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IV. Fees and Expenses for High School Education
Listed below are tuitions for Heisei 15, 2003.
Exam Fees:
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Public Schools (City and/or Hokkaido Prefecture) |
Private schools, Day、 |
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Regular/Day |
Part-time |
Correspondence |
Credit Units |
| Test Fee |
2,200 |
950 |
0 |
950 |
15,000 |
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Tuitions and other fees at the time of admission
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Public schools |
Private schools, Day |
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Regular |
Part-time |
Correspondence |
Credit Units |
| Admission |
5,650 |
2,100 |
0 |
21,000 |
250,000 |
| Uniforms, excluding winter
coat |
Apprx 40,000 |
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Apprx 40,000 |
| PE clothes |
20,000 |
Apprx 10,000 |
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20,000 |
| Textbooks/materials |
Apprx 10,000 |
Apprx 8,000 |
Apprx 8,000 |
Apprx 10,000 |
Apprx 10,000 |
| Others |
10,000 |
24,900 |
6,530 |
24,000 |
165,000
trip(final year) |
| Totals |
Apprx 100,000 |
35,000 |
Apprx 14,530 |
Apprx 36,100 |
Apprx 500,000 |
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Note: Some figures are approximation only.
Tuitions & other fees during the school term
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Public schools (City/Prefecture) |
example of Private School, Day |
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Regular/Day |
Part-time |
Correspondence |
Credit Units |
| Tuitions |
month |
Annual |
month |
Annual |
per credit unit |
annual/20-25 units |
per unit |
annual/30 units |
Month |
annual |
| 9,300 |
111,600 |
1,250 |
15,000 |
130 |
2,600〜3,250 |
750 |
Apprx 22,500 |
25,900 |
310,800 |
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Maint. 5,100 |
61,200 |
| PTA membership fee |
500 |
6,000 |
480 |
4,800 |
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3,800 |
45,600 |
| Savings for trip |
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4,200 |
42,000 |
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(100,000〜150,000) |
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(100,000〜150,000) |
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| School lunch |
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3,300 |
39,600 |
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| Others |
2,200 |
20,480 |
1,320 |
13,200 |
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0 |
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0 |
100 |
73,100 |
| Totals |
12,000 |
138,080 |
10,550 |
114,600 |
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2,600〜3,250 |
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Apprx 22,500 |
34,900 |
920,700 |
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The following cases qualify for tuitions/boarding fee waiver programs
1) Unable to pay tuitions as the results of calamity, fire and etc.
2) Living off the social welfare funds
3) Unable to pay tuitions upon parent's/guardian's death or disability caused by car accident.
4) Other causes that are considered as special cases.
For more detail, please contact Dept of Schooling Systems, High School Division, Life time Study Program, Dept. Education, Hokkaido Regional Government Office. Phone: 231-4111, ext.35-717.
1. Japan Ikuei Scholarship
Contact: Hokkaido Prefecture Office, Japan Ikuei Scholarship, Kita 4, Nishi 7, c/o White Building 9F. Phone: 271-4308
| Schools |
Amount/Mo. |
Conditions |
Pay-back Obligation |
| Public |
Living at home:18,000
Living outside home:23,000 |
Permanent Resident Status Required. Above Average Score. |
No interest accrues Must be paid back. |
| Private |
Living at home:18,000
Living outside home:23,000 |
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2. Scholarship for High School Students in Private high school in Hokkaido
| Type |
Loan amount/mo. |
Conditions |
Pay-back obligation |
| First Class |
14,000 |
On welfare.
Families with exempt local taxes. |
Must be paid back. |
| Second Class |
18,000 |
Economic hardship other than the above, |
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Contact:Chief of Student Affairs - High School Division, General Affairs Office, Hokkaido.
Phone: 231-4111, ext. 22-515.
Foundation for Scholarship for Private High School Students, Kita 2, Nishi 6, c/o Garden Palace, Phone: 222-6166
There are many other scholarship programs such as: Funds for tuitions for Public high school student in Hokkaido, Funds for tuitions for part-time school student under public high school/correspondence courses' student, Scholarships funded by City of Sapporo
For more detail, please see p241 - 242 in “Guidelines for Future Directions”
Please contact your high school officers and apply for scholarships as soon as you are accepted to school.
Living Expenses welfare funds: For “get-ready” expenses, needed money can be borrowed.
| Type |
Loan amount/mo. |
Conditions/determining factor |
Pay-back obligation |
| Scholarship |
Public:18,000/mo
Private:30,000/mo |
Depends on (family) income |
Must be paid back |
| Admission preparatory funds |
Public:75,000 (one time only)
Private:230,000
(one time only) |
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Contact: Social Welfare Council in Ward Offices
Technical Colleges accept the Junior High School graduates for a term of 5 years. The students learn enriched cultural literacy as well as highly technical skills in each' specialized area. There are 62 such schools in Japan, of which 5 are situated in Hokkaido. Names of the 5 schools and their course offerings are shown below:
●Tomakomai National College of Technology
Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Science and Engineering for Materials, Civil Engineering.
●Asahikawa National College of Technology
Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Information System Engineering, Material-Chemistry
●Hakodate National College of Technology
Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Material and Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering
●Kushiro National College of Technology
Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Information Engineering, Architecture
●Sapporo School of The Arts
Industrial Designs
Class Sizes: 40 students per course. Sapporo School of The Arts accepts 80.
Entrance Exam is scheduled during the last 10 days of February each year. Contents and test date of Entrance Examination is set nationwide. Test subjects selected are basically Japanese language/literature, Mathematics, Science, Social Science and English. Some schools, however, opt for 3 or 4 out of these basic 5 subjects.
Admission of candidates is determined based on, in addition to the entrance exam scores, the overall judgments on interview results, health report, Internal School Report, etc. Admission by Recommendation will require, along with the School Recommendation Document, interview, composition, etc. Admission by Recommendation normally makes up 10 - 30 % of total students accepted, but some schools do not offer this system as part of their admission policy.
For the students who need financial aids to continue education, there are a tuition waiver system and scholarship such as Japan Scholarship Foundation, etc. Students' dormitories are available for those who come from the remote area.
Besides the study classes, there are many opportunities for out-of-class activities, cultural and sports, in all schools.
Graduates from schools in this category enjoy high regards in the corporate world and society in general as specialized technical engineer much in the same way as the college graduates do. Job placement rates 100% or close to 100%, placing graduates in such areas as large corporations, financial industry, and commerce distributions, etc.
Graduates also qualify for admission to the classes as junior in Engineering and Science Departments at National University.
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