Tokyo Institute of Technology

The International House

Tokyo Tech provides foreign researchers with the International House. This dormitory, located just beside the Ookayama campus, has 73 single rooms, 15 rooms for couples and 12 rooms for families.

NOTE!!
Please be reminded that the International House is a dormitory and NOT A HOTEL. Reservation and billing procedures and services provided differ from those of hotels. You'll find the detailed information below.
Please read carefully when you forward the information or make a reservation.

Location | Qualifications | Procedures | Features | Rental fees | Surrounding | Some Rules | Services | Room Availability| Brochure| Japanese

Location

Tokyo Institute of Technology INTERNATIONAL HOUSE (Tokyo Kogyo Daigaku Kokusai Koryu Kaikan)

1-1-18, Ishikawacho, Oota-ku, Tokyo 145-0061

*The International House is located in the South part of the Ookayama campus.

Qualifications

Applicants must be a foreign researcher who needs to be engaged in education or research in Tokyo Tech and his/her family (a spouse and children).

Reservation Procedures

<For applicants>
Reservations can be made only by professors and supervisors at Tokyo Tech. In order to apply for a room at the International House, an applicant must first contact his/her host researcher.

<For host researchers>
Please first call the International House Office to check for availability. If a room is available as requested, the Office will issue a receipt number. Then, please submit an application form to the Director of the International House within one week after issuance of the receipt number.

(About host researcher)

Name; department/major; extension number; and campus mail box number

(About room)

Desired room type and length of stay

(About applicant)

Name; nationality; sex; and status/position title (i.e. visiting researcher)

Application Acceptance:

Foreign researchers engaged in research at Tokyo Tech:

1) Applications for long-term stay (1 month to 1 year*)

→accepted 6 months prior to the desired start date of occupancy

2) Applications for short-term stay (8 days or longer but less than 1 month)

→ accepted 3 months prior to the desired start date of occupancy.

* Period of occupancy for Couple and Family rooms can be extended for up to two years.

Change in the Period of Occupancy

*Please note that any changes in reservation are subject to availability.

1.Changing the start date

• Change of the start date can be accepted only once for long-term residents.
• The rescheduled date must be notified to the Office at least 10 business days prior to the originally accepted start date of occupancy
• Change of the start date must be within 1 month (If the start date is to be postponed for more than one month, it is considered cancelled).

Number of days to be changed	1 to 8 days	9 days to less than 1 month	1 month or more
Long-term residents	Accepted	Accepted	Not accepted (Considered cancelled)
Charge for absent period (Long-term residents only)	Yes (Outside the official requesting period)	No (Submission of official request required)	N/A
Short-term residents	N/A	N/A	N/A

*After the Notification of Admission has been issued but before moving in.

<Re-application>

Once cancelled, re-application will be accepted after the one-month waiting period and the earliest possible reservation at that point will be in 1 month. (In other words, the earliest possible reservation one can make will be in 2 months from the date of which cancellation of the previous reservation has taken place.)

NOTE: Applicants will be charged for the full amount of rent to cover the originally accepted period if they have failed to take the proper procedure for changing the start date or cancellation.

2. Changing the end date

No change in the period of occupancy is accepted in principle.

However, exceptional circumstances might be duly considered upon request to allow residents to leave before or after the end of the originally accepted occupancy period as specified in the Notification of Admission. The request will be examined and the rent can be recalculated depending on the decision.

Please consult the International House Office as soon as possibilities for changes in the end date arise as any changes are subject to availability.

To be considered, certain conditions apply:

Who is eligible?

The requester must be a long-term resident of 2 months or longer

How to apply?

The "Request Form" is to be filled out and submitted to the International House Office (campus mail box #: IH) by the requester's host researcher. The form is available at the Office.

When to apply?

"The Request Form" must be received by the Office by 5pm, the 15th of the month prior to the end month of one's occupancy period.

Other important points:

• The same start and end month will not be accepted
• The Office gives no regard to late submissions caused by campus mail
• If the 15th of the month falls on weekends and holidays when the Office is closed, it must be submitted before the 15th and NOT AFTER when the Office is open.

Features

The International House is composed of:

• 73 furnished rooms for single persons;
• 15 furnished rooms for married couples;
• 12 furnished rooms for families.

Unit for single person

Area: 18 square meters
Major facilities: air conditioner, gas water heater, bed, alarm clock, desk and chair, wardrobe, dining table, hot-water pot, microwave, sink, gas stove, refrigerator, television, vacuum cleaner, bath unit, toilet.

Rental fees

Rent and charges for using the facilities of the Residential Buildings are indicated below: Please make payments as instructed by the Office. Rent and charges are subject to change without notice.
*Advanced payment of rent is required based on the table below.
*The payment is not refundable once it is made under any circumstances.

1. Rent

NOTE: When moving from one room to another within the International House, the daily rent will be charged for respective rooms for the moving day.

Surroundings

In addition to being conveniently located just beside the Ookayama campus, the following facilities are also located within walking distance:

• Ookayama station: 10 min.
• Post Office: 12 min.
• Hospital: 10 min.
• Dentist: 7 min.
• Ishikawadai station: 7 min.
• Convenience stores
• Supermarkets
• Restaurants

Some rules

• Residents are required to clean their own units and keep them in order at all times.
• Do not place garbage bags in common areas or corridors.
• Dispose of garbage bags in the designated places (divided into burnable garbage, non-burnable garbage, paper for recycling, etc.)
• No visitors allowed to stay overnight in any unit.
• No pets
• No loud music, TV or noise

Other

(1) Luggage keeping
*Please be advised that no luggage keeping service is provided by the International House Office for we are unable to ensure its safety.
<Before moving in>
Please arrange your luggage to arrive at your room after your arrival at the International House if you need to send it before you leave your country.

Mail to:
Name (your name)
Room# (your room number), Tokyo Institute of Technology International House
1-1-18 Ishikawacho, Oota-ku, Tokyo Japan 145-0061

<When moving out>
Your room must be vacated completely by 3pm on the last day of your occupancy. (Waste disposal and luggage shipping must be taken care of by this time.)

(2) Mail forwarding
Your mail will be forwarded to your laboratory for one month after you leave.

Service

Room Availability

Brochure

Japanese

For further information about the use of the Tokyo Institute of Technology INTERNATIONAL HOUSE, please contact:

Tokyo Institute of Technology INTERNATIONAL HOUSE (Tokyo Kogyo Daigaku Kokusai Koryu Kaikan)

Address: 1-1-18, Ishikawacho, Oota-ku, Tokyo 145-0061

TEL: 03-5734-3361

FAX: 03-5734-3363