Application by mail

About applying for a certificate by mail

Please enclose the following four items and send them to us.
After the mail arrives, it will be shipped (posted) within the second business day (excluding cases where the office is closed).
Please note that we do not accept applications by fax or e-mail.

1. A completed application form

• Form for graduates, graduates, and expatriates
• Form for enrolled students
• Form for teacher training course

 
*If you are applying for Faculty license, please fill in the type of school/subject you plan to apply for, applicable laws and ordinances, and the teacher's license you obtained before graduating from this university.
*Please use the forms for graduates, graduates, and disenrolled students to apply for certificates for librarian qualifications and social education director qualifications.

If you are unable to print, please prepare a form with the following required items (* indicates required items).

• Faculty Department *
• Student number
• Enrollment date/Graduation (completion) or withdrawal (leaving the register) date (only the year is acceptable if the date is unknown)
  If you are currently enrolled, please let us know your academic year.
• family name *
• For Japanese certificates, please let us know the pronunciation, and for English certificates, please let us know the romaji notation.
  It will be issued in the name you used when you were in school. It cannot be issued with a changed surname.
• date of birth *
• Type of certificate to apply for and number of copies issued *
  Graduation certificates written in Japanese usually do not include the date of admission. If you need it for pension procedures, etc., please let us know.
• Sealed or not
  Certificates written in Japanese will not be sealed in principle. Please let us know if you need it. In principle, all English certificates must be sealed, but if you do not need them, please let us know.
• Use of certificate *
• Contact address and phone number *

2. Copy of identity verification document

Please take a copy of your driver's license, health insurance card, passport, or other identification document (the part where your name and date of birth are written).
*Please make a copy of only the front side of the My Number Card (the side where your photo is displayed). Copying the back side (in which your personal number is written) is prohibited by law.
*If the identification document is to be used as a health insurance card, please mask the symbol, number, and insurer number.

3. Certificate fee

Please prepare by one of the following methods.
 
*We will not refund the amount in excess of the fee.
 
Fixed-amount postal money order certificate (Japan Post Bank) *Within the expiration date (6 months from issuance)
It can be purchased at Japan Post Bank. There are 12 types: 50 yen, 100 yen, 150 yen, 200 yen, 250 yen, 300 yen, 350 yen, 400 yen, 450 yen, 500 yen, 750 yen, and 1000 yen. A separate charge of 100 yen per card will be charged at the time of purchase, regardless of the denomination.
Also, do not fill in anything on the fixed-amount postal money order certificate, and enclose the "fixed-amount postal money order certificate" and the "fixed-amount postal money order payment slip" together.
 
[Fixed amount money order] (Japan Post Bank HP)●Cash Registered Mail
Please enclose other required documents with the fee.

4. return envelope

Mail (domestic/overseas)
Please prepare an envelope according to the number of copies to be issued, and attach postage stamps for the return fee.

Mail (overseas EMS)
We will prepare an envelope for you, so please prepare postage stamps for the return shipping fee.
 
■ Postage (domestic)

Issue number	Weight	postage	Contents	Envelope type
up to 2	up to 25g	84円	standard mail	Nagagata 3 (12cm×23.5cm)
3 letters	up to 50g	94円
4 to 9 letters	up to 100g	140円	non-standard-size mail	Square type 2 (24cm x 33.2cm)
10 to 14 letters	up to 150g	210円
15 to 19	up to 250g	250円

*260 yen will be added for express delivery.
 
■ Postage (Overseas EMS) <Up to 500g>

1st zone	second zone	third zone	4th zone	5th zone
China, South Korea, Taiwan	Asia (Except Zone 1)	Oceania/Canada/Mexico/Middle East/Europe	America	Central and South America (excluding Mexico) and Africa
1,500円	1,950円	3,200円	3,950円	3,650円

* Special additional charges are included for the 3rd and 4th zones.
 
[About fees and days] You can check on the Japan Post website.