Osaka International Schools of Kwansei Gakuin

The Osaka International School of Kwansei Gakuin is located in Minoh, Osaka Prefecture, in the foothills near Minoh National Park. The area offers parks and green spaces, plus a mix of Western and traditional Japanese culture with nearby shops, cafes and amenities. Train stations are a short bus ride or walk away, and it takes about 30 minutes to reach downtown Umeda. Itami Airport is a roughly 20‑minute drive or monorail ride away, with Shin-Osaka offering convenient Shinkansen access to Kyoto, Kobe and Tokyo.

OIS is a K‑12 school that offers IB programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP) in elementary, the Middle Years Programme (MYP) in middle school, and the Diploma Programme (DP) in high school. The school's IB framework supports progression from early years through to pre-university level.

The school is co‑educational. It operates as a day school with no boarding facilities.

The Learning & Language Support provision includes Learning Support, English as an Additional Language (EAL) and Social‑Emotional Counseling. The Learning & Language Support team comprises staff across elementary to high school, including Cary Mecklem, Melissa Lamug, Jessica Richards and Maricar Ronidel.

There is no formal country affiliation stated for OIS. The school is administered by the Kwansei Gakuin Educational Foundation in Japan.

No explicit religious affiliation is stated for Osaka International School.

The OIS academic year runs from late August to late June and is divided into three trimesters (Fall, Winter, Spring) of approximately 60 days each.

The school offers a bus option via Hankyu Bus 78. From Senri Chuo Station, the bus ride to the school takes about 25 minutes; from Kita Senri Station it takes about 15 minutes. Hankyu Bus timetable updates are available, and directions explain how to access the service from Senri Chuo and Kita Senri.

Application & one-time administration fees
- Application Fee (payable once): JPY 40,000. This fee is non-refundable and must be paid on the day of application.
- Registration Fee (payable once, on acceptance): JPY 330,000. This fee is one-time and non-refundable.

Tuition fees by year group (annual and per-term breakdown)
- KA to Grade 5
- Annual tuition: JPY 2,182,000.
- PTA levy (annual): JPY 5,000.
- Total (annual): JPY 2,187,000.
- Breakdown by trimester: Fall term JPY 728,000 + PTA JPY 5,000 (Total JPY 733,000); Winter term JPY 727,000; Spring term JPY 727,000.

- Grade 6 to Grade 10
- Annual tuition: JPY 2,603,000.
- PTA levy (annual): JPY 5,000.
- Total (annual): JPY 2,608,000.
- Breakdown by trimester: Fall term JPY 868,000 + PTA JPY 5,000 (Total JPY 873,000); Winter term JPY 868,000; Spring term JPY 867,000.

- Grade 11 to Grade 12
- Annual tuition: JPY 2,718,000.
- PTA levy (annual): JPY 5,000.
- Total (annual): JPY 2,723,000.
- Breakdown by trimester: Fall term JPY 906,000 + PTA JPY 5,000 (Total JPY 911,000); Winter term JPY 906,000; Spring term JPY 906,000.

Supplementary recurring fees and one-off extras
- School bus fees (per trimester): Ashiya / Nishinomiya JPY 89,630; Minoh JPY 62,750; Senri Chuo JPY 30,250; Kitasenri JPY 28,010.
- Cafeteria (per trimester): KA/KB–G5 JPY 31,360 (trimester).
- PTA levy: JPY 5,000 per student per year, collected with the first term payment.
- Any additional charges for activities, trips, textbooks, uniforms, or optional services are not itemised in the published termly fee schedule and may be billed separately; school forms and handbooks provide details for specific services.

Billing schedule and payment terms
- Invoicing: School fees are invoiced termly. All amounts are in Japanese yen (JPY).
- Payment in principle: Payments are made by direct bank transfer / direct debit from accounts registered with the school. Annual company-payment arrangements are accepted if requested separately. Forms for bus and cafeteria payments require bank transfer.
- Payment deadlines for currently enrolled students (deadlines shown for the current academic cycle): Fall term payment due Friday, 19 September 2025; Winter term due Friday, 12 December 2025; Spring term due Monday, 27 April 2026. Annual tuition (company payment) due dates are set separately: Monday, 29 September 2025 for enrolled students and Thursday, 31 July 2025 for new students.
- New students: Registration and tuition fees must be paid prior to the enrolment date. If payment prior to the enrolment date is extremely difficult, the due date will, in principle, be within 10 days of the enrolment date (next business day if the 10th is a weekend/holiday). Failure to pay tuition by the due date may result in cancellation of enrolment.
- Late payment and overdue accounts: The school may withhold grades, transcripts and reports until full payment is received and may dismiss a student for unpaid fees. Students will not be allowed to start the next term if full payment for the previous term has not been made. Notification to the business manager is required if payment delay is expected.
- Late-enrolment billing: Tuition and fees are charged on a pro-rata basis starting from the student's first day of school.

Refund policy
- Tuition refunds: If a student withdraws or is dismissed, tuition fees are refunded for any complete academic terms not attended. Partial attendance in any academic term results in fees charged for the whole term (exception: December withdrawal in the winter term). School bus and cafeteria fees are refundable on a straight pro-rata basis from the date of withdrawal.

Boarding fees / boarding provision
- Boarding provision is not listed among the school's published fees. No boarding fees are included in the published fee schedule and the listed supplementary fees cover bus and cafeteria services only; therefore no boarding fee schedule applies.

Other notes on payment and administration
- Application and registration fees are treated as administration fees and are payable once. The application fee is required before the student is assessed; the registration fee is due upon acceptance. Both application and registration fees are non-refundable.
- For bus and cafeteria services, application forms must be completed and payment processed by bank transfer as instructed by the school.

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Approximately 270 students are enrolled with 34 different nationalities represented. Public materials do not specify which nationality is most represented or the local versus international ratio.