The grant-type financial aid programs offered by JASSO is part of the new higher education support system the Japanese government has implemented from the 2020 academic year. The new system also includes reduction or exemption of a portion of tuition and admission fees. Ritsumeikan University Tuition Reduction is a tuition reduction and exemption package that includes an original Ritsumeikan University program and a program for tuition reduction and exemption based on the Japanese government’s new higher education support system.
Applications for JASSO’s grant-type financial aid program are automatically handled as applications for Ritsumeikan University Tuition Reduction. The support category and the amount of tuition and admission fees reduced or exempted are decided on the basis of the applications for JASSO’s grant-type financial aid program. Please check the detailed support category information, the flow of processes for deciding the amount of tuition and admission fees reduced or exempted, and frequently asked questions at the following websites.
<Program outline>
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/scholarship/economic05.html/#economic-benefit-exemption-bosyu-tab
<Questions frequently asked about eligibility, etc.>
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/scholarship/news_economic/article.html/?news_id=163