Bunka Suginami Canadian International School

Location

• Minami-Asagaya (inside Bunka Gakuen University Suginami Junior and Senior High School): 3-48-16 Asagaya-Minami, Suginami City, Tokyo (nearest station: About a 10-minute walk from JR Asagaya Station)

Ages

Grades 7–12 (junior high year 1 to senior high year 3). Admission is handled by the host school, Bunka Gakuen University Suginami Junior and Senior High School, with intake in junior high year 1 (Double Diploma DD7) and senior high year 1 (Double Diploma Course). There are also entrance exams for returnees and transfer students.

Curriculum

A program inside Bunka Gakuen University Suginami Junior and Senior High School (the host school) that teaches the curriculum of British Columbia (BC), Canada. It was founded in 2015. It is for Grades 7–12, and graduates receive two qualifications: a Japanese high school diploma and the BC graduation diploma (Dogwood Diploma) (double diploma). Students are also students of the host school and take part in Japanese school life. They take BC provincial exams (Grade 10 math and literacy, Grade 12 literacy). AP exams can also be taken at the school (current students and graduates only).

Accreditation

British Columbia (Canada) offshore school

Annual tuition (FY2027 (planned))

First-year tuition, paid in 4 installments (May, July, October, January). It is the total of Japanese tuition ¥480,000 and Canadian tuition ¥264,000 for junior high year 1 (DD7), and Japanese tuition ¥480,000 and Canadian tuition ¥660,000 for senior high year 1. Tuition waivers for scholarship students cover the Japanese tuition only. In addition to tuition, in the first year both junior and senior high charge a management and maintenance fee of ¥96,000, a student council fee of ¥9,600 and a parents' association fee of ¥24,000; the grade fee (a deposit that includes the cost of buying a computer) is ¥275,000 for junior high DD7 and ¥289,000 for the senior high Double Diploma Course; the travel savings are ¥220,000 for junior high and ¥240,000 for senior high; and junior high has a lunch fee of ¥87,570. The first-year total is ¥1,456,170 for junior high year 1 (DD7) and ¥1,798,600 for senior high year 1 (Double Diploma Course). The senior high Double Diploma Course costs about ¥1,000,000 extra for a short-term study abroad in the first year (4 weeks, optional). How consumption tax is handled is not stated. Fees may change. You can apply for the national High School Tuition Support Fund (senior high) and Tokyo's tuition reduction subsidy (¥120,000/year for junior high).

Fees at entry

The exam fee is ¥20,000 per sitting for junior high (¥30,000 in total if applying for several sittings at once; ¥10,000 if applying only for the aptitude-test type) and ¥25,000 for senior high. At entry, enrollment fee ¥280,000, facility fee ¥50,000 and a full uniform set ¥120,000 (including PE clothes, indoor shoes, etc.), for a total of ¥450,000. The enrollment fee and facility fee totaling ¥330,000 are paid during enrollment procedures; if you decline enrollment, only the facility fee is returned.

English requirements for admission

To study in the double diploma program, Japanese ability appropriate to the grade is required. To enter DD7 in junior high, students must pass the host school's entrance exam and then be assessed in speaking, writing and listening by Canadian teachers.

Lunch

The junior high year 1 costs include a lunch fee of ¥87,570/year.