Tuition and Scholarships

Tuition

	Examination fee	Entrance fee	Tuition fee
Master's program student, Doctoral program student	30,000 yen	282,000 yen	267,900 yen/semester (535,800 yen/year)
Research student	9,800 yen	84,600 yen	29,700 yen/month
Special research student	－	－	29,700 yen/month
※If there is a revision of tuition fee, revised fees will be applied for students.

At the time of entrance formalities, please pay tuition fee of the first semester. The entire amount for a year can be paid at the time. Tuition fee must be paid each semester(April and October)as long as you study at NAIST.

These fees will not be collected from international students who receive Monbukagakusho (Japanese Government) Scholarship and short-term exchange students who are accepted under the academic exchange agreement.

Entrance Fee Exemption/Tuition Exemption

If either of the following applies students entering NAIST are eligible for Entrance Fee/Tuition Exemption:

Students for whom the payment of entrance fee or/and tuition is difficult for economic reasons and who are recognized as having outstanding academic ability;
Students who are recognized as having extreme difficulty in paying entrance fee or/and tuition, for example due to the death of the person having primary responsibility for the payment of their school expenses one year or less prior to admission or due to damage sustained by them or the person responsible for the payment of their school expenses caused by natural disaster.

Scholarship system for international students

Scholarships for international students are as follows. Unfortunately, the number of scholarships available at university is very limited and most of them are not sufficient to cover all of the living and education expenses. Before applying for admission, students should plan their funding carefully.

a. Monbukagakusho (Japanese Government) Scholarship System
Monbukagakusho (Japanese Government) Scholarship System
A monthly scholarship of 172,000 yen may be granted by the Japanese Government (Ministry of Education). More information can be found here.

b. System forstudents sent by a foreign government
The scholarship system for students who have been sent by foreign government. The amount of scholarship differs in each government.

c. System ofHonors Scholarship for Privately-Financed International Students
Japanese Government(Ministry of Education) may pay a scholarship fund of 70,000 yen per month.

d. Other scholarships
There are scholarship funding systems implemented by private scholarship foundations, and notification is given whenever we are offered from foundations.

Personal Accident Insurance for students pursuing education and research

If you suffer an injury during your educational or research activities, this insurance program will provide the necessary insurance benefits. It will pay insurance benefit for injury, disability, death due to an accident that occurs in cases such as while working on your regular curriculum activities, participating in extracurricular activities and when attending university events.
All students are required to purchase this insurance when they enter NAIST.

	Insurance premium
Master's program students	2,100 yen for 2 years
Doctoral program students	3,050 yen for 3 years
Research students	1,200 yen for 1 year