   The amount of reduction will be notified with admission results. Fees that are not included in "tuition," (admission fee and miscellaneous membership fees) are not covered by tuition reduction, so please be certain to pay these fees during the appropriate payment periods.
3. Procedures
   After carefully reading through this notice, and the regulations and pledge which are to be delivered to you at a later date, please complete the appropriate procedures.

Remarks

1. The RU Tuition Reduction Scheme is offered initially for one year, based on students’ admission evaluation. In second and subsequent years, the students must apply for the scheme during designated application period.  The tuition reduction is awarded based on students’ grades during the previous year of study.
2. Tuition reduction will be administered to persons who have indicated agreement to the contents of the "Ritsumeikan University Tuition Reduction Scholarship for International Students Regulations” (hereinafter, "regulations") through their submission of the pledge form by the designated deadline, by way of offsetting tuition by the amount of scholarship at the time of each semester's tuition payment.
3. In the event that recipients meet the criteria for Revocation of Receipt of their Tuition Reduction Scholarship as described in the regulations, this scholarship will be revoked and an amount of tuition equal to the amount reduced for the appropriate semester must be paid in a single transfer within two weeks, calculated from the date of receipt of the Notification of Scholarship Revocation.

When & How Much to Pay

Click on the link below and consult the PDF document for details of the actual amount you need to pay, payment methods, and payment deadlines.

April Enrollment

College of Information Science and Engineering (ISSE Course) *First Application Period

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Payment options

International Payment (Convera GlobalPay for Students)

If you reside outside Japan, please use Convera GlobalPay for Students to pay by local bank transfer or various online payment methods. For more information about Convera GlobalPay for Student  and the payment procedure, please refer to this PDF file.

Start your payment by clicking the logo below

Note: You should check the status of your payment via TRACK YOUR PAYMENT until your payment is successfully settled to the university.

If you DO NOT wish to use Convera GlobalPay for Students, we also accept international remittances directly from financial institutions to the University's bank account. Please check the Bank Information and make payment.

• Make sure to pay all necessary fees in Japanese yen. We do not accept any payments in foreign currencies.
• Please add 10,000 JPY to the amount of the tuition fee, as the banks in both countries will deduct a handling fee.

Domestic Payment (Bank Transfer)

Incoming students residing in Japan must make payment via bank transfer.

• Payment can only be made by bank transfer. Payments by credit cards are not accepted. Please check the Bank Information below and make payment.
• Make sure to pay all necessary fees in Japanese yen. We do not accept any payments in foreign currencies.

Details on the rest of the enrollment procedure will be released around September.

Contact Information

Ritsumeikan University, International Admissions Office
Address: 56-1 Tojiin Kitamachi, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8577 (or 603-8346), Japan
Tel: +81-75-466-3775 (Monday-Friday/ 9:00-17:30 Japan Standard Time)
E-Mail: ru-iao2@st.ritsumei.ac.jp