Pathways Japan and its partner institutions will coordinate with universities and language schools in Japan to admit and support Ukrainian students and their families who have fled their homes as a direct consequence of the Russian invasion.
Please read the description of the programs below and apply.
Application for Spring 2025
Application period: 20th Sep Fri-11th Oct 2024
Recruited on Refugee Education Japan site
Application for Spring 2025
Application period: 2nd Aug Fri-22nd Aug Thu 2024
Partner Institutions
Main Supporting Organizations and Companies
＊This program is implemented based on the donations by a large number of corporate companies including those in our corporate donation site, individuals and donors in our crowd-funding.
＊In the admission to some universities, we received travel expense support from Nippon Foundation and a number of students also receive life-expense support.
Host Institutions (As of April, 2024)
■ Universities (18 universities・alphabetical order)
Bunkyo Gakuin University (Tokyo)
Daito Bunka University (Saitama)
Ferris University (Kanagawa)
International Christian University (Tokyo)
Kansai Gaigo University (Osaka)
Kansai University (Osaka)
Kansai University of International Studies (Hyogo)
Keio University (Tokyo)
Meiji University (Tokyo)
Musashino University (Tokyo)
Rikkyo University (Tokyo)
Ryukoku University (Kyoto)
Soka University (Tokyo)
Sophia University (Tokyo)
Temple University, Japan Campus (Tokyo)
Tokiwa University (Ibaraki)
Tokyo Woman’s Christian University (Tokyo)
Waseda University (Tokyo)
■ Japanese Language Schools（22 schools）
Sendai International School of Japanese(Miyagi)
Japan International Institute of Cybernetics(Chiba)
Funabashi Japanese Language Academy(Chiba)
Tokyo Meisei Japanese Language Academy(Tokyo)
Kyoto Minsai Japanese Language School (Kyoto)
ICLC Okinawa Japanese Language School(Okinawa)
Kurashiki Language Academy(Okayama)
Member schools of
“Japanese Supports for Ukrainian Students (JSUS)” as below
KAI Japanese Language School (Tokyo)
Shinjiku Japanese Language Institute(Tokyo)
Meros Language School (Tokyo)
Nihongo Center Japanese Language School (Kyoto)
Seifu Institute of Information Technology (Osaka)
Communica Institute (Hyogo)
Kobe Sumiyoshi International Japanese Language School (Hyogo)
Coto College (Kumamoto)
ABK College(Tokyo)
Tokyo Kogakuin Japanese Language School(Tokyo)
Tokyo International Language Academy(Tokyo)
Kokusai Kotoba Gakuin Japanese Language Institute(Shizuoka)
Loop International Japanese Language School(Osaka)
AMA Japan College(Hyogo)
Sochi International Academy(Hyogo)