Tuition Payment Account Registration System
Before attempting to register,
- You will be required to enter your student ID number, your date of birth, and the PIN for the cash card associated with your account.
- Accounts registered to this system should be either under the student's name or under the name of a parent or guardian.
- Information necessary for registration varies by financial institution.
Note: Your bank will ask you to enter your PIN in order to confirm that you are a real account holder. Osaka University will not be informed of your PIN.
Services via the Tuition Payment Account Registration
- Osaka University outsources the collection of tuition fees to commissioned companies: SMBC Finance Services Co., Ltd. and The Mitsubishi UFJ Factors Ltd.
*From AY 2022, SMBC Finance Services Co., Ltd. alone will serve as the tuition collection agency.
Financial institutions and information necessary for registration
For financial institutions, click here.
After logging in to the Tuition Payment Account Registration, you will get forwarded to the institution’s registration page.
Transaction with the financial institution will be described on your passbook as follows (description varies between banks):
Examples:
SMBC Finance Services Co., Ltd. -- ｵｵｻｶﾀﾞｲｶﾞｸ, SMBCｵｵｻｶﾀﾞｲｶﾞｸ, SMBC
The Mitsubishi UFJ Factors Ltd. -- DF.ｵｵｻｶﾀﾞｲｶﾞ, ﾐﾂﾋﾞｼUFJﾌｧｸﾀ (only for those who registered with The Mitsubushi UFJ Factors Ltd. during AY 2021 or earlier)
Cautions to take when applying for registration
1. The system automatically times out a session after a certain period of time.
2. Don’t use the back/forward/refresh button in your web browser. Make sure to use the buttons on the registration screen.
3. This service is unavailable during the time below due to system maintenance.
2:00~6:00 AM
Service hours vary by bank.
4. Please use a smartphone, tablet, or personal computer when accessing the system.
Note: If you have a credit union (Shinkin Bank) account, you may not be able to access the credit union’s website using an iPad.
Recommended operating environment:
Windows: 10, 11; iOS: 15, 16, 17; Android OS: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Web browser -- Edge, Safari, Chrome
5. Feature phones (earlier-generation phones) cannot be used to access the registration system.
6. Incomplete forms will not be saved. Make sure to complete the procedure.
Service Agreement (bank account transfer terms and conditions) -- applicable to member banks of the Japanese Bankers Association
- You hereby authorize the Bank (=your bank) to initiate automatic withdrawals from your account to pay for your scheduled Osaka University tuition fees on the date the payment and send the payments to the University (=Osaka University) bank account on the designated date.
- The Bank will withdraw the payments from your account without presentation of your passbook and withdrawal request form for payment, notwithstanding the provisions of ordinary deposit terms and conditions, according to the Bank’s designated method.
- The Bank is allowed to send a notification of bank transfer failure due to insufficient funds from your bank account to the University without prior notice to you.
- You agree that the Bank is not liable for any dispute involving your account transfer, except for cases for reasons attributable to the Bank.
- If the University does not request payments for an extended period, unless otherwise requested, this agreement shall be considered as terminated.
Note: If you choose your Japan Post Bank account for bank account transfer, its “Terms and Conditions of Transfer Savings Accounts” will be applied.
Peruse the aforementioned cautions and the User's Guide. If you accept the agreement above, go to the system webpage.
After logging in the Tuition Payment Account Registration, you will get forwarded to the institution’s registration page.
The registration period for the first half of AY2024: Monday, April 1~Friday, April 19
Those who advance from undergraduate to graduate school or from master's to doctoral program from April 2024 and who have already registered to the Tuition Payment Account Registration System do not need to register again.