Kyoto University schedules November handout of papers for JASSO loans ending March 2027

Why it matters: Final-year Kyoto University students whose JASSO loans end in March 2027 are asked to collect their papers in November and, with one exemption, register a repayment account.

Kyoto University said it will issue end-of-loan documents to final-year borrowers of loan scholarships from JASSO, the Japan Student Services Organization, whose loan term ends in March 2027, while undergraduate grant scholarship holders will receive no such documents.

According to the university, engineering students can collect documents at the Katsura campus on 12 November 2026, while the Yoshida campus will hand them out to humanities and social science students on 13, 16 and 17 November and to science students on 19, 20, 24 and 25 November.

The university asked students who cannot attend the scheduled dates to still collect the documents by the end of November, and to register a so-called relay account, the bank account used for repayment by direct debit, by 25 December 2026 at the latest.

The university said relay account registration is not needed for students holding only first-category loans whose total loan amount has become zero yen through adjustment with grant scholarships, and that no repayment briefing will be held, with borrowers directed to a repayment video instead.

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Editor’s view

Rachel Smith, Students and International Editor

Final-year Kyoto University students whose JASSO loans end in March 2027, other than those whose first-category loan total has fallen to zero yen, will need to register a relay account after collecting their papers, with 25 December 2026 set as the latest date.

What to watch

• The university has set 25 December 2026 as the latest date for affected borrowers to register their relay repayment account.