CAMPUS LIFE
Challenge Yourself in a Truly Global Community
At APU, students from around the world learn from one another every day. The campus is designed to encourage interaction, from open gathering spaces to study areas where students collaborate across cultures and languages.
AP House
AP House is one of the world's largest international residence halls, home to around 1,600 first-year students. Living together creates opportunities for daily cultural exchange and lifelong friendships.
APU’s extracurricular activities are also international
Clubs and circles
APU has many clubs and circles in addition to sports and cultural groups, such as a group which carries out international volunteer activities and a group that plans and runs events in Beppu. There are requirements for making a club, such as having both domestic and international students in the group or each club/circle activity should offer opportunities to deepen students' cross-cultural understandings.
Campus in the colors of the world!
Multicultural Weeks
From clubs and circles to Multicultural Week, students take the lead in planning events, sharing cultures, and creating new experiences together.
APU Students Rising to the Challenge
APU Students Rising to the Challenge
At APU, we actively support students who take on the challenge of solving social issues. Through our annual Selected Student Projects support program, we provide assistance to initiatives that demonstrate a strong commitment to cross-cultural acceptance, collaboration, and social contribution—skills essential for success in the global arena. Here, we introduce the bold steps taken by students who are looking ahead to the future and taking action.
Why Beppu?
Professor & Student Talk
Beppu's welcoming community and compact size make it easy for students to get involved. Through local projects, volunteering, and entrepreneurship, students have countless opportunities to take on new challenges and grow beyond the classroom.
Campus guide
APU has fourteen major buildings across the 416,000 m² wide campus. These facilities provide students and faculty members a venue for study, research and various other activities and serve as a base for communicating with the fellow students.
Scenes from the campus
APU's campus is a communication space that supports collaborative learning.
APU’s learning environment is designed to encourage communication among the students so that they can teach and learn about different cultures and languages from each other. There are always students on the main street, which is designed so that they can pass by each other. There is a Library where students learn together and access information from around the world and a study place callsed the "SALC" where they can learn English, Japanease and AP languages.
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AP House (On-Campus Housing)
AP House is a student dormitory that is home to about 1,600 students from all around the world. It has a 7:3 ratio of international to domestic students.
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Life in Beppu
Beppu, the second largest city in Oita Prefecture, is located in the central part of the prefecture and has a population of approximately 120,000. Blessed with a rich natural environment, the city is also one of Japan's leading hot spring tourist destinations.
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Research
An overview of research activities and achievements at APU.
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Club Activities
There are many ways to spend your time at APU. Some students devote themselves to their studies or seminars, while others take on the challenge of studying abroad or work on clubs or projects.
Tuition and Scholarships
APU's tuition for one academic year is composed of Tuition A (base tuition that is the same amount for all students) and Tuition B (varies depending on year level).
The scholarship system at APU has been developed to help provide equal opportunities to students and support the growth of our diverse student body. A range of scholarships are available at APU, such as APU's own scholarships and JASSO scholarships as well as government scholarships and scholarships from private foundations.