Number of Students Granted Change of Status of Residence to Working Visa

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Applicants	14,170	17,088	21,898	27,926	30,924
Permission Granted	12,958	15,657	19,435	22,419	25,942
Rate	91.4%	91.6%	88.8%	80.3%	83.9%

Acceptance Rate (past 10 years)

Breakdowns by Nationality (past 5 years)

Number of Students Granted Change of Status of Residence
(by Status of Residence)

"Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services" status accounts for approximately 90%.
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Status of Residence

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Engineer/

Specialist in Humanities/

International Services

11,506

(89%)

13,791

(88%)

17,353

(89%)

20,486

(91%)

24,188

(93%)

Business Manager

383

(3%)

682

(4%)

916

(5%)

712

(3%)

560

(2%)

Professor

704

(5%)

684

(4%)

598

(3%)

626

(3%)

538

(2%)

Medical Services

114

(1%)

234

(2%)

257

(1%)

254

(1%)

246

(1%)

Highly Skilled Professional

(0.1%)

(0.2%)

(0.3%)

Others

251

(2%)

249

(2%)

284

(2%)

298

(2%)

345

(1%)

Number of Students Granted Change of Status of Residence
(by Type of Business - Manufacturing Industries) - 2018-

Approximately 18% of graduates found their employment in manufacturing industries.

Type of Business	Machinery	Electrical Machinery	Food	Automobile
Permission Granted	967	932	887	496

Type of Business	Chemistry	Textile	Steel	Others
Permission Granted	232	197	152	2,464

Number of Students Granted Change of Status of Residence
(by Type of Business - Non-Manufacturing Industries) - 2018 -

Approximately 82% of graduates found their employment in non-manufacturing
industries.

Type of Business	Computer Services	Commerce/Trade	Food Services	Hotel
Permission Granted	2,876	2,827	1,674	1,621

Type of Business	Education	Construction	Transportation	Travel Agency
Permission Granted	1,458	1,055	737	553

Type of Business	Medical Services	Finance	Others
Permission Granted	341	316	14,681

Number of Students Granted Change of Status of Residence
(by Type of Work) - 2018-

Type of Work

Translation/Interpretation

Sales/Business

Overseas Business

Information Processing

Trading Business

Permission Granted

9,884

(24%)

5,615

(13%)

3,753

(9%)

2,717

(7%)

1,865

(5%)

Type of Work

Design

Technological Development

Advertising /Publicity

Education

Accounting

Permission Granted

1,805

(4%)

1,790

(4%)

1,463

(4%)

1,357

(3%)

1,249

(3%)

Type of Work

Research

Business Management

Medical Services

International Finance

Others

Permission Granted

619

(1%)

570

(1%)

248

(0.7%)

118

(0.3%)

8,821

(21%)

Number of Students Granted Change of Status of Residence
(by Salary) - 2018 -

Monthly Salary

less than \200,000

\200,000-\250,000

\250,000-\300,000

\300,000‐\350,000

Others

Permission Granted

8,546

(33%)

12,896

(50%)

2,739

(10%)

665

(3%)

1,096

(4%)

Number of Students Granted Change of Status of Residence
(by Final Academic Background）- 2018 -

Academic Background

Bachelor

Master

Doctor

Associate

Diploma

Others

Permission Granted

11,285

(44%)

5,051

(19%)

880

(3%)

1,156

(4%)

7,190

(28%)

380

(2%)

Number of Students Granted Change of Status of Residence
(by Capital Amount of Company) - 2018 -

Polarization of employment at SMEs and large-sized enterprises is advancing.

*Capital* *Amount*	less than \5 million	\5 million - \10 million	\10 million - \30 million	\30 million - \50 million
Permission Granted	3,902 (15%)	4,690 (18%)	4,545 (17%)	2,473 (10%)

Capital
Amount

less than
\5 million

\5 million -
\10 million

\10 million - \30 million

\30 million - \50 million

Permission
Granted

3,902

(15%)

4,690

(18%)

4,545

(17%)

2,473

(10%)

*Capital* *Amount*	\50 million - \100 million	\100 million - \1 billion	over \1 billion	Others
Permission Granted	3,258 (13%)	2,070 (8%)	3,696 (14%)	1,308 (5%)

Capital
Amount

\50 million - \100 million

\100 million -
\1 billion

over
\1 billion

Others

Permission
Granted

3,258

(13%)

2,070

(8%)

3,696

(14%)

1,308

(5%)

Number of Students Granted Change of Status of Residence
(by Number of Employees) - 2018-

*# of Employees*	1-49	50-99	100-299	300-999
Permission Granted	9,533 (37%)	2,615 (10%)	3,931 (15%)	3,590 (14%)

# of Employees

1-49

50-99

100-299

300-999

Permission Granted

9,533

(37%)

2,615

(10%)

3,931

(15%)

3,590

(14%)

*# of Employees*	1,000-1,999人	2,000人超	その他
Permission Granted	1,254 (5%)	3,596 (14%)	1,423 (5%)

# of Employees

1,000-1,999人

2,000人超

その他

Permission Granted

1,254

(5%)

3,596

(14%)

1,423

(5%)

Number of Students Granted Change of Status of Residence
(by Locations of Company) - 2018 -

*Locations*	Tokyo	Osaka	Kanagawa	Aichi
Permission Granted	11,971 (46%)	2,598 (10%)	1,618 (6%)	1,183 (5%)

Locations

Tokyo

Osaka

Kanagawa

Aichi

Permission
Granted

11,971

(46%)

2,598

(10%)

1,618

(6%)

1,183

(5%)

When a foreign student applies for a working visa before graduation, he/she shall submit the "certificate of expected graduation" to the immigration services bureau.
Permission will be granted after submitting the "certificate of graduation" to the immigration services bureau.

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