KUMAMOTOTECHICAL COLLEGEAPPLICATION GUIDELINES
Japanese Course

Training 「Engineers who can speak Japanese」※Obtaining the title of «Professional Engineer» by the notification ofthe Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology※Accepting university transfer

SchoolOutline
School outline

School introduction

Location

Our school is a technical college, which was founded in
1983. As one of the largest vocational schools inKumamoto, we belong to the incorporated schools ofKaishin Gakuen, which includes Kaishin High School. The
high school has more than 100 years of history. OurInternational Accomodation was built in 1991, and theJapanese Language Course was established in 2000 inorder to train "students to advance to Japanese
universities" and "engineers who can speak Japanese". Inaddition to the Japanese Language Course, we also havean Automobile Maintenance Course, Mechatronics
System Course and Electrical System Course.

Located in Kumamoto City
◆The third-largest city in Kyushu
Kumamoto City - an independent ordinance-designatedcity, has both convenience and beautiful nature.

◆Low prices for easy living
Cost of living
In Tokyo: about 100,000∼120,000JPY/month
In Kumamoto: about 50,000JPY/month◆Good security
Japan is well-known as a safe country, and Kumamoto is
one of the safest cities in Japan.

After studying Japanese for two years, most students
advance to specialized courses for another two years.
Once they have acquired specialized skills and a job offerfrom a Japanese company, they can get a "working visa"
and start working in Japan.
01◆Convenient life
Many supermarkets and hospitals are located near theschool so it is convenient for day to day life.

Japanese
Course Outline
School outline
Course Introduction

Cultural Experiences Activities◆Course2 years course: Enrollment in April
1 year 6 months: Enrollment in October◆School time
5 days a week: AM - First class: 9:00 ～10:30
Second class: 10:40 ～12:10
PM – Third class: 12:50 ～14:20

Kimono Experience

Speech Contest◆Textbook
Basic 『Minna no Nihongo I&II』, basic level textbook
Intermediate Grammar, Reading, Vocabulary, Kanji, …
Advanced Long documents reading comprehension,…
There are also many other teaching materials.
Cultural experience (Judo)

Cultural experience (Kendo)◆Contents of classes
Subjects: Japanese language, Reading, Listening, Kanji,
Vocabulary, Communication, Writing,…
Practical lessons: Lectures (Daily life guidance, Trafficrules, Living guidance), Experience lessons (Japaneseaffairs, Japanese culture, Japanese’s way of thinking,Customs)
Others: General subjects, Science, Computers,…etc

Flowers arrangements

Suntory factory tour

Graduation ceremony

GreenLand amusement park

Strawberry picking

School Features
Specialized Courses

More than 95% of foreign students havesuccessfully obtained working visas

We also have another three specialized engineering
faculties: ①Automobile Maintenance Course – The goal is
to obtain a second-level Engineering degree; ②Electrical
System Course – Learning basic knowledge and techniques ofelectrical engineering; ③Mechatronics System Course –Learning advance materials and techniques. Students fromthe Japanese Language Course are exempted from theadmission fee to advance to specialized engineering coursesof 100,000JPY. Granting the title of “Professional engineer”
upon graduation leads to finding employment and obtaining
a working visa.

Many of the students who graduated from specialized courses
are working in Kumamoto Prefecture as of March 2020.

Mechatronics SystemCourse

Automobile
Maintenance Course

Electrical SystemCourse

Certified by the Ministerof Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism as
having qualified facilities
to train First Class Car
mechanic

Certified by the Minister Certified by the Japanof Economy, Trade and C o m p u t e r S o f t w a r e
I n d u s t r y a s b e i n g A ss o c ia tio n a s be ing
qualified enough to train q u a l i f i e d e n o u g h t oSecond and Third Class organize an engineering
Electric Chief Engineer. exam of using CAD.

■ Environment where foreign students can interact withJapanese students.
Studying in the same campus as Japanese students will
provide foreign students with more opportunities tointeract with native speakers.
■ Japanese cultural experiences
There are many Japanese cultural activities so students
can learn Japanese not only in formal lectures but also
through practical experiences.
■ 100% chance of advancing to higher education
All students who want to go to universities, colleges orvocational schools throughout Japan have 100% of going.
An admission fee of 100,000JPY will be exempted forforeign students in the Japanese Course to enter to ourspecialized courses.
■ Support for foreign students
Privately funded foreign students who are certified by theJapan Student Support Organization may be able toget a scholarship.
48,000 JPY x 12 months = 576,000 JPY02

Messages
fromAlumni
Alumni
Messages
Schooloutline
fromNguyen Thi Hang Na (VietNam)
Graduated from Electrical System Course
Working at Kyushu Electronics Construction Joint Stock Company
My name is Hang Na. I have studied for 2 years in Electrical System Course at Kumamoto
Technical College. The teachers were so kind and patiently taught us little by little. Thanks
to that, I got a job in a Japanese company after graduating. Currently I am trying to get acertificate of construction engineer. I always tell myself that I have to keep movingforward.

Nguyen Phu Tu (VietNam)
Graduated from Automobile Maintenance Course
Certificate of Automobile Maintenance Engineer at level 2
Working at Volkswagen Kumamoto, Fahren Kumamoto KK
My name is Phu Tu, and I’m from Viet Tri, VietNam. In 2015, I passed the entrance
examination of Automobile Maintenance Course – Kumamoto Technical College. Thanks
to the dedicated teaching of the teachers in the department, after 2 years of study, I wasable to obtain the certificate of Automobile Maintenance Engineer at level 2. After
graduating, the teachers introduced me to a Kumamoto branch of the German automaker
Volkswagen. Achieving my dream of working in Japan, from the bottom of my heart, I am
so thankful to have been a student of Kumamoto Technical College and I will try harder tomeet all of my teacher’s expectations.

Badri Sapkota (Nepal)
Graduated from Automobile Maintenance Course
Certificate of Automobile Maintenance Engineer at level 2
Working at Ishida Auto Service Limited CompanyI came to Japan in 2013. I had studied Japanese for 2 years and then studied car
maintenance at Kumamoto Technical College. Thanks to my teachers, I passed the National
Car Maintenance Examination Level 2 and JLPT N2. After graduating, I was able toget a job at Ishida Auto Service thanks to the school’s introduction.
Kumamoto Technical College was kind enough to teach foreign students Japanese rules
and manners. Also, since international students must study while working part-time, theteachers also understood our feelings and introduced us to part-time jobs. The school also
provides apartments for international students. I am grateful to Kumamoto TechnicalCollege for taking care of me.

Ghimire Dipak (Nepal)
Automobile Maintenance Course – First year student
Certificate of Japanese language proficiency test N3
I came to Japan in May 2019. I had studied at Japanese Language Course of Kumaoto
Technical College for 2 years and obtained the certificate pf JLPT N3. Then I passed theentrance examination of Automobile Maintenance Course – which I’ve been dreaming of
all the time since I enrolled in the school. As a Japanese Language Course’s graduatedstudent, I received preferential treatment on the entrance fee. Moreover, after graduating,
I can change to an engineer visa in my major and start working in a Japanese company. Iwill try harder to become a good Automobile Maintenance Engineer in the future.

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StudentSupport
School outline
Part-time Jobs
■ We provide information on part-time employment to students.
■ We also support the practice of writing Curriculum Vitae, phone manner and interview test.

Job examples:
Making box meals
Food packaging
Courier delivery
Medical device manufacturing factory
Cooking assistantConvenience stores
Food processing
Semiconductor factory

Hourly wage:：：：：：：：：

packing food into boxes
processing and packaging meat, fish, vegetables,...
postal parcels sorting
medical device parts manufacturing
at restaurant or hotel’s kitchen
cashier, product sorting
processing frozen foodsemiconductor parts manufacturing
There are also many other jobs

900～1000JPY(Some companies have transportation services)

Housing Assistance■ There are dormitories on campus.
A room for 1 person, 18,000JPY per month.
A room for 2 people, monthly 13,000JPY per student.
A room for 4 people, monthly 10,000JPY per student.
■ Private apartments designated by the school at a cheaper cost with a room for 1 or 2 people, monthly 12,000～15,000JPY
per student (as of July 2021)

Pictures of Apartments

No.2 Dormitory

No.1 Dormitory

Private apartment

Apartment’s room04

Recruitment/ Application
Procedure
Recruitment/ Application
Procedure
Schooloutline
Recruitment of International Students

Application Procedure①Number of Applicants①Entrance Examination Fee

2 years course: 60 students
1 year 6 months: 20 students

20,000JPY（This fee is not returnable）②Application Method②Application Qualification
Students with the following conditions:
Age
Age 18 or over.

Send all necessary documents via post. In case ofsending from abroad, send by EMS. Before sending
documents, contact us to confirm by mail.
※Hand-in submission is also accepted.

Educational background
Meet one of the following conditions:
1. Having at least 12 years of school education in
his/her native country (graduated from a regular highschool, a vocational high school, or higher education).
2. Having received enough school education to take theentrance exam of a college or university in his/herhome country.
3. Equivalent to any of the conditions listed above.

Destination of Submission

Japanese language proficiency
Learning Japanese for more than 150 hours at a school
designated by the government or a private Japanese
language school.
*Japanese proficiency of JLPT N5 ot J-Test F or higher.

Note: Application period does not include the period ofpreparation. Please check carefully all application
documents before they are dispatched.

Economic capacity
Ability to pay for all of school expenses, living expenses,
etc. Financial guarantor who owns capital equivalent ofmore than 2 million JPY.

Kumamoto Technical College Japanese CoursePost code: 861-8038
Address: 5-1-1 Nagaminehigashi, Higashi Ward,
Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Pref, Japan

TEL：FAX:
Email:+81 96380 8645
+81 96380 8646
info@kumakosen.jp
nt-hien@kumakosen.jp③Documents Evaluation and Examination
We will conduct the documents evaluation and notify
you of your eligibility to take the Japanese test byemail. Please write your email address on theapplication form.

④Result Announcement③Application Time
2 years course (Enroll in April): finish applying before
beginning-November of the previous year.
1 year 6 months course (Enroll in October): finish
applying before beginning-May of that year.

④Application Procedure
The applicant must first request an Application form
(the form of our school’s Japanese Language Course)
directly or through an acquaintance or a friend inJapan and fill out the form correctly in Japanese.

1) As soon as the Certificate of Eligibility from theImmigration Bureau of Japan is issued, the necessary
documents such as Certificate of Eligibility andAdmission Certification will be sent to applicants byEMS.
2) Applicants should apply for a passport and a visa intheir home country, and contact us immediately after
obtaining permission from the Embassy of Japan,
please inform us of the flight time and flight number.
We will pick up new students at the airport.

⑤Selection Method①Document evaluation ②Japanese test ③Interview※Notice about Application Documents① Be sure to fill in the form without abbreviation, adding (if necessary) an explanation of your special instruction and never fail to add thedate of creation in Western calendar.
② Method of correcting mistakes: Draw a double line on the part you want to rewrite without using a correction pen, put correct
information in the blank space and stamp your seal on the double line.
③ Translation: Attach Japanese translations with documents.
④ Submit certificate documents within the last 3 months.
⑤ We may cancel the admission even after enrollment, in case of false information.
⑥ Only application documents such as diplomas that cannot be reissued will be returned.
⑦ The required documents depend on your nationality. Contact us for more information.
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Application
Documents/ Admission
Fee and Tuition / Payment
Recruitment/ Application
ProcedureSchooloutline① Application
documents
NoRequired documents

Notes

1Documents certifying the applicant'sidentification

・Copy of ID or passport

2

4 photos (3cmx4cm)

・Taken within the last 3 months, white background, shirt with collar, no hat.

3Application form with CV and theform of Study purpose

・The form designated by our college. To be signed by the applicant.

4

Graduation Certificate of last school

・In case of not having received a diploma at the time of application, submit atemporary graduation certificate, the official diploma can be added later.

5Academic transcript of last school・If your final education is high school, submit the academic transcript of high school.

6Certificate of Japanese Language
Test (JLPT N5 level above)・If you do not have a Japanese language qualification (JLPT N5 level above), submit amore than 150 hours of learning history certificate which is issued by your Japanese
school in your country.

7

Statement of financial guarantor

・The form designated by our college. To be signed by the guarantor.

8

Relationship between the applicant
and the financial guarantor

・Copy of Birth registration of the applicant and copy of family registration book.

9

Certificate of financial guarantor’sdeposit balance

・To be issued within the last 3 months, with a balance of 2 million yen or more.
・Please also submit a document of the financial institution’s deposit agreement(describe details such as the type of deposit, period, and conditions for premature
cancellation.)

10

Certificate of financial guarantor’s
employment

・In case of a certificate of employment, please submit the one that clearly shows thetax registration number of the company.
・For private management, please submit a copy of the business permit, and forcorporate officers, please submit a copy of the corporate register.

11Instructions and materials thatclarify the process that led to theformation of 9・Please submit a copy of your passbook or a copy of your deposit certificate.
・If you cannot objectively prove the deposit formation process with only thesubmitted documents, such as when you submit only a copy of the deposit certificate,please add a separate supplementary explanation.

12Documents proving the family
structure of the guarantor

・Copy of family registration book with all members. May coincide with document
number 8.

13

Original proof of income, proof oftax payment or tax exemption

・Specify the date of issue, place of issue and contact information of the issuingauthority.

※ Please contact us for more information about Application documents before submission.

② Admission Fee and Tuition
The list of school expenses
Enrollment
April Intake
October Intake(Currency unit: JPY)Year

Examination fee

Entrance fee

TuitionMiscellaneous fee

TotalFirst

20,000100,000

580,000

120,000

820,000

Second00580,000

0580,000First20,000100,000

580,000

100,000

800,000

Second00290,000

0290,000

Note: Regardless of whether passing the test and being issued with a Certificate of Eligibility or not, the examination fee will not be refunded. If a student cannot get aVisa for some reason, the school will refund the admission fee, tuition and other related expenses with international transfer fees paid by the applicant.

③ Payment
For remittances from abroad, please remit to the following bank account with the name of the applicant.
Address ofpayment

BANK／ THE HIGO BANK, LTD. MISOTENJIN BRANCHSWIFT CODE／ HIGOJPJTACCOUNT NO／ 1432455
BENEFICIARY／ KUMAMOTO TECHNICAL COLLEGE JAPANESE COURSE ETOU MASAYUKI PRESIDENT
Post code: 8618038
BENEFICIARY‘S ADDRESS／ 5-1-1 NAGAMINEHIGASHI, HIGASHI WARD, KUMAMOTO CITY, KUMAMOTO PREF, JAPAN06

Q&A
Q1 What are the special features of KTC?
A) In addition to Japanese language course,
we also have another three specialized
e n g i n e e r in g fa c u lt ie s : A u t o m o b i l e
Maintenance Course, Electrical SystemCourse and Mechatronics System Course.
After graduating from Japanese language
course, students can enter to specialized
course. After finishing 2 years-course,
students can look for employment andobtaining a working visa.
Q2 When can I enroll?
A) In April and October.
Q3 When and how to apply?
A) For April intake, you need to finish
applying before the beginning of Novemberof the previous year. For October intake, itwill be before the beginning of May of thatyear. There is also an interview in Japanese
so please contact us for the application assoon as possible.
Q4 What are my career paths after
graduating from the Japanese language
course?
A) Since the main purpose of the Japanese
language course is to go on to higher
education almost all students enter
un ive rsit ie s o r vo cat ion al sch o o ls .
Q5 How much is the monthly living cost?
A) Compared with major cities, living

expenses in Kumamoto are quite reasonable.
Ther average cost for students is around50,000JPY/month.
Q6 Can I work part-time?
A) If you get permission to engage in activities
other than studying from the Immigration
Bureau, you can work part-time within 28
hours a week (but up to 8 hours a day during
long vacation time).
Q7 Does the school introduce part-time job
openings to students?
A) Yes. In fact, most students are doing parttime jobs that were introduced by the school.
However, there are some jobs that requirebasic Japanese speaking skills.
Q8 If I get sick or injured in Japan, howdoes the school help or how does theinsurance work?
A) We introduce hospitals to students. Our
staff will support you with Japanesecommunication. All students have to join theNational health insurance system. Thanks tothat, students only have to pay 30% of cost oftreatment. Moreover, that 30% will also be
paid for from another insurance from ourschool. Therefore, it costs students 0 yen to
receive medical treatment in Japan. (However,there'll be exceptions depending on what kindof treatment and how long you receive it.)

〒 861-8038 熊本県熊本市東区長嶺東5-1-1☎ 096-380-8645
 096-380-8646
📧 info@kumakosen.jp
URL: http://www.kumakosen.jp