Financial Assistance System for foreign students who live overseas

【1】-Scholarship system by certification-

At the time of enrollment, students who satisfy the following conditions may be exempted from tuition as a scholarship student.
Please contact us if you have any questions.

*1 Regarding delivery of the exemption, half of the targeted amount will be delivered at the time of payment for academic fees, for both at the first semester and the second semester.

• (1) Procedures for scholarship system by certification
  • a. At the time of application, please fill out any acquired certifications in the application column for scholarship system on application form for certification by foreign students.
  • b. Please enclose a copy of your certificate of acceptance
• (2) Applicable Period

  Exemption is limited to within each course term period. However, in the event of poor scores, behavior, and attendance after enrollment, this may be cancelled.

-Special Scholarship Examination for foreign students-

A written examination is carried out for special scholarship applicants, and for those with excellent results, tuition may be exempted according to the following classification.Furthermore, a special scholarship test can be taken both before and after submission of the enrollment application.

• (1) Examination fee:  Free
• (2) Exemptions
  • Rank A: Full tuition exemption
  • Rank B: 3/4 tuition exemption
  • Rank C: 1/2 tuition exemption
  • Rank D: 1/4 tuition exemption
• (3) Application deadline and Examination date
  

  回数	Application deadline (postmarked by)	Exam Dates
  First time	November 16, 2010, Tuesday	November 21, 2010, Sunday
  Second time	December 7, 2010, Tuesday	December 12, 2010, Sunday

• (4) Examination site

  The school targeted for enrollment or application in Japan

• (5) Examination Subjects
  • a.Japanese Written Examination13:00-13:45
  • b.Composition test13:55-14:40

  *In the event a special scholarship examination is taken prior to submission of the enrollment application, and a Rank C or above is achieved, the Japanese written test and composition test will be exempted.

• (6) Application requirements for foreign students

  Persons who completed 12 years of general school education in their own country, or are expecting to complete such before March 31, 2011, and are qualified to enter a university in their own country. Or persons recognized as having a corresponding academic ability, are 18 years or older, and one of following applies.

  • a. Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Grade 2 or above.
  • b. Japan Foreign Student Examination, Japanese language subject, 200 points or more.
  • c. Studied Japanese language at a Japanese language institute for more than 6 months.
  • d. Attended a school which complies with the Japanese School of Education Law (except preschool) for more than one year.
  • e. BJT Business Japanese Language Proficiency Test, 400 points or more
• (7) Application Documents
  • a. Application for a special scholarship by foreign applicants (photo attached, name and birth date written on the back.)
    *To apply for the special scholarship, please inquire to the admissions clerk. An application form will be sent by postal mail.
  • b. "Certification and "Academic Transcript verifying 12 years of education in a foreign country.
  • c. Documents which certify one of the application requirements, a-e, as described above in (6)
    *If already submitted, this is not required.

  ●The Special Scholarship Application for Foreign Students may be downloaded in PDF format by clicking the button below.

  Application for special scholarship by foreign applicants PDF download
• (8) Announcement of the results

  After the examination, the examinees will be notified of the results by postal mail. Inquiries regarding passing or failing by telephone, etc., will not be accepted.

• (9) Applicable Period

  Exemption is limited to within each course term period. However, in the event of poor scores, behavior, and attendance after enrollment, this may be cancelled.

-Exemption system for preparatory courses for the bar exam and/or law school, and the Open University of Japan-

For applicants of preparatory courses for the bar exam and/or law school and Open University, who have excellent achievement in the written test scores are eligible for a special system scholarship which exempts the first year tuition at the Open University. Furthermore, the Open University tuition exemption system examination can be taken either before after submission of the admissions application.

• (1) Examination fee:  Free
• (2) Exemptions

  One year of tuition for the Open University of Japan (132,000 yen)

• (3) Application deadline and Examination date
  

  回数	Application deadline (postmarked by)	Exam Dates
  First time	November 16, 2010, Tuesday	November 21, 2010, Sunday
  Second time	December 7, 2010, Tuesday	December 12, 2010, Sunday

• (4) Examination site

  TOKYO LAW COLLEGE

• (5) Examination Subjects

  Written test (Composition) 11:00-12:00 (Meeting time 10:30)

• (6) Application requirements for foreign students

  Persons who completed 12 years of general school education in their own country, or are expecting to complete such before March 31, 2011, and are qualified to enter a university in their own country. Or persons recognized as having a corresponding academic ability, are 18 years or older, and one of following applies.

  • a. Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Grade 2 or above.
  • b. Japan Foreign Student Examination, Japanese language subject, 200 points or more.
  • c. Studied Japanese language at a Japanese language institute for more than 6 months.
  • d. Attended a school which complies with the Japanese School of Education Law (except preschool) for more than one year.
  • e. BJT Business Japanese Language Proficiency Test, 400 points or more
• (7) Application Documents
  • a. Application for tuition exemption at the Open University of Japan (photo attached, name and birth date written on the back)
    *To apply for tuition exemption at the Open University of Japan, please inquire to the admissions clerk of Tokyo Law School. An application form will be sent by postal mail.
  • b. "Certification" and an "Academic Transcript" verifying 12 years of education in a foreign country.
  • c. Documents which certify one of the application requirements, a-e, as described above in (6)
    *If already submitted, this is not required.
• (8) Announcement of the results

  After the examination, the examinees will be notified of the results by postal mail directly. Inquiries regarding passing or failing by telephone, etc., will not be accepted.

• (9) Applicable Period

  After the second year, special scholarship students will be newly selected from among all enrolled students in consideration of achievement, personality, etc., during the first year.

• (10) Others

  Please bring your writing utensils to the examination.

*The scholarship system by certification and attendance, and the Special Scholarship Examination for foreign students cannot be used in conjunction. The larger of the tuition exemptions will be applied.

*If, due to the results of Special Scholarship Examination for Foreign Students, an exemption cannot be applied, re-testing is possible. However, please be aware that any exemption amount received from the previous exam will be annulled, and all exemptions will be based on the new examination.