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Study in Japan: student visa, scholarships, universities and post-study work

Updated from official sources and watched nightly. Upload your CV to see which of these routes you are eligible for today.

See my eligibility for Japan (free)

Study routes: Student visa (Certificate of Eligibility)
Work while studying: Part-time work with permission (up to 28 hours a week during term).
After graduation: Designated Activities for job hunting after graduation; Engineer/Specialist in Humanities visa with an employer; Highly Skilled Professional points route.
Official portal: Japan MOFA - Visa

Routes

Student visa (Certificate of Eligibility)

Student visa (Certificate of Eligibility)

Admission to a Japanese school; the school applies for the Certificate of Eligibility (COE); visa at the embassy with the COE.

Source: Japan MOFA - Visa

Working while studying

Part-time work with permission (up to 28 hours a week during term).

After that: staying on

Designated Activities for job hunting after graduation; Engineer/Specialist in Humanities visa with an employer; Highly Skilled Professional points route.

Universities in Japan 138 on record

Every university we hold for Japan, each linked to its own official site. 1,794 programmes are open and verified right now; new intakes are added as universities publish them. Upload your CV to see which are open to you.

Aichi Gakuin UniversityNagoya Aichi Medical UniversityNagakute Akita UniversityAkita Aoyama Gakuin UniversityTokyo Asahikawa Medical UniversityAsahikawa Bunkyo UniversityTokyo Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto UniversityKyoto Chiba UniversityChiba Chubu UniversityKasugai Chuo UniversityHachiōji Dokkyo Medical UniversityMibu Dokkyo UniversitySaitama Doshisha UniversityKyoto Ehime UniversityMatsuyama Fujita Health UniversityToyoake Fukuoka UniversityFukuoka Fukushima Medical UniversityFukushima Gifu Pharmaceutical UniversityGifu City Gifu UniversityGifu Gunma UniversityMaebashi Hamamatsu University School of MedicineHamamatsu Hirosaki UniversityHirosaki Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima Hokkaido UniversitySapporo Hokkaido University of ScienceSapporo Hoshi UniversityTokyo Hyogo Medical UniversityNishinomiya Ibaraki UniversityIbaraki Iwate UniversityMorioka Japan Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyNomi Shi Jichi Medical UniversityShimotsuke Jikei University School of MedicineTokyo Juntendo UniversityTokyo Kagawa UniversityTakamatsu Kagoshima UniversityKagoshima Kanagawa UniversityYokohama Kanazawa Medical UniversityKanazawa Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa Kansai Medical UniversityOsaka Kansai UniversitySuita Keio UniversityTokyo Kindai UniversityOsaka Kitasato UniversityTokyo Kobe Pharmaceutical UniversityKobe Kobe UniversityKobe Kōchi UniversityKochi Korea UniversityTokyo Kumamoto UniversityKumamoto Kurume UniversityKurume Kwansei Gakuin UniversityNishinomiya Kyorin UniversityTokyo Kyoto Institute of TechnologyKyoto Kyoto Pharmaceutical UniversityKyoto Kyoto Prefectural UniversityKyoto Kyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyoto Kyoto Sangyo UniversityKyoto Kyoto UniversityKyoto Kyushu Institute of TechnologyKitakyushu Kyushu UniversityFukuoka Meiji UniversityTokyo Meijo UniversityNagoya Mie UniversityTsu Miyazaki Welfare Medical CollegeNichinan Nagaoka University of TechnologyNagaoka Nagasaki Institute of Applied ScienceNagasaki Nagoya City UniversityNagoya Nagoya Institute of TechnologyNagoya Nagoya UniversityNagoya Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyIkoma Nara Medical UniversityKashihara-shi Nara Women's UniversityNara Nihon UniversityTokyo Niigata UniversityNiigata Nippon Medical SchoolTokyo Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary MedicineObihiro Ochanomizu UniversityTokyo Oita UniversityŌita Okayama UniversityOkayama Okayama University of ScienceOkayama Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate UniversityOnna Osaka Gakuin UniversitySuita Osaka Health Science UniversityOsaka Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversityTakatsuki Osaka University Ōtani UniversityKyoto Rikkyo UniversityTokyo Saga UniversitySaga Saitama Medical UniversityMorohongō Saitama UniversitySaitama Sapporo Medical UniversitySapporo Sapporo UniversitySapporo Shiga University of Medical ScienceŌtsu Shimane UniversityMatsue Shinshu UniversityMatsumoto Shizuoka UniversityShizuoka SHOWA Medical UniversityTokyo Sophia UniversityTokyo Teikyo UniversityTokyo The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAIHayama The University of OsakaOsaka The University of TokyoTokyo Toho UniversityTokyo Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversitySendai Tohoku UniversitySendai Tokai UniversityTokyo Tokushima UniversityTokushima Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityTokyo Tokyo Medical UniversityTokyo Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTokyo Tokyo University of AgricultureTokyo Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyTokyo Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life SciencesHachiōji Tokyo University of ScienceTokyo Tokyo University of the ArtsTokyo Toyo UniversityTokyo Toyota Technological InstituteNagoya Ube Frontier UniversityUbe University of AizuFukushima University of Electro-CommunicationsTokyo University of FukuiFukui-shi University of HyogoKobe University of MiyazakiMiyazaki University of NagasakiSasebo University of Occupational and Environmental Health JapanKitakyushu University of ShizuokaShizuoka University of the RyukyusOkinawa University of the Sacred HeartTokyo University of Tokyo University of ToyamaToyama University of TsukubaTsukuba University of YamanashiKofu Utsunomiya UniversityUtsunomiya Wakayama Medical UniversityWakayama Waseda UniversityTokyo Yamagata UniversityYamagata Yamaguchi UniversityYamaguchi Yokohama National UniversityYokohama

Where the scholarships are listed

Scholarship Portal · Euraxess (research) · Academic Positions · FindAPhD · DAAD scholarship database · Daijob · JASSO

How ForiForeign helps

Upload your CV, see verified matches with a real score, and let the platform prepare the complete application which you send from your own address. Replies are read for you; after an offer, the university fee steps, documents and student visa application are organised in the same place, to the visa decision. Search is free; you pay only when the platform does work for you.

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Questions people ask about Japan

What are the main routes to study in Japan?

Student visa (Certificate of Eligibility). Each is read from the official page and watched nightly.

Can I work while studying in Japan?

Part-time work with permission (up to 28 hours a week during term).

Can I stay in Japan after graduating?

Designated Activities for job hunting after graduation; Engineer/Specialist in Humanities visa with an employer; Highly Skilled Professional points route.

Who is eligible for Student visa (Certificate of Eligibility)?

Admission to a Japanese school; the school applies for the Certificate of Eligibility (COE); visa at the embassy with the COE.

Does ForiForeign apply for the visa?

No. ForiForeign matches your CV to verified programmes and prepares the application; the student visa is filed by you on the official portal (Japan MOFA - Visa), with the documents organised in the same place.

What to study in Japan

Pharmacy Medicine Nursing Public health

Rather work for an employer in Japan without moving? Remote work with Japan.

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