Figures
are accurate as of May 1, 2021
Region
|
Country/region
|
Number
of students
|
|
India
|
48 (31)
|
Indonesia
|
132 (61)
|
Cambodia
|
6 (4)
|
Singapore
|
10 (7)
|
Sri Lanka
|
14 (7)
|
Thailand
|
105 (43)
|
Nepal
|
4 (2)
|
Pakistan
|
8 (6)
|
Bangladesh
|
18 (11)
|
Philippines
|
33 (24)
|
Brunei Darussalam
|
35 (0)
|
Vietnam
|
90 (37)
|
Malaysia
|
33 (19)
|
Myanmar
|
16 (11)
|
Mongolia
|
15 (14)
|
Laos
|
1 (0)
|
Taiwan
|
68 (0)
|
South Korea
|
201 (52)
|
China
|
1,417 (44)
|
Hong Kong
|
9 (2)
|
Middle East
|
Afghanistan
|
1 (1)
|
Yemen
|
1 (0)
|
Israel
|
1 (1)
|
Iran
|
12 (6)
|
Oman
|
3 (0)
|
Saudi Arabia
|
3 (1)
|
Syria
|
7 (7)
|
Turkey
|
9 (7)
|
Jordan
|
3 (3)
|
Lebanon
|
2 (2)
|
Africa
|
Algeria
|
1 (1)
|
Angola
|
1 (1)
|
Uganda
|
1 (1)
|
Egypt
|
17 (11)
|
Ethiopia
|
3 (2)
|
Cameroon
|
1 (1)
|
Gambia
|
1 (1)
|
Guinea
|
2 (2)
|
Kenya
|
3 (1)
|
Sudan
|
7 (4)
|
Tunisia
|
3 (2)
|
Nigeria
|
7 (6)
|
Burkina Faso
|
2 (2)
|
Benin
|
1 (0)
|
Madagascar
|
2 (1)
|
Malawi
|
2 (2)
|
Mozambique
|
2 (2)
|
Liberia
|
1 (1)
|
South Africa
|
1 (1)
|
Oceania
|
Australia
|
3 (2)
|
New Zealand
|
1 (1)
|
Independent State of Samoa
|
1 (1)
|
Tonga
|
1 (1)
|
Fiji
|
1 (1)
|
North America
|
USA
|
14 (6)
|
Canada
|
3 (2)
|
Latin America
|
Argentina
|
3 (2)
|
Uruguay
|
1 (1)
|
Ecuador
|
1 (1)
|
El Salvador
|
4 (3)
|
Cuba
|
3 (3)
|
Guatemala
|
1 (1)
|
Columbia
|
2 (2)
|
Dominican Republic
|
1 (1)
|
Haiti
|
1 (1)
|
Paraguay
|
1 (1)
|
Brazil
|
24 (20)
|
Venezuela
|
1 (1)
|
Peru
|
7 (5)
|
Bolivia
|
1 (1)
|
Honduras
|
2 (1)
|
Mexico
|
3 (1)
|
Europe
|
Ireland
|
2 (0)
|
Azerbaijan
|
3 (1)
|
Albania
|
1 (0)
|
U.K.
|
12 (3)
|
Italy
|
5 (1)
|
Ukraine
|
6 (4)
|
Uzbekistan
|
4 (3)
|
Austria
|
1 (1)
|
Netherlands
|
2 (2)
|
Kazakhstan
|
4 (2)
|
Croatia
|
2 (0)
|
Switzerland
|
6 (3)
|
Sweden
|
4 (0)
|
Spain
|
7 (0)
|
Slovakia
|
2 (1)
|
Slovenia
|
1 (1)
|
Tajikistan
|
1 (0)
|
Denmark
|
2 (2)
|
Germany
|
26 (1)
|
Norway
|
2 (0)
|
Hungary
|
8 (5)
|
Finland
|
5 (0)
|
France
|
22 (2)
|
Bulgaria
|
7 (7)
|
Belarus
|
2 (1)
|
Belgium
|
1 (0)
|
Poland
|
7 (5)
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
1 (1)
|
Latvia
|
1 (0)
|
Romania
|
4 (4)
|
Luxembourg
|
1 (1)
|
Russia
|
21 (12)
|
Total
|
2,612
(565)
|
|
(
) indicates
Japanese Government Scholarship Student
|
School
|
Number
of international students
|
School of Letters/Graduate School of Letters
|
172 (15)
|
School of Human Sciences/ Graduate School of Human Sciences
|
183 (41)
|
School of Foreign Studies
|
110 (1)
|
School of Law/Graduate School of Law and Politics
|
85 (7)
|
School of Economics/Graduate School of Economics
|
242 (22)
|
School of Science/Graduate School of Science
|
195 (24)
|
School of Medicine/Graduate School of Medicine
|
165 (30)
|
School of Dentistry/Graduate School of Dentistry
|
25 (5)
|
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences/Graduate School of Pharmaceutical
Sciences
|
63 (6)
|
School of Engineering/Graduate School of Engineering
|
583 (161)
|
School of Engineering Science/Graduate School of Engineering Science
|
190 (63)
|
Graduate School of Language and Culture
|
199 (30)
|
Osaka School of International Public Policy
|
86 (15)
|
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
|
95 (20)
|
Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences
|
68 (15)
|
Osaka University Law School
|
4 (1)
|
Joint
Graduate School of Child Development
|
10 (1)
|
Research Institute for Microbial Diseases
|
1 (0)
|
Institute of Scientific and Industrial
Research
|
6 (1)
|
Institute for Protein Research
|
7 (1)
|
Institute of Social and Economic Research
|
5 (0)
|
Joining and Welding Research Institute
|
3 (0)
|
Institute of Laser Engineering
|
3 (0)
|
Center for International Education and Exchange
|
1 (1)
|
Center for Japanese Language and
Culture
|
105 (105)
|
Total
|
2,612
(565)
|
|
(
) 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
|
99
|
94
|
235
|
329
|
137
|
326
|
239
|
565
|
At own expense
|
252
|
726
|
654
|
1,380
|
415
|
995
|
1,052
|
2,047
|
Total
|
351
|
820
|
889
|
1,709
|
552
|
1,321
|
1,291
|
2,612
|
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.