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Chiba University

Chiba, Japan
Founded 1949
International 2,495
Core campuses 3

University overview

Chiba University is a large national university of about 14,000 degree students across five campuses — four in Chiba Prefecture and one in Sumida, Tokyo. Its English-taught master's study runs through the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, in design and in medical engineering, and through the International Course of Environmental Horticulture at Matsudo, alongside research-student routes. Applicants should note that Chiba closed both of its international dormitories in September 2025 and now has no hall serving the main Nishi-Chiba campus.

Academic scale

14,004 degree students as of 1 May 2026 — 10,443 undergraduate and 3,561 postgraduate, plus 435 research students

Global community

2,495 international students in FY2025. Chiba counts this as a cumulative annual head count, so it includes short-term and internship visitors as well as degree students.

Three core campuses

Nishi-Chiba Campus The main campus and the largest, holding the Graduate School of Science and Engineering — where both the Design and the Medical Engineering master's are taught — along with most of the university's other faculties.
Inohana Campus The medical campus, holding medicine, pharmaceutical sciences and nursing together with the university hospital, and the two halls of residence that serve those faculties.
Matsudo Campus The horticulture campus, and where the International Course of Environmental Horticulture is taught. Koki-ryo, the one hall open to graduate students here, is on this campus.

More facts

¥642,960 a year in tuition with a ¥282,000 admission fee. The rate rose in 2020 and binds new entrants only — students who started before then still pay ¥535,800.
No English-taught programme pays a premium: the international-course guidelines print the same fees as every other programme. Only the Law School differs.
Chiba's English Data Summary is badly out of date — its student figures are stamped May 2024 and its international figure FY2023, which understates the current one by about 40%.
University figures verified 9 Sep 2026

Funding

3 external scholarships name this university among their designated schools.

This university’s own scholarships and tuition reductions are not listed here — the source excludes them. Check the university directly.

University sources (4)