Appropriation of Paid Enrollment Fees
Where an applicant applies to multiple programs and gets accepted to a program after completing paymentof the enrollment fees for another program at Ritsumeikan University, an applicant can change the program
to enroll and appropriate their fees to the desired program.
An applicant who wish to appropriate their fees MUST contact the International Admissions office by email
at ru-iao2@st.ritsumei.ac.jp. Appropriation Form will then be provided. The Form MUST be submitted
before the deadline of Payment 1 for the program you wish to appropriate to.
If the deadline of Payment 2 for Program A(the program you paid enrollment fees) is earlier thanthe deadline of Payment 1 for Program B(the program you wish to appropriate to),please complete ONE of the following:

Payment 1: Payment of Admission Fee
Payment 2: Payment of Tuition Fee(s) andMiscellaneous Membership Fees•

Submit the Form before the deadline of Payment 2 for Program A•

First complete Payment 2 for Program A by the deadline
and submit the Form by the deadline of Payment 1 for Program B.
<Examples>
Period of Payment 2 for Program A: 2023/2/1 – 2023/2/28
Period of Payment 1 for Program B: 2023/4/1 – 2023/4/30
Submit Form by 2023/2/28 orcomplete Payment 2 for Program A by 2023/2/28, and submit the Form by 2023/4/30.

After you submit the Form, no cancellations or changes to the request will be accepted.
- If the amount of fees you have already paid are less than the amount required by the program you wish toappropriate to, you must make an additional payment to makeup for the difference.
- If you do not complete all designated enrollment procedures (payment of fees and submission ofenrollment documents) by the designated deadline, your enrollment will be cancelled.
Take a look at following cases for detail.

Case 1. Enrollment year and semester are the same.
Case 1-1) Appropriating Admission Fee（Applied to Program A in December, then applied to Program B in February.）
You were accepted to Program A in February, and paid Admission Fee in March. However, you were also
accepted to Program B in May. You would like to enroll to Program B. Is it possible to appropriate the paid
fee for Program A to Program B? → YES

Apply for
Program A

Accepted toProgram A

Apply for
Program BPaidAdmission
FeeAppropriate
Admission Fee

Accepted toProgram B

Paid Admission
Fee byAppropriation

Case 1-2) Appropriating Admission Fee, Tuition and Miscellaneous Membership Fees
（Applied to Program A in December, then applied to Program B in February.)
You were accepted to Program A in February, paid Admission Fee in March, and paid Tuition andMiscellaneous Membership Fees in April. However, you were also accepted to Program B in May. You would
like to enroll to Program B. Is it possible to appropriate the paid fees for Program A to Program B? → YES

Apply for
Program AAccepted toProgram A

PaidAdmission
Fee

Appropriate Admission
Fee, Tuition andMiscellaneous
Membership Fees

Paid Tuition andMiscellaneous
Membership Fees

Accepted toProgram B

Apply forProgram B

Paid Admission Fee,Tuition and
Miscellaneous
Membership Feesby Appropriation

Case 2. Enrollment year or semester are different.
＊Appropriation can only be made when the application for the program you wish to appropriate to iscompleted before the deadline of Payment 1 for the program you paid enrollment fees.
＊Appropriation of fees cannot be made if you wish to change enrollment year or semester in the sameprogram.

Case 2-1) Appropriating Admission Fee for April 2023 Enrollment (Program A) to September 2023 Enrollment(Program B)(Applied to Program A in September 2022, then applied for Program B in October 2022)
You were accepted to Program A in December, paid Admission Fee. However, you were also accepted toProgram B in January. You would like to enroll to Program B. Is it possible to appropriate the paid fee for
Program A to Program B? → YES
Admission
Fee Payment
DeadlineApril 2023
Enrollment

September2023
Enrollment

Accepted toProgram A

Apply for
Program A

Apply forProgram B

PaidAdmission
FeeAppropriate
AdmissionFee

Accepted toProgram B
Application for the program youwish to appropriate to iscompleted before the deadline ofPayment 1 for the program youpaid enrollment fees.

PaidAdmission
Fee byAppropriation

Case 2-2) Appropriating Admission Fee for September 2023 Enrollment (Program A) to Enrollment of April
2024 (Program B)(Applied to Program A in January 2023, then applied for Program B in February 2023)
You were accepted to Program A in February, paid Admission Fee in March. However, you were also acceptedto Program B in April. You would like to enroll to Program B. Is it possible to appropriate the paid fee for
Program A to Program B? → YES
Admission Feepayment Deadline
September
2023
Enrollment

Apply for
Program A

Paid
AdmissionFee

Accepted toProgram A

April 2024
Enrollment

Appropriate
Admission
Fee

Apply for
Program B

Paid
Admission
Fee byAppropriation

Accepted toProgram B

Application for the program you wish to
appropriate to is completed before thedeadline of Payment 1 for the program
you paid enrollment fees.

Situation where appropriation is not allowed. If the deadline of Payment 1 for the program you paid
enrollment fees ends, before completing an application for the program you wish to appropriate to,appropriation is not possible.
Case) Appropriating Admission Fee for September 2023 Enrollment (Program A) to April 2024 Enrollment(Program B)(Applied for Program A in January 2023, then applied for Program B in June 2023)
You were accepted to Program A in April, paid Admission Fee, Tuition and Miscellaneous Membership Fees.
However, you were also accepted to Program B in August. You would like to enroll to Program B. Is it possible
to appropriate the paid fees for Program A to Program B? → NO
Admission Fee
payment Deadline
September
2023
Enrollment

April 2024
Enrollment

Apply for
Program A

Accepted toProgram A

PaidAdmission
Fee

Paid Tuition andMiscellaneous
Membership
Fees

Apply forProgram B

Appropriate
Admission Fee,
Tuition andMiscellaneous
Membership Fees

Accepted toProgram B

Paid Admission
Fee, Tuition and
Miscellaneous
Membership
Fees byAppropriation

Application for the program you wish to appropriate tois NOT completed before the deadline of Payment 1
for the program you paid enrollment fees.
→ Appropriation not allowed
International Admissions Office, Ritsumeikan University56-1 Tojiin Kitamachi, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8577, Japan

E-mail: ru-iao2@st.ritsumei.ac.jp

Tel: +81-75-466-3775