After Admission

• Successful applicants must pay the Admission Fee, Tuition Fee(s) and Miscellaneous Membership Fees within the designated time periods.
• Details of the Miscellaneous Membership Fees can be found on Financial Info.
• The University will not accept late payment under any circumstances. Make sure to check your payment deadlines 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 the 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.
Note: You should check the status of your payment via TRACK YOUR PAYMENT to ensure that 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 submission of the 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 for the payment periods applicable to you.
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.
Your login details have been sent or will be sent to you by email.

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 Fee/s 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 remittance refund to the account you specified on the request form between the end of May and the end of June 2027 for April Enrollment, and between the end of November and the end of December 2027 for September 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 any requests after the deadline under any circumstances.

Procedures to Request for Refund

Appropriation of Paid Enrollment Fees

• The transcripts must state the same contents as the transcripts uploaded at the time of application. However, if the transcript has been updated due to the completion of the most recent semester, transcripts reflecting the latest academic records are acceptable.
• The academic transcripts must include an official wet or embossed stamp, seal, watermark, or a handwritten signature from the issuing body.
  
• Applicants who submitted explanatory letter(s) about their transcripts during the application period must submit the original(s) along with academic transcripts.
  
• Submit academic transcripts of tertiary education institutions (university, college, etc.) if you uploaded any to TAO during the application period.
  

English Test Score

Submit the English Score you submitted at the time of application.

Score Waiver Proof

Submit the documents below based on the university entrance eligibility criteria that you meet.

• Submit the originals of the documents you uploaded to TAO during the application period.
• If the documents are only in electronic form, the issuing institution must be able to provide the University with the electronic data, or the university must be able to directly verify the documents on the issuing institution's website.
  
  

• If you have already submitted an original/certified true copy of the document at the time of application, the submission of the document is not necessary.
• If the documents are written in a language other than Japanese or English, an official translation into Japanese or English is required. Academic transcripts that are not written in English or Japanese must be translated into English. Translations certified by an embassy/consulate or an appropriate private office are accepted.
• If you completed a standard academic curriculum early by, for example, grade skipping and submitted official explanatory document(s) at the time of application, you must submit the original document(s).
  
• As a rule, submitted documents will not be returned. The University returns submitted documents only in cases where you have only one copy of the original, the document cannot be reissued or the certified true copy cannot be issued, and it is problematic if the document is not returned to you. If you wish your original documents to be returned, please submit the Return Request Form with them.
• If your name on the certificates and current name are not the same, please obtain a document (such as an extract from the family register or similar) that proves both names belong to you. Submit this document with the certificate. You should also include a note explaining the situation.

Submit the documents according to the table above based on the university entrance eligibility criteria that you meet.

*Please check Mailing Address if you send the original documents by post.
*If you have already submitted an original/certified true copy of the document at the time of application or Document Submission 1, the submission of the document is NOT necessary.

NOTE

• If the documents proving University Entrance Eligibility cannot be issued in time, then the University may authorize the delay in the submission of the documents. You must submit the "Notice of Enrollment Document Submission Delay" on Ritsu-Mate.
• If the documents are not in Japanese or English, an official translation into Japanese or English is required. Translations certified by an embassy/consulate or an appropriate private office will be accepted.
• As a rule, submitted documents will not be returned. The University returns them only in cases where you have only one copy of the original, the document cannot be reissued or the certified true copy cannot be issued, and it is problematic if the document is not returned to you. If you wish your original documents to be returned, please submit the Return Request Form with them.
• If your name on the certificates and current name are not the same, please obtain a document (such as an extract from the family register or similar) that proves both names belong to you. Submit this document with the certificate. You should also include a note explaining the situation.

Consent to the Provision of Personal Information to an Overseas Third Party is the form to confirm that you give permission for Ritsumeikan University to provide your personal information to the Australian National University while you are studying in the dual degree program.
*This form can only be submitted during the Document Submission 2 period.

• Please log into Ritsu-Mate here. You can find your account information and password in our email.
• Complete and sign the "Consent to the Provision of Personal Information to an Overseas Third Party" form and upload it to the specified section on Ritsu-Mate. Download a form here.

• This form will be required to submit after enrollment, not during the Document Submission 2 period.
  Please read the “Ritsumeikan University Tuition Reduction Scholarship for International Students Regulations” carefully.
  The International Center will contact you after you enroll at Ritsumeikan University. Please make sure not to miss any information from them.

Dormitory information will be announced by e-mail around December for April Enrollment and June for September Enrollment.

Webpages for each of the dormitories

• Kinugasa International Houses (GS/JDP)      
• OIC International House (ISSE/CRPS)
• OIC Global House (GLA)

If you look for housing by yourself, you can find the agencies as below.

University Co-op Sumai Sagashi Center (Housing Center)

• Kinugasa Campus TEL: 0120-606-315
  
• Osaka Ibaraki Campus TEL: 0120-283-481

URL: https://www.ritsco-op.jp/shopinformation/sumai.html

*Please choose a language from LANGUAGE.

Creotech Co., Ltd

URL: https://www.creotech.co.jp/apart/ (Only Available in Japanese)
*Creotech Co., Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ritsumeikan Trust.

This website provides new students with all the necessary information for studying at RU.
Information will be updated in early March for April Enrollment and in early August for September Enrollment.
We will notify you by e-mail once the information has been updated.