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Living Costs & Useful Information

Estimated Living Costs (For One Academic Year)

Please refer to ICU’s official website.

Financial Aids

ICU offers a variety of scholarship programs for Japanese and international degree-seeking students after enrollment.
For more information, please refer to ICU’s official website.

Preparation for Financing

We urge you to plan financing for tuition, living expenses, travel needs and so forth in Japan before you leave home.
You should have enough funds to cover all expected expenses during your study at ICU.

Living Expenses

The amount of money you should plan on having for settling in and the first term expenses is approximately JPY300,000.
This amount should be enough to cover one term of on-campus dormitory fees and meals, books and supplies, etc.
If you plan to live in an off-campus apartment, though, you need to have more money for key-money, deposit and rent.

Before leaving for Japan, you should clarify how you will receive additional funds as they become needed for further tuition and other expenses.
For miscellaneous and unexpected expenses (on top of the JPY300,000 mentioned above), we recommend that you have an additional JPY50,000 or more in cash when you first arrive in Japan.

Cashless transactions are becoming more common in Japan and credit cards are the most convenient method of payment. Credit cards issued overseas can be used at affiliated stores, with the most widely accepted credit cards in Japan being Visa, JCB and Mastercard.

For more information for traveling to Japan, please refer to the Japan National Tourism Organization Website (https://www.japan.travel/en/us/).

Bank

You need to have a bank account in Japan to pay the tuition and/or receive a scholarship. However, as a general rule, banks do not allow foreigners to have a bank account before six months pass after their arrival in Japan. For this reason, Japan Post Bank(often referred to as Yucho) is highly recommended to ICU students because the bank accepts foreigners regardless of the duration of stay in Japan and has a branch on campus.
https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/en/ias/en_ias_index.html

As for other banks, please ask each one for help because they may have different guidelines to deal with international customers.

I. WHAT TO BE REQUIRED TO SET UP A BANK ACCOUNT
1. Your Residence Card
2. Your passport
3. Your ICU ID Card
4. Personal stamp: Signature instead of a stamp is acceptable to Yucho and some other banks.

II. NOTES
1. Your Residence Card should bear a resident permit of more than three months, and your address in Japan registered by the city/ward office.
2. You will receive your ICU ID Card on or after the day of Matriculation Ceremony. ICU never issues a student ID card to anybody before the Matriculation no matter what the reason is.
3. The banks have many requirements for opening an account for foreigners to prevent crimes related to financial services. They may require you more than the usual time/days to have an account because of unpredictable reasons.
4. Details of application procedure for a bank account will be explained in the New Orientation Website.

Academic Information

Academic Calendar, Course Offerings and Syllabi

University Calendar for 2024 Spring Term is available here.
You can check the information about the courses and syllabi from here.

Student Life

How to Bring Medicine into Japan

[IMPORTANT]
No person shall import or export Heroin, Opium powder, Methamphetamine, Amphetamine, Methaqualone, and Cannabis.

There are strict regulations regarding bringing medicine to Japan. Depending on the quantity and the component of the medicine, you may have to apply for permission by the Japanese Government (the directors of the Regional Bureaus of Health and Welfare) and receive it BEFORE YOU LEAVE HOME!
Please be sure to check the links below for more information and take the appropriate measure.

1. Prepare a prescription or a document, explaining what kind of medicine you take or why you need to take it.
2. Bring medicine with its original container.
3. Avoid bringing more medicine than the allowed limit.
4. Avoid sending medicine instead of bringing it yourself.
5. Check regulations regarding bringing medicine to Japan in advance.
6. You may have to apply for permission by the Japanese Government.

Do you need to bring any of these below?
If so, please check the website of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare:
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/policy/health-medical/pharmaceuticals/01.html
-Drugs (including over the counter medicines), Quasi drugs
-Cosmetics
-Medical devices
-Narcotics, Psychotropics

Especially for those who take psychiatric medicines (narcotics, psychotropics, and other drugs), there is a website of Narcotics Control Department where you can obtain information about the necessary procedure:
https://www.ncd.mhlw.go.jp/en/application2.html

Vaccination

As a self-protection and public health measure, the following immunizations are highly recommended before you enter ICU.
- Measles, Rubella, Mumps, Chicken pox (Varicella)
*The Japanese law, School Safety and Health Act, prohibits a person who has communicable disease as above from attending school until you receive a permission from the doctor.

Important Notice from ICU Counseling Center on Mental Health

Please read below carefully if you are currently under treatment for psychiatric or psychological conditions in your home country. This notice is from ICU Counseling Center to help you prepare for a transition to life in Japan.
Important information from ICU Counseling Center.pdf