Updated as of August 2023

University of Toyama

Q&A

https://www.u-toyama.ac.jp/en/0Table of Contents
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Where is University of Toyama?

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What academic programs does University ・・・of Toyama have?

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How much are the tuition and admission ・・・
fees?

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Is there a tuition exemption system?

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Are
there
anyscholarships
international students?

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Can I have a part-time job?

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How is the housing situation？

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What are the career paths and ・・・ 12
employment places after graduation?

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How many international students are ・・・ 13
enrolled in University of Toyama?

Q10 Do you have any supports for me to start ・・・
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my life in Japan?

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Q１ Where is University of Toyama？
A1 University of Toyama has three campuses located in Toyama City and Takaoka
City of Toyama Prefecture. Toyama Prefecture is located in the west coast of thecentral region of Japan and it has a population of about 1.1 million.
Toyama prefecture is blessed with views of the Toyama Bay in the Sea of Japanand with the wonderful sceneries of the Tateyama Mountains showing the explicit
changes of four seasons. You can enjoy swimming at the beach in summer andskiing in winter, and also high mountain climbing all year round.
You can easily access our campuses by airplane and the high-speed Hokuriku
Shinkansen train from Tokyo. It takes 1 hour by airplane and 2 hours by
Shinkansen from Tokyo.
There are also other routes to reach Toyama using buses or trains from Osakaand Nagoya as well as from Tokyo. It takes 3.5 hours by train from Osaka.

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Q２

What academic programs does University of Toyama have？

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The University of Toyama has 9 undergraduate schools and ９ graduate schools
as listed in the table below. ‘Global Sustainability Science Program at the graduate
school of Sustainability Studies' and ‘Materials Science and Engineering Programat the graduate school of Science and Engineering’ allow students to earn adegree only in English.
For the course’s details or deadlines for applications, please check out theweb site.
http://www.gss.u-toyama.ac.jp/wp/?lang=en
https://www.u-toyama.ac.jp/en/academics/graduate-se/
Unfortunately, we have no undergraduate courses that you can graduate onlyin English.
Some supervisors in other graduate courses may accept students with no or little
Japanese abilities. Please contact us (cier@adm.u-toyama.ac.jp) for further
information.

SchoolCampus

School of Humanities
School of Education
School of Economics
School of Science

Gofuku Campus

School of Engineering
School of Sustainable Design
School of Medicine
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical

Sugitani Campus

Sciences
School of Art and Design

Takaoka Campus

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Academic Field

Humanity

HumanEducation

DevelopmentEonomics

ScienceEngineering

SustainableDesign

Pharmacy andMedicine

Pharmaceutical

Art and Design

Sciences

Litarature

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Psycology

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Humanity

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Language●●●

Foreign Language●●●International Studies

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Education●

Physical Education

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Math●

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Physics

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Chemistry

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Biology

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Engineering●●

Civil Engineering●●

Architecture●●

Information science

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Communication

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Earth●●●

Environment

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Energy●●●Medicine

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Nursing●●Pharmacy●

Art and Expression
General Sciences

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Graduate School

Program

Degree

Major
Psychology

Graduate School of Humanities, Arts, andSocial Sciences

Master of Psychology

Master of Arts
Integrated Arts andHuman Sciences

Master of Art andDesignMajor of Humanities, Arts, and SocialSciences

Master of Economics
Co-creation Economyand Innovation

Graduate School of Medicine andMaster of Business
Administration

Medical Sciences

Master of MedicalSciences

Nursing Sciences

Master of Nursing
Sciences

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Master ofPharmaceuticalSciences

Mathematics andInformatics

Master of Mathematics
and Informatics

Physics and Applied
Physics

Master of Science andEngineering

Life Science and Material
Chemistry

Master of Science andEngineering

Earth, Life, Environmental
Science

Master of Science

Mechatronics

Master of Engineering

Materials Science andEngineering

Master of Engineering

Civil Design andEngineering

Master of Engineering

Advance Clean Energy

Master of Science andEngineeringSocial Data Science

Master of Social DataScience

Pharmaceutical Sciences
Major of Medicine and Pharmaceutical
Sciences

Graduate School of Science andEngineering
Major of Science and Engineering

Graduate School of Sustainability Studies

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Science
Pharmaceutical Scienceand Technology
Applied Natural Medicine
Graduate School of Pharma-MedicalSciences

Master of Sustainability
Science
Master ofPharmaceutical
Sciences
Master ofPharmaceuticalSciences

Cognitive and Emotional
Neuroscience

Master of Neuroscience

Medical Design

Master of BiomedicalEngineering

Professional Degree
Program

Master of Teaching(Professional)

Graduate School of Teacher TrainingDevelopment
Major of Teacher Training Development
Graduate SchoolProgram

Degree

Major
Nursing Sciences

Ph. D Program(3-year course)

Ph. D in Nursing
Sciences

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Ph. D Program(3-year course)

Ph. D in Pharmaceutical

Medical Life Science

Ph. D Program(4-year course)

Ph. D in Medical Sciences

Pharmacy

Ph. D Program(4-year course)

Ph. D in Pharmacy

Mathematics, Informatics andData science

Ph. D Program(3-year course)Life Science, Material
Chemistry and Energy
Science

Ph. D Program(3-year course)

Sustainable Earth andEnvironmental Science

Ph. D Program(3-year course)

Ph. D in Science

Earth, Life andEnvironmental Sciences

Ph. D Program(3-year course)

Ph. D in Engineering

Pharmaceutical Scienceand Technology

Ph. D Program(3-year course)

Ph. D in Pharmaceutical

Sciences

Applied Natural Medicine

Ph. D Program(3-year course)

Ph. D in Pharmaceutical* The programs are underCognitive and Emotional
Neuroscience

Ph. D Program(3-year course)

Medical Design

Ph. D Program(3-year course)

Graduate School ofMedicine andPharmaceuticalSciences* The programs are underdevelopment and maychange in the future.

Graduate School ofScience andEngineering* The programs are underdevelopment and maychange in the future.

Graduate School ofPharma-Medical

Sciences

Ph. D in Mathematics
and Informatics
Ph. D in Science andEngineering

Sciences
Sciences
Ph. D in Neurosciencedevelopment and maychange in the future.

Ph. D in Biomedical
Engineering
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Q３

How much are the tuition and admission fees？

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The following table lists the Tuition, Admission and Examination fees.
*The amount is subject to change in the future.
Tuition Fees
(Annual, yen)

Category

Admission
fees (yen)Examination
fees (yen)Undergraduate schools

535,800

282,000

17,000Graduate schools

535,800

282,000

30,000Q４

Is there a tuition exemption system？

A４The exemption process starts when there is an application by any eligible student
who has excellent academic records but has financial difficulty. Students withpoor academic records or high income may not be applicable, but the most of theapplicants so far are fully or half exempted.

Category

ApplicantFull-exemption

Half-exemption

DisallowedMaster

56

53

2

1Ph.D

56

42

122

Total

112

95

143

2023Spring-Summer semester data（Only International students）

Q５

Are there any scholarships available for International Students？

A５

There are several scholarships for privately funded international students aslisted below. Selection is conducted based on academic performance and byconsidering other conditions.

＜On-Campus Scholarship＞
Name of the scholarship
University of Toyama, Gofuku
campus International Exchange
Program Fund (for 1st year
graduate students only)（※2022 Scholarship data）
No. ofMonthly allowance (Yen)recipients（Ph. D）３０，０００（Master）２０，０００１27

University of Toyama, Sugitani
campus International Exchange
Fund, International Students
Scholarship Program（Ph. D） ３０，０００（Master）２１，０００64＜Toyama Pref. Scholarship and Grant＞Name of the scholarship

Toyama Pref. International
Exchange Program scholarship
Toyama Pref. National Health
Insurance Grant

No. ofrecipients(Monthly）１０，０００1(Monthly）５０，０００19Monthly allowance (Yen)（Yearly）１２，０００72＜JASSO Scholarship＞
Name of the scholarship

Gakushu-shoreihi

Monthly allowance (Yen)
４８，０００No. ofrecipients
8＜Other Scholarship＞(Grad.）１４０，０００（Undergrad.）１００，０００（Annual）２，０００，００0（Annual）１，５００，００0

No. ofrecipients
４42
3（General）１５０，０００（General）１８０，０００

1１５３，０００

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１５０，０００１（Special）１００，０００（General）３５，０００312

Nakamura Sekizen Scholarship

４０，０００1

JGC-S Scholarship Foundation（Yearly）3００，０００

1

４０，０００1

Name of the scholarship

Rotary Yoneyama Memorial
Memorial Foundation Scholarship
Otsuka Toshimi Scholarship

Kobayashi International Scholarship

Mitani Scholarship Foundation
The Uehara Memorial Foundationscholarship
Asahi International Education
Foundation

JEES

Monthly allowance (Yen)8

Q６

Can I have a part-time job？

A６

As the status of your residence is 'Student' whose priority is 'study and research',

international students are generally not allowed to work part-time.

However, it ispossible for you to work part-time with permission in advance when you are inunavoidable difficult situation.

Q７ How is the housing situation？
A７ University of Toyama has Gofuku International House and Sugitani International
House for international students and researchers. You can see the number of rooms
and monthly rents in the tables below. Due to the limited number of rooms, not all
applicants can be placed in.
There are many apartments for students near the university and the rents in Toyama
city are much cheaper than those in Tokyo or other big cities. Most monthly rents ofinternational students living in apartment range between about 20,000 yen and30,000 yen.
Gofuku International House

Sugitani International House(Maximum stay, 1year)
RoomTypeMonthly Rent
(Yen)

(Maximum stay, 1year)

rooms

RoomType

Number ofMonthly Rent
(Yen)

Number ofrooms

Single５，９００３４Single

５，９００

18

Couple９，５００５

Couple

１１，９００3

Family１４，２００１

Family１４，２００49Gofuku International House

Sugitani International House

10※As of May, 2021
※Utility costs not included

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Q８

What are the career paths and employment places after graduation？

A８The career paths of our regular international students after graduation 2023
are listed in the table below.
（As of May 1st, 2023）

Go on to highereducation(Univ of Toyama)
Go on to highereducation(outside Univ of Toyama)
Employment(in Japan)
Employment(outside Japan)
Others
Total

Undergraduate
schoolGraduateschoolTotal

214162810320

2301010030

30

782

89
(Unit：Persons）

The places of employment are as follows:
NIDEC SANKYO SERVICE ENGINEERING CORPORATION, RAIZNEXT Corporation,
E-Housing K.K., Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings, Inc., ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.,Renesas Electronics Corporation, Alibaba Cloud, REI co.,LTD., Hitachi Industry &Control Solutions, Ltd., NIDEC POWERTRAIN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, TopyIndustries, Ltd., Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd., Researcher of University of Toyama,
Assistant Professor of University of Toyama

12Q９ How many International Students are enrolled in University of Toyama？
A9The Number of International Students in University of Toyama（As of May 1st, 2023）
Category
Country

Privately
Fund

Total

168

168

2026

720

11129927Korea

77Taiwan

5535Japanese
Government
SponsoredToyama
Prefecture
Sponsored

Foreign
GovernmentSponsoredChina
Vietnam6

Malaysia

1

Pakistan

1

12Netherlands
Indonesia

5Bangladesh

2

Brazil４

１5India４４

Egypt

3323Iran

22Mongolia

2212

11

MyanmarRussia11USAUnited Kingdam

1

1

Cameroon

1

1

Kyrgyz

11

Kenya

1

1

Singapore

1

1

Thailand11

Nigeria

11

Papua New Guinea

1

1The Philippines

11Finland11Belgium

1

1

Mexico

1

1

Lao

1

1

Total

30

1

12251

294

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Q10 Do you have any supports for me to start my life in Japan?
A10Yes! ‘International supporters’ are willing to support you.
International Supporter Team at University of Toyama is ready to support you for yoursmooth start of life in Toyama. You can receive the complex support, such as
resident registration at City Hall and connecting mobile phone. The international
students who are worried about their first life in Japan can start smoothly theirstudent’s life.
Please check about the international supporters on the website as follows…

http://www.ier.u-toyama.ac.jp/english/supporter/about.html

14Inquiry about Admissions【undergraduate entrance exam】Application will be accepted only by online. Pleasefind information in the following website. No printed form will be distributed.
● University of Toyama Admission:
https://www.u-toyama.ac.jp/en/admission/procedure/●Internet Application: https://e-apply.jp/e/toyama-u/【undergraduate transfer exam】【graduate entrance exam】You have to obtain
application form of a printed booklet.
Grad Sch Exam https://www.u-toyama.ac.jp/en/admission/graduate/（English）
Transfer Examhttps://www.u-toyama.ac.jp/admission/graduate-exam/transfer/
Admissions Division, Student and Academic Affairs Department, University of Toyama
3190 Gofuku, Toyama City, 930-8555 Toyama
TEL：＋８１-76-445-6100
E-mail：nyusi-2t@adm.u-toyama.ac.jp
Graduate Courses
Graduate School of Humanities,
Arts and Social Sciences
Psycology
Graduate School of Humanities,
Arts and Social Sciences(Humanities and Sciences)
Graduate School of Humanities,
Arts and Social Sciences(Arts and Culture)

Mster’s
DegreeProgramPh.D.
program

Graduate School of Humanities,
Arts and Social Sciences
Co-Creation Economy andInnovation
Graduate School of Medicine
and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Graduate School of
Science and Engineering

Graduate School of
Sustainability Studies

Graduate Shool of
Pharma-Medical Sciences

Professional
GraduateSchools

Graduate School of Teacher
Training Development

Divisions

Address

Educational Affairs Division, Humanity
and Social Sciences(AdministrationDepartment of Humanities)
TEL：076-445-6138
jinbunk@adm.u-toyama.ac.jp3190 Gofuku,
Toyama City,Toyama
930-8555

Art and Design General Affairs andEducational Affairs Division,( Administration Department)
TEL：0766-25-9133
tkyomu1@adm.u-toyama.ac.jp
Educational Affairs Division, Humanity
and Social Sciences(AdministrationDepartment of Economics)
TEL：076-445-6410
keikyomu@adm.u-toyama.ac.jp
Educational Affairs Division, Medicine
and Pharmaceutical Sciences(Administration Department)
TEL：076-434-7658
nyuushi@adm.u-toyama.ac.jp
Educational Affairs Division, Scienceand Engineering(AdministrationDepartment of Graduate School)
TEL：076-445-6399
kyomeng@adm.u-toyama.ac.jp
Educational Affairs Division, Scienceand Engineering(AdministrationDepartment)
TEL：076-445-6546
rikyoumu@adm.u-toyama.ac.jp
Educational Affairs Division, Medicine
and Pharmaceutical Sciences(Administration Department)
TEL：076-434-7658
nyuushi@adm.u-toyama.ac.jp
Faculty of Human Development
TEL：076-445-6259
kyominfo@adm.u-toyama.ac.jp

180 Futagami-machi,
Takaoka City,
Toyama933-8588
3190 Gofuku,
Toyama City,
Toyama930-8555
2630 Sugitani,
Toyama City,
Toyama930-01943190 Gofuku,
Toyama City,
Toyama930-8555
3190 Gofuku,
Toyama City,
Toyama930-8555
2630 Sugitani,
Toyama City,
Toyama930-01943190 Gofuku,
Toyama City,
Toyama 930-8555

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