After Admission

• 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 under 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. 
• For bank transfers, please pay 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 payments by Convera GlobalPay for Students or bank transfer. Credit card payments are not accepted.
  
• Miscellaneous Membership Fees are collected along with Tuition Fees. Details can be found on Financial Info.
  

Please check TAO for the percentage of Ritsumeikan University Tuition Reduction Scholarship for International Students you have been awarded.

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 a recipient violates the regulations, the 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.
   
   The Tuition Reduction scheme from the 2028 academic year onward is currently undecided. Please understand that changes from the current configuration, including but not limited to partial discontinuation or revamping of the scheme, may be instituted.

Please check the payment period below.
For information on Admission Fee, Tution Fee(s) and Miscellaneous Membership Fees, please refer to Financial Info.
Please note that until Admission Fee, Tution Fee(s) and Miscellaneous Membership Fees for students enrolling in 2027 are finalized, the amounts shown are for 2026 Enrollment and are provided for reference only. The information will be updated once the 2027 Admission Fee, Tution Fee(s) and Miscellaneous Membership Fees are confirmed.
 
Further information on the actual amount and payment methods will be announced in late August. Until then, please refer to Financial Info and page 13 of the Application Handbook.

Payment Deadlines

Payment 1: Admission Fee
Payment 2: Tuition Fee(s) and Miscellaneous Membership Fees

We accept payments by Convera GlobalPay for Students or bank transfer. Further details will be announced in late August.

Refund of Tuition Fee When a Student Cancels Enrollment

Students can request a refund of fees paid for enrollment to English-medium undergraduate programs only if they submit the required documents to Ritsumeikan University.

Details of refundable fees:

• Tuition Fee/s for the 2027 Academic Year
• Miscellaneous Membership Fees for the 2027 Academic Year
  *The admission fee is NON-REFUNDABLE.

Important Note

• If the procedures are completed by the deadline, the University will process the remittance refund to the account specified on the request form between the end of May and the end of June 2027 for April Enrollment.
  
• Any incomplete documents may delay or prevent the refund.
• No changes can be made after the submission of the request to refund.
• The refund amount will be sent and processed by bank remittance only. Please note that any bank commission for overseas remittance will be deducted from the remitted amount.
• If you have been selected as a recipient of Ritsumeikan University Tuition Reduction Scholarship for International Students, the status will be cancelled once you complete the refund procedure.

Deadline of completion for the procedure

*Make sure to complete the procedure before the deadline. The University will not accept requests after the deadline under any circumstances.

Procedures to Request a Refund

Details will be announced in late August.

Appropriation of Paid Enrollment Fees