Student Life

Accommodation

On-campus Accommodation

ICU has 11 dormitories, and 1 co-ed short-term residence for visiting faculty and students on campus. We cannot guarantee on-campus dormitories for all exchange/invitee students, and it can be competitive to get a room on campus because of the limited number of places.

The dormitories you can apply for depend on availability. Please refer to the dormitory application guidelines posted on the "For Accepted Students" page.

Screening of dormitory applications will not be done on a “first-come, first-served basis,” but will be done carefully based on your application documents.

ICU also offers scholarships called ICU Study Abroad/Experiential Learning Support Scholarship that cover dormitory fees. If you’re interested, we encourage you to apply.

Find out more about ICU Study Abroad/Experiential Learning Support Scholarship

Off-campus Accommodation

ICU consigns the introduction of Off-campus housing such as Apartments, Student Dormitories, Student Apartment Houses and Share House to ICU Service Co., Ltd.. ICU Service, in cooperation with the cooperative agents, makes arrangements to provide beneficial conditions to students who are looking for off-campus residences.

Find out more about ICU Service Co., Ltd.

Homestay

Living with a Japanese family offers a unique opportunity to experience Japanese culture and daily life while practicing your Japanese language skills. However, homestays are not very common in Japan, and the availability of host families is limited.

ICU partners with Nextage Co., Ltd., to connect students with suitable host families. Nextage facilitates arrangements to match students with the most appropriate homestay families in Japan.

Find out more about Nextage Co., Ltd.

Extracurricular Activities

ICU students have a variety of extracurricular options in the arts, sports, academics and social fields. University events including the ICU Festival, Christian and International Weeks and the Dorm Festival are planned and carried out by student groups.

Student Support

The student support such as Counseling, Human Rights Consultation, Health Services, and Learning Accessibility Services (LAS) are available for exchange/invitee students at ICU.

Fees & Expenses

Basically, exchange students pay the tuition and fees to their home institution, and the tuition and fees for ICU will be waived. However, students are responsible to pay for their own housing, meals and all the other personal costs. Please ask the exchange program coordinator / study abroad advisor of your home university for details.

For invitee students, the tuition and fees for ICU will be charged either to their home institution or students themselves. Please ask your home institution for details.

For the other fees such as housing fees and living expenses, please refer to the "Estimated Living Cost".

*In terms of health insurance, all students are required to join the National Health Insurance (NHI) during their stay in Japan.