Teikyo University

About Teikyo University

Teikyo University began in 1966 with programs in Japanese and English literature and economics. It subsequently expanded into a multi-campus institution whose educational guidelines emphasize practical learning, international perspectives, and open-mindedness. Its five current campuses are Itabashi, Hachioji, Utsunomiya, Fukuoka, and Kasumigaseki. The campuses are not interchangeable: academic affiliation, facilities, student services, commute, and surrounding environment depend on the student’s faculty or graduate school. The official May 1, 2026 undergraduate count was 23,856 across ten faculties. Economics was the largest faculty by enrollment, while the university also maintained substantial medicine, pharmacy, medical technology, humanities, law, education, language, and science and engineering provision. NIC-Japan separately recognizes Teikyo as a university, graduate school, and professional graduate school authorized to award bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and professional degrees. Prospective students should approach Teikyo as a distributed Japanese university rather than a single central Tokyo campus. Itabashi hosts major medical and health programs; Hachioji carries much of the humanities, social-science, education, language, and sports-oriented provision; Utsunomiya and Fukuoka support science, engineering, and health-related study; and Kasumigaseki is a smaller central-Tokyo site. The university’s English website is useful for orientation, but program-level requirements and current admissions documents may appear primarily in Japanese.

Teikyo uses multiple admissions categories rather than a single institution-wide process. Its official download page lists comprehensive selection, school-recommendation selection, scholarship-related selection, general selection, selection using Japan’s Common Test for University Admissions, returnee selection, adult selection, and transfer routes, with availability dependent on the faculty. Graduate schools publish separate guidelines. Applicants must use the current document for their intended faculty, program, campus, and entry year because subjects, documents, examinations, and schedules differ. For international undergraduates, Teikyo offers a special international-student selection and an online pre-arrival route. Eligibility for the special selection depends on nationality, residence status, and academic background. In the published 2026 pre-arrival process, assessment consisted of document screening, an interview, and a written component based on JLPT, JPT, or EJU results; science and engineering applicants using JLPT or JPT also faced university-specified subject requirements. Those details apply to the 2026 examination and should not be assumed unchanged for 2027. As of August 20, 2026, Teikyo’s admissions download page displayed a 2027 databook and indicated that detailed 2027 entrance-examination guidelines were to be published in July, while some categories remained marked as in preparation. Applicants should therefore retrieve the final 2027 guideline directly from the university before applying and rely on its stated deadlines, eligibility rules, required language evidence, document formats, and payment instructions rather than older guidance or summaries.

Teikyo’s undergraduate portfolio covers ten faculties: Medicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Economics, Law, Liberal Arts, Languages and Cultures, Education, Science and Engineering, Medical Technology, and Fukuoka Medical Technology. This range supports both traditional academic study and courses closely connected with regulated professions. Campus assignment matters: for example, Itabashi is strongly oriented toward medicine, pharmacy, and health technology, while other faculties and departments are based at Hachioji, Utsunomiya, or Fukuoka. Graduate provision includes medicine, pharmacy, economics, law, literature, foreign languages, science and engineering, medical technology, health sciences, teacher education, and public health. The university also lists applied data and medical data-science degree programs, a midwifery advanced course, and correspondence education. Applicants should verify the precise award, delivery mode, campus, course duration, and professional-licensing implications on the relevant program page. University-wide curriculum policy calls for specialized subjects to be arranged systematically so that students develop disciplinary knowledge and skills while learning independently. The broader educational framework stresses practical application, international perspective, and openness. This does not mean that every course is internationally delivered or English-taught. The database identifies Japanese as the language of instruction, and prospective international students should confirm the language used for lectures, assessment, clinical work, and placement activity with the particular faculty. Students comparing options should also inspect each faculty’s admissions, curriculum, and degree-awarding policies because preparation and selection requirements vary considerably across Teikyo’s professional, scientific, and humanities fields.

Key Highlights

• Founded in Tokyo in 1966
• Five campuses across Tokyo, Tochigi, and Fukuoka prefectures
• 23,856 undergraduates enrolled as of May 1, 2026
• Recognized by NIC-Japan to award bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees

Student Life & Environment

Student experience varies by campus, but Teikyo provides organized cultural and athletic clubs, university festivals, student consultation, health support, learning assistance, and career services. Club-support measures include leadership and safety seminars for representatives, while designated competitive clubs receive academic, medical, rehabilitation, training, and nutritional support. Students should consult the campus-specific club listings because an activity or facility offered at one location may not be available at another. Health and counseling arrangements are likewise campus-based. The university describes infirmaries, private consultation spaces, mental-health referrals, disability-support consultations, and academic assistance. At Itabashi, the student support office also operates a learning commons and offers supplementary help in high-school physics, chemistry, and biology. These services can be particularly relevant to students entering demanding health-science curricula. International residences operate in connection with the Hachioji and Utsunomiya campuses. At Hachioji, T-House has 121 furnished, Wi-Fi-equipped rooms, shared kitchens and lounges, and resident assistants; it is within walking distance of campus. A separate Fuchu residence has 76 rooms and is used mainly by international students from overseas partner institutions. Housing is therefore available to defined groups rather than guaranteed to every student. Applicants should confirm eligibility, current rent, contract length, meal arrangements, deposits, and application timing directly with the responsible campus office before budgeting.

Location & Surroundings

Teikyo is headquartered at the Itabashi Campus in Kaga, Itabashi ward, Tokyo. That campus is about a 12-minute walk from JR Jujo Station and is also served by buses from Oji Station. It is the main setting for medicine, pharmacy, and several health-technology fields, so students in those areas can expect an urban Tokyo environment connected to the university’s medical facilities. Hachioji Campus is in Otsuka, western Tokyo, rather than the city center. It accommodates a broad concentration of humanities, social-science, language, education, and related programs. The university’s Hachioji international residence is within walking distance, including access from Otsuka-Teikyo-Daigaku Station on the Tama Monorail. Utsunomiya Campus is in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, while Fukuoka Campus is in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Kyushu. Kasumigaseki Campus occupies space in Hirakawacho Mori Tower in Chiyoda, central Tokyo. These locations differ substantially in housing markets, travel patterns, and access to central Tokyo. Applicants should identify their program’s actual teaching campus before judging location, commuting costs, or accommodation needs; the database city of Tokyo does not describe every Teikyo student’s study location.

Costs & Career Outcomes

Teikyo does not have one universal tuition figure. Charges vary sharply by faculty, year, and degree. The university’s official fee page states that its tables show amounts payable by continuing students in academic year 2026 and directs 2027 applicants to the relevant entrance-examination guideline. As examples of that variation, the listed 2026 first-year total is JPY 9,362,000 for Medicine, JPY 2,503,000 for Pharmaceutical Sciences, and JPY 1,552,000 for Fukuoka Medical Technology. These examples should not be transferred to another faculty or treated as confirmed 2027 entrant prices. Applicants should budget from the exact current table, including admission, tuition, facility, laboratory or practical-training, insurance, and other applicable charges. International students admitted through the specified special or pre-arrival selection routes receive a 40% first-year tuition reduction in listed eligible faculties and departments; graduate students are excluded. Later-year assistance for privately financed international students is conditional and may depend on academic standing, rent, remittances, dependants’ income, or receipt of other scholarships. Housing and ordinary living expenses remain separate. Career support is delivered through campus career centers. Services described by the university include access to vacancies through Job NAVI, event reservations, résumé review, mock interviews, individual consultation, and guidance adapted to particular majors and professions. The former Shinjuku Satellite Office closed on March 31, 2026, so students and alumni are directed to their respective campus career centers. No salary or placement-rate claim is made here because outcomes differ by faculty and the reviewed sources do not establish one comparable university-wide figure.