70% of our students receive some level of financial assistance. Each year, we allocate approximately 600 million yen to scholarships, roughly one third of our annual budget.
Our admissions process looks at each student’s potential and character, not their family’s financial situation. Students who could not otherwise afford to attend are here because of the generosity of our donors. The range of backgrounds and life experiences that results is something no curriculum alone could replicate.
200 students from 80 countries live, eat, and study together on a small campus in the mountains of Nagano. Classrooms, residences, and daily life put students in regular contact with people whose experiences and perspectives are very different from their own.
That contact is not always easy, and it is not meant to be. Learning to engage across differences, to disagree respectfully, and to sit with complexity is part of what ISAK is for. It is also what we believe the world needs most.
Our faculty and staff also enjoy a high degree of diversity, representing over 20 different nationalities.
We are committed to ensuring that financial circumstances do not determine who gets to be part of this community. Our need-based financial assistance program supports students at every level, from partial support to full scholarships.
Our admissions process is designed to find students with the potential and drive to contribute to and benefit from this community, regardless of where they come from or what their family can afford. Learn more about how to apply.
Many of the most significant exchanges at ISAK happen outside the classroom. Students organise and lead cultural events throughout the year, creating space to share traditions, ask questions, and learn from each other in ways that go beyond the curriculum.
For students, living and learning in a community this diverse builds skills and perspectives that are hard to develop any other way. Navigating real differences, building genuine relationships across backgrounds, and learning to lead in complex environments are things our students practise every day, not just talk about.
For donors and supporters, this diversity does not sustain itself. It exists because people choose to fund it. Every scholarship awarded brings a student to campus who would not otherwise be here, and whose presence changes the experience for everyone around them. That is the investment, and that is the return.
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