Kwansei Gakuin University accepted two men from Vietnam and Myanmar as new students in undergraduate programs from April as the first cases in Japan of a "refugee quota" admission established after an agreement with the United Nations refugee agency to promote tertiary school education for refugees.
The private university, based in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, said the two new students will be entirely waived of tuition payments and entitled to 50,000 to 80,000 yen per month in scholarship.
The man from Myanmar, 37, lives in Tokyo and works for an information technology-related company, the university said. He will enter the School of Policy Studies of the university.
The Vietnamese man, 22, who lives in Kobe, will enter the School of Economics.
The university has declined to disclose further details about the prospective students.
The university agreed with the Japan office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in May to begin admitting two refugees recommended by the UNHCR each school year.
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