Exemptions from Enrollment Fee and Tuition for Graduate Students

Students in medical, dental, health care, and oral health-care fields should refer to the URL here.　

We have released exemptions from enrollment fee and tuition for graduate students for the 2025 Spring Semester. (February 28, 2025)

【JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC)】

Tuition will be waived for all recipients of the Research Fellowship for Young Scientists

(DC1 and DC2) starting from the 2024 fall semester.

Note that eligible students do not need to apply for this exemption themselves.

The tuition exemption for graduate students is completely different from the "tuition reduction or waiver" for undergraduate students and "Scholarship for Outstanding International Undergraduates" in the bachelor's degree program. Individual announcement emails will not be sent. Please check the application guide yourself and complete the procedure within the application period.

【To students who applied for the 2024 Fall Semester】
The results of 2024 fall semester tuition exemption application that are currently shown on the “Enrollment Fee ＆ Tuition Exemption” system cannot be seen on the screen after March 5 because of the academic year update process.

This webpage is about Exemptions from Enrollment Fee and Tuition for graduate students, mainly for international students.

If you apply for those exemptions, please read Enrollment Fee and Tuition Exemption Application Guide for Graduate Students thoroughly and check every part of your application documents carefully to make certain they are complete and correct.

Please log in to the Portal for Science & Engineering Field, Institute of Science Tokyo and complete the application process through the Enrollment Fee ＆ Tuition Exemption application system.
The "Enrollment Fee ＆ Tuition Exemption" system will be available at the start of the application period.
Printed application documents will not be distributed. Visit the website to download the necessary documents for your application.
The decision on your application may differ from the decisions on your previous applications even if your family circumstances have not changed.
Whether you are in a master’s degree program or doctoral degree program, if your period of study at Tokyo Tech does not exceed the standard duration of study, the decision on your application for tuition exemption will be valid during that academic year and in principle you cannot apply for fall semester.

Application Period (Summary)

Category	Application Content	Application Period （*1）
New Student（*2）	Enrollment fee Exemption / Postponement（*3）	Spring semester：At the time of admission procedures and in early April Fall semester：At the time of admission procedures and in early October
New Student（*2）	Tuition Exemption/Postponement	Spring semester：Early April Fall semester：Early October（*5）
Current Student	Tuition Exemption/Postponement	Spring semester：Mid-March（4） Fall semester：Mid-September（5）

*1 For the detailed application schedule, please refer to the application guidelines.

*2 International students may only apply for postponement. (Those who

were registered at the Institute in the previous semester can apply for exemption.)

*3 Only for students who have selected enrollment fee exemption/postponement in the admission procedure system.

*4 Students must apply each academic year, regardless of previous applications and results.

*5 Students who received a full-year exemption in the spring semester cannot apply again in the fall semester.

Application Process

The application process for ALL applicants consists of two steps:

1.: STEP 1: Log in to the Portal for Science & Engineering Field, Institute of Science Tokyo, enter application information into the Enrollment Fee & Tuition Exemption application system, and upload the required documents.
2.: STEP 2: Submit the original hard copies of the specified documents by the deadline.
3.: For enrollment fees, the application for postponement of enrollment fee payment must be registered at the time of the enrollment procedure.

Please submit original hard copies of the documents specified in the checklist by the deadline in STEP 2.

(International students who are not required to provide information in STEP 2 must also submit certain documents, so please review the checklist as well.)

Please note that if you do not submit the required documents by the deadline, your application will be disapproved due to insufficient documentation.

Application for the 2025 Spring semester exemption

All applicants are required to complete the process during the following period.
Applications will not be accepted after the application period regardless of the circumstances.

STEP 1 : Register application information online	For current students: March 13 at 10:00 to March 26, 2025 at 23:59 （Japan Standard Time 　Same as below） For new students: April 7 at 10:00 to April 17, 2025 at 23:59
STEP 2 : Submit original documents	For all applicants: May 29 to June 11, 2025

*: The students who enter a doctoral program from master's or professional degree program or enroll master's or professional degree program from undergraduate program at Science Tokyo, will be treated as new students. The application period is the same as that set for new students.
*: Regardless of whether the student applied for enrollment fee exemption or postponement of enrollment fee payment at the time of the enrollment procedure, they must complete the application again during the above period.
*: Please apply well in advance, as it will be crowded just before the deadline.

【Submission of Application】

・Office hours for in-person submission: 10:15 to 16:15

・Submissions by postal mail must be postmarked by the last day of Submission of Documents period.

The "Enrollment Fee ＆ Tuition Exemption" system will be available at the start of the application period.

Application Documents

Application Guide	Enrollment Fee and Tuition Exemption Application Guide for Graduate Students
Application Documents	STEP 1
Checklist	Checklist for Application Documents for Exemption from Tuition, Etc.

If you are a foreign national with one of the follwing statuses of residence, please read "日本国籍等授業料等免除申請要領” in Japanese web page.

1.: "Special Permanent Resident" *1
2.: "Permanent Resident","Spouse or Child of Japanese National" or "Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident" *2
3.: "Long-Term Resident" who intends to apply for permanent residency
4.: “Dependent” who has graduated from a Japanese junior high school and Japanese high school, and who intends to live and work in Japan after graduate school *3

*1: The term "Special Permanent Resident" refers to a permanent resident provided for by the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (Act No. 71 of 1991)
*2: Statuses of residence are prescribed in the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition on Act (Cabinet Order No.319 of 1951)
*3: For details, please click herehere (in Japanese only).

Place to submit the documents

Students affiliated with laboratories at Ookayama Campus or Tamachi Campus	Financial Aid Group Student Support Division Ookayama Campus (Taki Plaza, Floor 1)*Not on B1F
Students affiliated with laboratories at Suzukakedai Campus	Suzukakedai Student Support Group Student Support Division Suzukakedai Campus (J1 Bldg., Floor 1)

Documents can be submitted directly or sent by postal mail to the Student Support Division on your campus (not by campus mail). If you send the documents by postal mail, please use Japan Post’s registered mail or “Letter Pack Light” services to check their tracking service. Further information about sending documents by postal mail is in the Application Guide.
In case that you cannot enter Japan yet and cannot ask family members or laboratory associates in Japan to submit them on your behalf, please inform the Student Support Division on your campus of your situation by email.

Evaluation

Science Tokyo (Science and engineering fields) will evaluate applicants’ academic performance, income, and assets according to our regulations. Please see FAQ below.

Application Results

Results will be notified on the Web System for Students at Early August, 2025. They will also be sent to the applicant’s Science Tokyo email address. A payment slip for tuition will be mailed to the applicant’s registered address in Early August.
(The enrollment fee must be paid separately through the electronic payment system “e-shiharai.net.”)

If you have applied, please do not make payment until you have been notified of the decision. If you do, your application will be withdrawn.
After having received a rejection or an exemption for half the amount, the enrollment fee and tuition must be paid promptly by the designated date.
Strong academic performance, etc. may have a favorable effect on applications for exemption.

FAQ

Q&A about Exemption Applications

Enrollment Fee ＆ Tuition Exemption application system Guide (for applicants)

Submission Rules of Missing Documents for Applicants of Exemptions from Enrollment Fee and Tuition

The basic information below about exemptions and postponement are also written in the above Application Guide.

Exemption from Enrollment Fee	Exemption from Tuition
In any of the following cases, half the enrollment fee can be waived on request following review of the application	In any of the following cases, the full amount or half the tuition can be waived on request following review of the application

1. A degree-seeking student who is unable to pay the enrollment fee due to financial difficulties but has demonstrated outstanding academic performance.
2. A degree-seeking student whose circumstances are comparable with 1 above and whose reasons for exemption/payment postponement are approved by the president.
*International students are considered financially independent, even if they receive remittances from their home country.
Please contact us if the applicant has been affected by a natural disaster in Japan.

Notwithstanding the above, international students entering Science Tokyo in the 2025 spring semester will not be exempt from payment, although they may be eligible for payment postponement. (Those who were Tokyo Tech students in the 2024 fall semester can apply for exemption and/or postponement.)

Also, the following students are not permitted to apply for exemption or postponement.
Government funded international students
Privately funded international students who have been assigned by their government to a study abroad program

Postponement of Enrollment Fee Payment	Postponement of the Tuition Payment
Conditions for the exemption and application process are the same as in “Exemption from Enrollment Fee” (see above) when students who will pay the enrollment fee in full apply for postponement of payment. When postponement is approved, the enrollment fee must be paid by the end of August for students starting in April, and by the end of January for students starting in September.	The conditions and application process are the same as in "Exemption from Tuition" (see above) when students who will pay tuition in full apply for postponement of payment. When postponement is approved, the tuition must be paid by the end of August for the spring semester, and by the end of January for the fall semester.

Contact

If you have any questions not addressed on the website, feel free to contact us by email. Please make sure to include your name and student ID number. We will answer your questions by email.

Also, click here to make inquiries about regular tuition payment (how to pay, date on which the amount is charged to applicants’ accounts, etc.)