Shobi University

Admission requirements and dates

Shobi University admits international students through 2 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

Good to know before applying

1. For applications from within Japan, your attendance rate (calculated by hours) must be 85% or higher for the Department of Information Expression and 80% or higher for other departments, and your monthly attendance rate while enrolled must never have fallen below 80%.
2. Applicants abroad can only use Schedule A or B because of the Certificate of Eligibility application. If you apply in Schedule C, your documents are not accepted and the application fee is not refunded.
3. Applicants who fail document screening cannot take the later exams and cannot request a refund of the application fee because of the rejection. Incomplete documents also lead to rejection at document screening.
4. Mailed documents must arrive by the deadline (not accepted at the counter). Even if the web application and payment of the application fee are done, if your documents do not arrive by the deadline you are rejected at document screening.
5. If application documents are forged, altered or false, admission is canceled even after you pass. Unless specifically instructed, using generative AI for application documents is not allowed.

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Fees

First-year fees

¥1,264,140 ~ ¥1,964,140

Paid at enrollment

from ¥200,000

Application fee

¥35,000

First-year payment (admission fee, tuition, educational enhancement fee, fees collected on behalf of others). The admission fee is ¥250,000 for the Faculty of Art and Informatics and ¥200,000 for Policy Management and Sport Management. For Schedules A and B, you may pay only the admission fee first (Method A). A laptop and teaching materials are separate.

For 2027 entry · from the school's guidelines

Documents to prepare

Application form and face photo (My Page), resume (designated format), original certificate of graduation and transcript from your last school in your home country, official documents showing your relationship with your guardian, transcript, enrollment and attendance certificate from your current school, Japanese ability score report or certificate, copies of passport and residence card, proof of financial support (plus the online exam consent form if abroad)

Graduate outcomes

Graduates (2025 academic year)

672 · The whole university, including graduate school completers. Jobs are regular employee positions and similar.

Full-time employment

469 · 70%

Went on to graduate school etc.

5 · 1%

No employment results for international students alone could be found in official materials.

University Portraits · figures for all students (not international students only)

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Scholarships

• Special Selection [International Student Selection] honor student system — privately funded international students with excellent grades in the Faculty of Art and Informatics get their first-year tuition waived in full or in half.
• Special Selection [International Student Selection] admission fee waiver for top performers — successful applicants with excellent grades in the Faculty of Policy Management and Faculty of Sport Management get half of the admission fee waived.
• Students admitted through a recommendation from a sister or partner school in Japan or abroad get 30% off the admission fee.

Student life support

The school introduces partner student residences and partner student apartments (no university dormitory is listed).

Getting there

Kawagoe Campus

About 10 minutes by free school bus from Kawagoe Station (West Exit) on the Tobu Tojo Line and JR · All faculties
埼玉県川越市豊田町1-1-1