Ehle Gakuen
エール学園
11 days leftApply by 11/15 → exam on 11/28 · General Exam (concurrent applications allowed)
- Exam location
- Campus in Japan · some online ›
- Japanese requirement
- 1 year at a Japanese language school ›
- Fees
- from ¥800,000 ›
Fees and conditions can change over time. Always check the school's guidelines before you apply.
Fees and conditions can change over time.
Homes near campus within 3 km · SALLAE building data
| Campus | Station | Homes | Lowest / month | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Namba Campus (Vocational School Building 5) | Nankai Railway, Namba Station, 10 min walk | 10 | ¥44,000 | ¥59,000 |
About the school
A private vocational school founded in 1967. It has 1,531 students, including 1,528 international students.
History · 5
- 1967
- The educational group was founded in Namba, Naniwa Ward, Osaka (Namba Accounting School and Namba Preparatory School opened)
- 1979
- Three vocational schools were merged and Ehle Recurrent Business College opened
- 1989
- A Japanese language school was started within the Ehle Business College school corporation
- 2006
- Ehle Preparatory School, Ehle Network College, and Tera Foreign Languages College were merged, and the school corporation name was unified as Ehle Gakuen
- 2019
- Building 5 completed
University Portraits · school history · Wikidata
Admission requirements and dates
Ehle Gakuen admits international students through 3 routes.Pick your situation below to see only the routes that fit · Based on the guidelines for April 2027 entry
EJUThe exam Japanese universities use for international student admission · June and November · also held outside Japan = Examination for Japanese University Admission · JLPTJapanese-Language Proficiency Test · N1 is the highest, then N2 = Japanese-Language Proficiency Test
Apply after attending a consultation event (AO)
Official name: AO入試（専願）
Attending an open campus or admission consultation is required. Selection is by documents and an interview, and it is an exclusive application to this school only.
Applications for this year have closed — below are the remaining dates for those who applied
Applications for this year have closed
Apply while studying at a language school
Official name: 一般入試（併願）
You can apply to other schools too. Selection is by documents, an interview, and a Japanese test, and with N2 you are exempt from the Japanese test.
Accepting applications now · until 11/15
More rounds continue until 3/14
Apply online · in Japanese
Official name: 海外在住者の出願
People living outside Japan apply to the school's overseas office or a partner study abroad center and take the exam online.
Accepting applications now · closes when full
- Apply 10/1~closes when full
Good to know before applying
- Application requires an attendance rate at your current school of 95% or more for the AO exam and 85% or more for the general exam. If your attendance rate at the end of February falls below this, or you cannot graduate from your school, your acceptance is cancelled.
- You cannot register for admission or apply with the residence status of Designated Activities, Technical Intern Training, or Specified Skilled Worker. If you have any status other than "Student," ask in advance.
- If permission to engage in activity outside the status of residence is not granted when you renew your visa after applying (for example, because of working too many hours), your acceptance is cancelled.
- The exam fee is not refundable. The admission fee is not refunded (tuition and other fees are refunded only if you withdraw for unavoidable reasons by 4:30 p.m. on March 31).
- People with tattoos are asked to refrain from entering or applying.
エール学園・エール学園ICT校 2027年度4月生 入学募集要項 · 専門学校エール学園 海外在住者の場合 募集要項（2027年4月入学生） · checked 2026-11-02
Fees
- Until graduation
- ¥800,000 ~ ¥1,755,000
- Admission fee
- ¥70,000
- Application fee
- ¥21,000
People living in Japan with "Student" status get ¥85,000 off first-year tuition (the amounts in the table are after the reduction). AO exam passers get another ¥30,000 off. People living abroad get no reduction (first year ¥915,000 to ¥955,000).
Fees by department 8
| Department | Years | Quota | Until graduation (¥) |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, and Osaka University Preparatory Course | 1 year | No capacity stated | 865,000 |
| National and Public University Preparatory Course | 1 year | No capacity stated | 865,000 |
| Well-Known Private University Preparatory Course | 1 year | No capacity stated | 865,000 |
| Graduate School Preparatory Course | 1 year | No capacity stated | 865,000 |
| Preparatory Japanese for Further Study Course (morning/afternoon) | 2 years | No capacity stated | 1,675,000 |
| Dual Business Course (100% job guarantee) | 1 year | No capacity stated | 870,000 |
| Business and Marketing Course | 2 years | No capacity stated | 1,755,000 |
| Service and Interpreting Course | 2 years | No capacity stated | 1,755,000 |
● Course certified by MEXT under the "Career Development Program for International Students" (leads to work in Japan after graduation) · quotas include Japanese students.
For 2027 entry · from the school's guidelines
Documents to prepare
Application form (online), passport, residence card, health insurance eligibility confirmation, Japanese test result taken after arriving in Japan, attendance and academic record from your current school (sealed), certificate of expected graduation (sealed), recommendation letter (school's designated form, sealed), copy of graduation certificate from your home country + Japanese translation, statement on financial support and living expenses, tuition payment certificate, copy of your bank passbook for the last 6 months
Graduate outcomes
- Graduates (2025 academic year)
- 745 · Total for all departments, including the Department of Applied Japanese and the Department of Japanese Language Education
- Full-time employment
- 188 · 25%
- Went on to graduate school etc.
- 451 · 61%
Announced by the school: a list of job offer destinations is published (April 2024 to March 2025). No employment rate figure was found in official materials. Admission results (April 2025 to March 2026) include 30 students to national and public universities and 160 to private universities (figures for the entire educational group).
University Portraits · figures for all students (not international students only)
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Scholarships
- Ehle Scholarship System (attendance rate 95% or more; one award only): from ¥70,000 for EJU 480 or more up to full tuition for 680 or more (Department of Applied Japanese); ¥100,000 for JLPT N1 and ¥50,000 for N2 (all departments); ¥100,000 for TOEIC 700 or more up to ¥200,000 for 900 or more.
- Early application benefit for the general exam: at the Namba Campus, if you take the exam on a selection date up to November 28 (4th round), the ¥21,000 exam fee is waived (can be combined with the scholarship system).
- People living in Japan with "Student" status get ¥85,000 off first-year tuition, and AO exam passers get another ¥30,000 off.
- JASSO Honors Scholarship for Privately Financed International Students (¥48,000 a month, 2026 figure): recruited twice a year after enrollment. In 2026 the Departments of International Business and International Communication were eligible.
Getting there
- Namba Campus (Vocational School Building 5)
- Nankai Railway, Namba Station, 10 min walk
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SALLAE compiled this from the school's admission guidelines and official sources (such as University Portraits). Dates and amounts can change, so always check the school's guidelines before you apply.