International student numbers
Figures
are accurate as of May 1, 2018
| Region |
Country/region |
Number
of students |
|
India |
37 (22)
|
|
Indonesia |
123 (59)
|
|
Cambodia |
8 (5)
|
|
Singapore |
17 (9)
|
|
Sri Lanka |
13 (10)
|
|
Thailand |
98 (59)
|
|
Nepal |
7 (6)
|
| Pakistan |
7 (5)
|
|
Bangladesh |
19 (13)
|
|
Philippines |
38 (22)
|
|
Vietnam |
87 (40)
|
|
Malaysia |
46 (17)
|
|
Myanmar |
18 (13)
|
|
Mongolia |
20 (10)
|
|
Laos |
1 (0) |
| Timor-Leste |
2 (2) |
| Hong
Kong |
13 (2)
|
|
Taiwan |
118 (0)
|
|
South Korea |
266 (50)
|
|
China |
1071 (41)
|
|
Middle East |
Yemen |
2 (1) |
|
Israel |
3 (2)
|
| Iraq |
3 (3) |
|
Iran |
16 (11)
|
| Oman |
4 (0)
|
|
Saudi Arabia |
1 (0)
|
|
Syria |
6 (5)
|
|
Turkey |
14 (12)
|
|
Jordan |
3 (2)
|
|
Africa |
Algeria |
1 (0)
|
| Angola |
1 (1)
|
| Uganda |
1 (1)
|
|
Egypt |
16 (11)
|
| Ethiopia |
1 (0) |
| Gabon |
1 (1)
|
| Cameroon |
1 (0) |
| Kenya |
7 (4) |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
1 (1) |
| The Congo |
1 (0) |
|
Sudan |
5 (5) |
| Tanzania |
1 (1) |
|
Tunisia |
1 (1) |
| Nigeria |
4 (4) |
Burkina Faso
|
2 (2) |
| Madagascar |
1 (1) |
| Malawi |
1 (1) |
| Mozambique |
4 (3) |
| Mauritania |
1 (1) |
| Morocco |
2 (1) |
| South Africa |
2 (2) |
| South Sudan |
1 (1) |
|
Oceania |
Australia |
12 (4) |
|
New Zealand |
3 (2) |
| Vanuatu |
1 (1) |
|
North America |
USA |
28 (9) |
|
Canada |
14 (3) |
|
Latin America |
Argentina |
1 (0) |
| Uruguay |
1 (1) |
| El Salvador |
1 (1) |
| Guatemala |
2 (2) |
| Costa
Rica |
1 (0) |
|
Columbia |
3 (3) |
Dominican Republic
|
2 (1) |
| Haiti |
1 (1) |
|
Panama |
5 (2) |
| Brazil |
30 (25) |
| Venezuela |
3 (3) |
|
Peru |
7 (4) |
|
Mexico |
11 (6) |
|
Europe |
Iceland |
1 (1) |
| Ireland |
1 (0) |
| Azerbaijan |
4 (4) |
| Armenia |
1 (1) |
|
U.K. |
14 (1) |
|
Italy |
8 (8) |
| Ukraine |
2 (1) |
| Uzbekistan |
6 (4) |
| Estonia |
1 (1) |
|
Austria |
6 (4) |
|
Netherlands |
7 (3) |
|
Kazakhstan |
8 (6) |
| Cyprus |
1 (0) |
| Kirghiz Republic |
1 (1) |
|
Croatia |
2 (2) |
| Georgia |
1 (1) |
|
Switzerland |
8 (2) |
| Sweden |
10 (3) |
|
Spain |
6 (1) |
| Slovakia |
3 (3) |
| Slovenia |
1 (1) |
| Serbia |
1 (0) |
| Tajikistan |
3 (2) |
|
Czech Republic |
1 (0) |
| Denmark |
5 (2) |
|
Germany |
36 (1) |
| Turkmenistan |
1 (1) |
| Norway |
2 (2) |
|
Hungary |
10 (7) |
| Finland |
1 (0) |
|
France |
25 (2) |
|
Bulgaria |
10 (9) |
|
Republic of Belarus |
2 (2) |
| Belgium |
1 (1) |
|
Poland |
6 (6) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1 (1) |
|
Portugal |
3 (1) |
| Lithuania |
4 (2) |
|
Romania |
7 (6) |
|
Russia |
24 (19) |
| Total |
2,480
(644)
|
|
|
(
) indicates
Japanese Government Scholarship Student
|
| School |
Number
of international students |
|
School of Letters/Graduate School of Letters |
161 (32) |
|
School of Human Sciences/ Graduate School of Human Sciences |
178 (35) |
| School of Foreign Studies |
122
(3) |
|
School of Law/Graduate School of Law and Politics |
102 (15) |
|
School of Economics/Graduate School of Economics |
229 (23) |
|
School of Science/Graduate School of Science |
194
(43) |
|
School of Medicine/Graduate School of Medicine |
150 (34) |
|
School of Dentistry/Graduate School of Dentistry |
20 (7) |
|
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences/Graduate School of Pharmaceutical
Sciences |
37 (6) |
|
School of Engineering/Graduate School of Engineering |
553 (157) |
|
School of Engineering Science/Graduate School of Engineering Science |
156 (37) |
|
Graduate School of Language and Culture |
197
(67) |
|
Osaka School of International Public Policy |
81 (21) |
|
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology |
93 (23) |
Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences
|
47 (9) |
|
Joint
Graduate School of Child Development |
9 (1) |
| Research Institute for Microbial Diseases |
1 (0) |
| Institute of Scientific and Industrial
Research |
9 (3) |
Institute for Protein Research
|
2 (2) |
| Institute of Social and Economic Research |
2 (0) |
| Joining and Welding Research Institute |
6 (0) |
| Institute of Laser Engineering |
5 (2) |
| Research Center for Nuclear Physics |
1
(0) |
| Center for International Education and Exchange |
7 (7) |
| Center for Japanese Language and
Culture |
115 (115) |
| Immunology Frontier Research Center |
2 (2) |
| Total |
2,480
(644) |
|
|
(
) Japanese
Government Scholarship Student
|
| Financed
by |
Under-graduate
|
Graduate |
Research
students, etc. |
Total |
| Master’s
course |
Doctor’s
course |
Total |
Male Students
|
Female
Students |
Total |
|
Government |
111
|
133 |
216
|
349 |
184 |
325 |
319 |
644 |
At own expense
|
254 |
638 |
516 |
1,154 |
428 |
938 |
898 |
1,836
|
| Total |
365 |
771 |
732 |
1,503 |
612 |
1,263
|
1,217 |
2,480 |
Note: The term "international student" is used here
for students with the resident status of "exchange
student" stipulated in Exhibit 1 of The Immigration Control
and Refugee Recognition Act.
Prospective students
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