About Admission

入学案内書

Courses

Course Course Starting Date Course Length Course Hours
General Japanese course April, October 2 years 1840 hours
1.5 years 1380 hours
1 years 920 hours
  • There are 5 classes a day, 25 classes a week (Monday through Friday). Students will be placed in either morning classes or afternoon classes, according to their Japanese ability.
  • Students are eligible for the College Student Visa.
  • Students with superior academic achievement and attendance are able to transfer their courses from the General Japanese course to the “Daigaku Shingaku course”, which is a preparatory course for national or public university entrance examinations. Subjects such as mathematics and English are offered in its curriculum.

Fixed Number

500 students total

Application Periods

Applicants Application Periods Starting Dates
2012　Spring Semester (April) Applicants applying for College Student Visa Aug.1, 2011 ~ Nov.30, 2011 April, 2012
Applicants not applying for College Student Visa Dec. 19, 2011~ Mar.30, 2012
2012 Fall Semester (October) Applicants applying for College Student Visa Feb.1, 2012 ~ May.31, 2012 October, 2012
Applicants not applying for College Student Visa Jun.18, 2012 ~ Sep.28, 2012

Qualifications for Enrollment

  1. Those who have completed (or will complete) 12 years of education in schools outside Japan.
  2. Those who have completed a secondary education curriculum outside Japan which qualifies them for college entrance.
  3. Those who are acknowledged by this institute as having the equivalent of (1) and (2) above.
  4. Those who are 18 years of age and over.

How to Apply

  1. Applications and documents must be submitted to this office by the applicant or the applicant’s sponsor (guarantor). At the time of application, the guarantor is also requested to have an interview with the staff of the Japanese course.
  2. Applications by mail are accepted only when applicants don’t have a personal guarantor in Japan.
  • Guarantors should be someone who has been residing in or around Osaka, will be able to submit the application form and complete all of enrollment procedures on behalf of the applicant, and be able to take complete responsibility of the well-being of the applicant while in Japan.

Where to Apply

ECC Kokusai College of Foreign Languages Japanese Course

Address
1-5-11 Nakazaki-Nishi, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0015 JAPAN
TEL
06-6372-1444
Application hours
MON thru FRI 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
(Except Japanese national holidays and school holidays.)

Fee Schedule (in Japanese Yen)

  1. Screening Fee \20,000 yen (Students applying for College Student Visa)
  2. Enrollment Fee \50,000 yen
  3. Tuition Fee
    Term Full Payment Installment
    2 years 1,250,000 yen 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
    【1】 650,000 yen 650,000 yen
    【2】 650,000 yen 350,000 yen 350,000 yen
    【3】 350,000 yen 350,000 yen 350,000 yen 350,000 yen
    1.5 years 950,000 yen 【4】 650,000 yen 350,000 yen
    【5】 350,000 yen 350,000 yen 350,000 yen
    1 years 650,000 yen 【6】 350,000 yen 350,000 yen

Special Notes

  1. Payment of tuition by installment (Fees【2】【3】【5】【6】) is possible only for students with a sponsor residing in Japan, or applicants from OECD countries, and NIES countries.
  2. The second installment payment【1】【2】【4】 is due around 10 months after the admission. The second installment payment 【3】【5】【6】 is due around 4 months after the admission. Students who wish to make three or more installments may inquire through the Admission Office.
  3. Screening and Enrollment Fees will not be returned under any circumstance.
  4. If the student enters university or drops out of the school and returns to his/her home country during the course period, the portion of paid tuition starting from the next term will be refunded.
  5. Students have to participate in the national health insurance. The insurance fee is not included in the above stated tuition costs.
  6. The cost of class materials is also not included in the above stated tuition costs.
  7. A health checkup is conducted once a year.

Short-Term Course

This is a course in which the applicant can take the same classes offered to long term students from 3 or 6 months up to one year.

  1. By participating in this system, students are considered “auditing students” and not “regular full-time students”. This means, no official student ID card will be issued. Further more, no student discount will be applied. However, school facilities are available to those auditing students in the same manner as “regular full-time students”.
  2. College Student Visa will not be issued.
  3. Qualifications
    • 【1】Those who meet the conditions listed above. (qualifications for enrollment).
    • 【2】Those who are accepted by the school.
  4. Tuition Fee
    Application Period Registration Fee Tuition Fee
    3 months (46 school days) 25,000 yen 184,000 yen
    6 months (92 school days) 50,000 yen 350,000 yen