08_4_Admission Fee Exemption and Postponement
[Notes]Applicants for Admission Fee Exemption/Postponement must not pay the admission fee until the results are announced.
Students who wish to apply for tuition exemption only (e.g., students who will be admitted to a higher-level program within the university) should also download the Application Guidebook below.
Students Eligible for Exemption and Postponement
1. Students eligible for exemption
(1) Newly enrolled students (Undergraduate and graduate programs)[a] Students who have difficulty in paying the admission fee due to financial reasons (excluding the repayment of various loans and debts) and who have excellent academic performance
[b] Students who have extreme difficulty in paying the admission fee due to (i) the death of their financial supporter within one year prior to admission, or (ii) damage to either the financial supporter or the student caused by a natural disaster in Japan within one year prior to admission
[c] Students who have reasons equivalent to those specified in the preceding items and are deemed eligible by the President
2. Students eligible for postponement
(1) Newly enrolled students (Undergraduate and graduate programs)[a] Students who have difficulty paying the admission fee by the due date for financial reasons (excluding the repayment of various loans and debts) and who have excellent academic performance
[b] Students who have extreme difficulty in paying the admission fee due to (i) the death of their financial supporter within one year prior to admission, or (ii) damage to either the financial supporter or the student caused by a natural disaster in Japan within one year prior to admission
[c] Students who are considered to have other compelling reasons
[Note] The postponement of admission fee is not an exemption; it only extends the payment deadline. Please note that you have to pay the admission fee by the extended deadline.
Application Procedures
Students who wish to apply for an exemption or postponement of the admission fee must complete the online application form and submit the following documents to the Economic Support Office, Student Life Division. Online application must be completed before submitting the documents.Please download the Application Guidebook below and submit the required application documents by the deadline.
Application Guidebook for Admission Fee Exemption/Postponement and Tuition Fee Exemption for the Second Semester of AY 2026
(1) Application Form for Exemption/Postponement of Admission Fee and other required forms
(2) Other necessary documents
Application Period
The application periods are as follows:
Please be sure to complete the first-stage application (online application) before proceeding to the second-stage application (submission of documents).
First-stage application: September 8–17, 2026
Second-stage application: September 8–24, 2026
Submission Period
Please read the guidebook carefully. After completing the online application, submit the application documents between September 8 and 24, 2026. Please purchase a "Letter Pack Light" and mail it with all the completed application documents and the original certificates. If you are unable to enter Japan by the submission deadline, please refer to the Application Guidebook for further instructions.[Note] Applications must be submitted in person (submissions by proxy will not be accepted). Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.
Screening Method
Among students who meet the academic performance and household criteria, priority will be given to those with the greatest financial need within the budget of the university.* As exemptions are granted based on the university's budget, meeting the academic performance and household criteria does not guarantee an exemption.
How to Check the Application Result
Please check your application result on the Kumamoto University Academic Affairs Information System (SOSEKI) under “Tuition Payment Status.” The results are scheduled to be announced in late November.
In addition, a notice will be posted on the on-campus bulletin board when the results are available.
Notes
If your admission fee exemption result is “Not Approved” or “Half Exemption,” you must pay the required amount of the admission fee within two weeks of the announcement of the results (scheduled for early to mid-December).Since the payment period is short, we recommend that applicants for admission fee exemption also apply for admission fee postponement.
If your application for admission fee postponement is approved, the payment deadline will be January 28, 2027. If your application is not approved, you must pay the admission fee within two weeks of the announcement of the results.
For those who are required to pay the admission fee after the results are announced, a payment slip will be sent to the guarantor for undergraduate students and directly to the student for graduate students.
