Fees

School fees are invoiced termly and paid, in principle, by direct bank transfer from accounts registered with the school. All amounts are in yen (JPY). Please refer to the fee payment policy section at the bottom of this page for further explanatory details about school fees.

Notification of school fees for 2024-2025

The Board of Trustees of Kwansei Gakuin Educational Foundation has approved a decision of an increase in school fees for the academic year 2024-25. The rise in fees is approximately 2% for all grades.

Notes:

A policy change has been made by the foundation: previously the school fees total was separated into the "annual tuition fee" and "educational advancement fee (EAF)". From 2024-2025, the fees will be combined as one number and listed as "annual tuition fee".
The Board of Trustees of Kwansei Gakuin Educational Foundation has approved a request of the OIS PTA to increase the PTA fee from ¥3,000 to ¥5,000. As in previous years, the school will invoice families inclusive of this fee and transfer the collected fees to the PTA. The PTA uses the funds to enhance the education of the students of OIS, and allows the PTA to focus on helping our students, rather than spending a great deal of time and energy raising funds.
The KG special provision scholarship that was in place in response to the coronavirus is no longer available.
The regular OIS financial aid application form is available from the forms section of the website. If you would like to make an application, please do so by the end of June.

Main Fees: 2024-2025

KA to Grade 5

Annual tuition	¥2,118,000
PTA fee*	¥5,000
Total	¥2,123,000

Breakdown of fees by trimester
Fall term	¥706,000 + PTA ¥5,000	Total ¥711,000
Winter term	¥706,000	Total ¥706,000
Spring term	¥706,000	Total ¥706,000

Grade 6 to Grade 10

Annual tuition	¥2,527,000
PTA fee*	¥5,000
Total	¥2,532,000

Breakdown of fees by trimester
Fall term	¥843,000 + PTA ¥5,000	Total ¥848,000
Winter term	¥842,000	Total ¥842,000
Spring term	¥842,000	Total ¥842,000

Grade 11 to Grade 12

Annual tuition	¥2,638,000
PTA fee*	¥5,000
Total	¥2,643,000

Breakdown of fees by trimester
Fall term	¥880,000 + PTA ¥5,000	Total ¥885,000
Winter term	¥879,000	Total ¥879,000
Spring term	¥879,000	Total ¥879,000

Supplementary Fees

Fee Payment Deadlines & Policies

Fee payment deadlines for current students

The deadlines for fee transfers for currently enrolled students are:

Fall term : Thursday, 19 September 2024
Winter term : Thursday, 12 December 2024
Spring term : Friday, 25 April 2025

Annual tuition, in the case of company payment, is due by Monday, 30 September 2024 for enrolled students, and Wednesday, 31 July 2024 for new students.

For details about school fees or available scholarships, please contact our fees section:
Tel: 0727-727-5053 | Email: schoolfees@soismail.jp

Fee payment deadlines for new students

Tuition aid

Grade 10, 11 and 12 new students are eligible to apply for the government support program called “Tuition Support for High School Students”. To receive this support, an application must be submitted along with additional documentation distributed through the school to confirm the household’s municipally graded income tax amount. For more details from the Japanese Ministry of Education please click here. Please contact the business office for application forms.

In principle it is assumed that families entering OIS have the financial resources available to meet fee payments. Limited financial aid can be applied for if financial circumstances change. Annual application is required. Forms are available from the downloads section of this website.

※OIS can provide further financial support for students whose family have experienced changes in household finances due to the impact of COVID-19.

For more information, please contact: schoolfees@soismail.jp

Fee payment policy

Osaka International School of Kwansei Gakuin Tuition & fees payment policy

Application Fee
This is a non-refundable fee, due on the day of application. Students are not assessed until the application fee is paid.

Registration Fee
This is a one-time, non-refundable fee, due upon acceptance to OIS.

School fees
School fees are due before the first day of school (note: if the agreed starting date is less than one week following notification of acceptance, payment will be due within one week of written confirmation of acceptance, enrolment will be cancelled in the case where payment is not made by the specified date.

PTA fees
An annual levy of 5,000 yen is collected from each student enrolled in the school and passed on to the PTA to support the association’s activities.

School Bus & Cafeteria Fees
Application forms are sent in July and will require bank transfer payment. Forms for processing this payment will be sent to families who apply.

Late Enrollment
Tuition and fees are charged on a pro-rata basis, starting from the student’s first day of school.

Refund Policy
In the case of withdrawal or dismissal from school for any reason, tuition fees are refunded for any complete academic terms not attended. Partial attendance in any academic term will result in fees being charged for the whole term (exception of December withdrawal in the winter term). School bus and cafeteria fees are refundable on a straight pro-rata basis, from the date of withdrawal.

Overdue Payment
Tuition and fees are due before the start of the term. It is understood that special circumstances may cause payment of tuition and fees to be delayed, but in these instances the OIS business manager must be notified. This notification must be made prior to the commencement of the term. In the case of overdue tuition, the school will withhold grades, transcripts, and reports until full payment is received, and/or the student may be dismissed from school. Students will not be allowed to start the next term within a school year if full payment for the previous term has not been paid.

Payment Method
After initial enrolment, as a rule, payment is made by direct debit transfer from your registered bank account. Forms to enable this should be submitted, where possible, by the first day of school. Annual company payment requests should be made separately to the school’s business office.

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