We hereby announce that emergency financial assistance (repayment not required) will be made available to privately financed international students whose families experience a sudden and dramatic financial downturn due to the death or loss of work of the family’s primary earner, or other sudden financial distress such as suffering damages from natural disaster, which immediately threaten to impede the student’s ability to continue studying.
As this program is supported by the Parents’ Association of Ritsumeikan University, only undergraduate students who are members of the Association shall be eligible.
1. Application Guidelines (Updated September 8)
"Please use the checklist when submitting the documents.
2.Application Period
-Spring Semester: 13:00 on Friday, May 29, 2026 – 17:00 on Friday, July 10, 2026
-Fall Semester: 13:00 on Thursday, September 30, 2026 – 17:00 on Friday, January 15, 2027
*Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. If you need financial assistance, please apply as early as possible.
*Applications submitted outside the application window will not be accepted under any circumstances. Further,
the university cannot accommodate for any mistakes made by, or oversight of, the applicant.
3.How to Apply
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/RLaurfyiXc
* National Health Insurance Fee Assistance provided by the Ritsumeikan University Parents Association of Student Education Assistance ended in AY2025.
4.Inquiries
https://global.support.ritsumei.ac.jp/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360005720194