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The Day Care Room for Infants on Waiting Lists for Nursery Schools

Kyoto University Gender Equality Promotion Center offers the Day Care Room for Infants on Waiting Lists for Public Nursery School to help researchers and students whose children are on waiting lists for admission to nursery schools to pursue their research and educational goals while raising their children. Those eligible to use the Day Care Room shall be, in principle, students and researchers of Kyoto University. We commission the management to a private company, and the university covers a portion of the cost for the care.　Those who wish to use the Day Care Room need to read information for the applicants below carefully and apply to the Kyoto University Gender Equality Promotion Center.

about Public Nursery School

Outline of Day Care Room

Flow from Registration to Admission

Location

Kyoto University Gender Equality Promotion Center

Period

From April 2, 2024 to March 31, 2025

Eligibility for Use of the Day Care Room

Students and researchers of Kyoto University (including JSPS Fellows).

Eligible Children

Those eligible to be admitted to the Day Care Room shall be healthy infants aged from 9 weeks to younger than 15 months. (until the end of the previous month the child turns to 15 months old)　Maximum number of children to be admitted:
April-May : up to 3 children
June-August : up to 6 children
September-March : up to 18 children

Open Days

Monday - Friday
(Except national holidays, foundation day (June 18), administrative summer and winter holidays, and other days on which the Director of the Gender Equality Promotion Center decides to close the room for reasons deemed to be valid)

Open Hours

9:00 - 18:00
Out-of-hours nursery service may be provided between 8:00 and 9:00 and between 18:00 and 20:00 p.m. (the extra fees required)
If a storm or emergency warning has been issued for Kyoto City as of 8:00 a.m., you are asked to not leave your child(ren) at the Day Care Room. If a storm or emergency warning is issued during the day care period, please come and pick up your child(ren) as soon as possible.

Fees

Monthly Nursery Fees (tax included) per Child

Days of use per week	Ordinary	Student
① Five days	50,000 yen	40,000 yen
② Four days	44,000 yen	35,000 yen
③ Three days	35,000 yen	28,000 yen
④ Two days	25,000 yen	20,000 yen

※1）In the cases of ②,③ and ④ in the chart, the days of the week shall be set in advance.
※2）The Nursery fees shall be charged on a monthly basis.　If the child is admitted to or leave the Day Care Room in the middle of a month, the nursery fees for that month could be calculated by multiplying the actual number of days the child attended the Day Care Room by the daily rate of 2,500 yen (2,000 yen: student), tax included.
※3）Out-of-hours nursery fees per 30 minutes per child:
Ordinary 1,000 yen(tax included) / Student 800 yen(tax included)
①Applying for out-of-hour nursery service must be done by 16:00 of one business day prior to your intended date of use. Applying for out-of-hour nursery service after the above-specified time is not accepetd.
②In case the users pick up the child after 18:00 without applying for out-of -hour nursery service in advance, the users shall be charged a special out-of-hours nursery fee of 1500 yen per 30 minutes per child (tax included and no student discout applied).
※4）The users need to bring the child’s diapers, wipes, baby formula, snacks, meals and etc. The Nursery fees do not include those costs.
※5) The Nursery fees will be calculated by multiplying 80/100, in cases where more than two infants from the same family, such as twins, are using the Day Care Room.

How to Apply for the Day Care Room

To apply for enrollment,　fill out the Pre-Registration Form and the Application Form, and send them to the Center.　
Those who already submitted the Pre-Registration Form just need to send the Application Form.
In addition, the copy of the Notice of Disapproval issued by the Welfare Office in your district needs to be submitted prior to the scheduled admission date.