Fees
Application Fee
The Application fee is 10,000 yen. Please submit your payment along with your application. Payment can only be accepted via credit card. The Application fee is non-refundable once payment is made. For details, please refer to the Application Guide*.
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Admission Fee and Tuition/Other fees
The fee schedule below shows the Admission fee, and Tuition and Other fees for each undergraduate degree program under the NEXUS Program. Note that Admission Fee, Tuition and Other fees for the first semester are due as part of the Enrollment Procedures. Tuition and Other fees for the second semester are due after the semester starts.
If you have applied for the Rikkyo Promising Future Scholarship and are then awarded the scholarship, the scholarship amount will automatically be deducted from the required fees as part of the Enrollment Procedures. If you are not awarded the scholarship at the Date of Enrollment because you do not have “Student Visa” status, you will be required to pay the outstanding required fees upon your enrollment. For further details, please refer to the Enrollment Guide*.
* The Enrollment Procedure Guidelines can be downloaded from the WEB system only by successful applicants after the date of their acceptance has been announced.
From the second semester onward, Tuition and Other fees will be charged on a semester basis with each respective due date being after the semester begins. Payment will need to be made in full, and the payment method will be either by direct debit (automatic debit from a Japanese bank account) or bank transfer (including overseas remittance). If you are awarded the Rikkyo Promising Future Scholarship, the scholarship amount will automatically be deducted from the required fees by semester.
Please go here for more details about scholarship information.
Fee Schedule
For the First Semester
| Colleges | Departments | Admission fee | Tuition (first semester) | Other Fees * | Due prior to enrollment 1 (sub-total: first semester) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arts | 200,000 | 589,000 | 1,750 | 790,750 | |
| Economics | 200,000 | 585,500 | 1,750 | 787,250 | |
| Sociology | 200,000 | 585,500 | 1,750 | 787,250 | |
| Law and Politics | 200,000 | 585,500 | 1,750 | 787,250 | |
| Community and Human Services | 200,000 | 589,000 | 1,750 | 790,750 | |
| Business | 200,000 | 585,500 | 1,750 | 787,250 | |
| Contemporary Psychology | Psychology | 200,000 | 607,500 | 1,750 | 809,250 |
| – | Body Expression and Cinematic Arts | 200,000 | 620,000 | 1,750 | 821,750 |
| Sport and Wellness | 200,000 | 620,000 | 1,750 | 821,750 | |
| Intercultural Communication | 200,000 | 589,000 | 6,750 | 795,750 |
For the Second Semester
| Colleges | Departments | Tuition (second semester) | Other Fees * | Due after enrollment 2 (sub-total: second semester) | Annual total for the first year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arts | 589,000 | 1,750 | 590,750 | 1,381,500 | |
| Economics | 585,500 | 1,750 | 587,250 | 1,374,500 | |
| Sociology | 585,500 | 14,250 | 599,750 | 1,387,000 | |
| Law and Politics | 585,500 | 1,750 | 587,250 | 1,374,500 | |
| Community and Human Services | 589,000 | 2,750 | 591,750 | 1,382,500 | |
| Business | 585,500 | 21,750 | 607,250 | 1,394,500 | |
| Contemporary Psychology | Psychology | 607,500 | 9,250 | 616,750 | 1,426,000 |
| – | Body Expression and Cinematic Arts | 620,000 | 9,250 | 629,250 | 1,451,000 |
| Sport and Wellness | 620,000 | 16,750 | 636,750 | 1,458,500 | |
| Intercultural Communication | 589,000 | 6,750 | 595,750 | 1,391,500 |
All amounts are in Japanese yen (JPY); Tuition and Other fees are subject to change annually. The above amounts are estimates based on the fee schedule for the 2025 academic year. For the students who enroll in the NEXUS Program in September 2025, Tuition and Other fees for the first semester are based on the fee schedule for AY2025 and for the second and third semesters are based on the fee schedule for AY2026. The 2026 fee schedule is scheduled to be finalized in October 2025. However, in the case of the College of Intercultural Communication for the NEXUS Program only, Tuition and Other fees for the first and second semesters are based on the fee schedule for AY2025.
The NEXUS program is designed to take 4.5 years (nine semesters) in total to complete. However, the College of Intercultural Communication for the NEXUS Program differs in that it is designed to take four years (eight semesters) to complete. Both cases require Tuition and Other fees for the entire period of enrollment on a semester basis. The amount of Tuition and Other fees for the third and subsequent semesters is almost the same as the amount of Tuition and Other fees for the second semester above.
Note:
1. Admission fee and Tuition/Other fees do not include the administration fee. The administration fee, 4% of the Admission fee and Tuition/Other fees (For scholarship holders, 4% of the remaining amount after subtracting the amount of the scholarship that you are receiving from the Admission fee and Tuition/Other fees) must be paid. The deadline to submit payment of the Admission fee and first-semester Tuition and Other fees depends upon the application period. For details, please refer to the application guideline.
2. Tuition and Other fees for the second semester are due after the semester starts.
3. Other fees include Experiment and Practical Training Fees and Rikkyo Student Mutual-Aid Health Insurance Union Fee. Other fees for the first semester (excluding the College of Intercultural Communication) include only Rikkyo Student Mutual-Aid Health Insurance Union Fee.
4. In the College of Intercultural Communication, all students participate in a long-term study abroad program for half a year or one year in principle. In addition to the Tuition and Other fees above, the required fees for studying abroad must be paid. Please refer here to the details to handle the Tuition and Other fees during the period of study abroad.