After Admission

• Successful applicants must pay the Admission Fee, Tuition Fee(s) and Miscellaneous Membership Fees during the specified period.
• Details of the Miscellaneous Membership Fees can be found on Financial Info.
• The University will not accept any payment 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. 
• Any funds received exceeding the indicated amounts will be returned.
• The University may take emergency measures and propose changes to Miscellaneous Membership Fees when social factors, such as rapid inflation, have a significant impact on the University.

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.
   

Payment from outside Japan

Convera GlobalPay for Students
Please log into Ritsu-mate and make your payment via the Convera link.
You should check the status of your payment via TRACK YOUR PAYMENT until the payment has been successfully received by the University.
If you unavoidably cannot use Convera GlobalPay for Students, we also accept international remittances directly from financial institutions to the University's bank account. Please download the Invoice on Ritsu-Mate and pay the amount due at a bank.

Payment from within Japan

Please download the 振込依頼書(Payment Slip) on Ritsu-Mate and pay the amount due at a bank.

NOTES

• The University needs several days to confirm your payment as it takes some time for the payment to be reflected in the University's financial system.
• Please keep proof of payment (e.g. a copy of the remittance request form, the remittance receipt, etc.), as the University may request for submission of receipt.
• We only accept payments by Convera GlobalPay for Students or bank transfer. Credit card payments are not accepted.
• For bank transfers, please pay all necessary fees in Japanese yen. We cannot accept any payments in foreign currency.
• Payments cannot be made at any of the Ritsumeikan University offices.

Please refer to the table below to check the payment periods.
Once the payment periods begin, referring to the Ritsu-Mate Manual, you can check the amount(s) you need to pay after logging into Ritsu-Mate.
Until then, please refer to Financial Info
Please check your email for your account information and password.

Payment Periods

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

Important Notes

• 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.
• 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

Appropriation of Paid Enrollment Fees