Education
HAL Tokyo
HAL Tokyo (HAL College of Technology & Design)
Overview
MEXT-certified under the International Student Career Development Support Program, HAL Tokyo hosted 982 international students from 43 countries as of March 2026 and its graduates receive university-graduate-level consideration in work-visa screening. Figures are 2027 day-program annual fees; a one-time entrance fee of JPY 300,000 is extra.
Key details
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
- Country
- Japan
- Course level
- Vocational
- Intake
- April
- Budget
- JPY 956,000 – JPY 1,463,000
Eligibility
12 years of schooling and age 18 at admission, plus Japanese proficiency via JLPT N1/N2, EJU Japanese 200+, BJT 400+, JPT 525+, or 6+ months at an accredited Japanese language institution; overseas admission with online interviews is available.
Guides for this route
Our own guides for students heading to or from Japan — worth reading before you contact the provider.
Nepal → JapanStudying in Japan from Nepal: Language School to UniversityFor Nepali students starting with little Japanese: language schools, the COE your school files, sponsor funds, 28-hour work limits and job-hunting status.India → JapanStudying in Japan from India: Language School to JLPT N2For Indian students ready to learn Japanese: the language-school ladder, school-filed COE, sponsor funds, 28-hour work rule and jobs after graduation.Bangladesh → JapanStudying in Japan from Bangladesh: Language School, COE and MEXTJapan for Bangladeshi students: starting at a language school, the school-filed COE, sponsor funds of around JPY 1.5–2 million, 28-hour work and MEXT.