Faculty, staff and students of Hiroshima University

Persons who cannot care for their baby at home due to work, school, illness, etc.

Note: In the following cases, the applicant may not use the Childcare Facility even if it is within an approved period of time.
・The applicant is no longer an employee or student of the University
・When the applicant or his/her spouse is on childcare leave or leave of absence from the University.

The following two requirements must be satisfied for enrollment to be accepted.
  1.Infants/toddlers who are on the waiting list of another childcare facility.
  2.Infants aged between 9 weeks and 15 months old (exclusive),
Depending on the capacity of the facility, toddlers aged 15 months or older, may also be 
enrolled, but only until the end of the school year in which they become 3 years old.

From 9-week old to pre-school age.

6 children

From Monday to Friday
* Excluding national holidays established by the National Holiday Act and the year-end and New Year 
holidays (from December 29 through January 3), as a general rule.

The nursery offers childcare service everyday from the admission day to the end of the fiscal year.
*Closed days are excluded.

If you want to use it across the year, you must apply for each year.
When there are many people who want to use, priorities are assigned. If your priority is low, you may not be able to use it the following fiscal year.

Candidates for admission to the nursery have to satisfy the specified requirements.
For details, please see "Qualifying Age for Childcare" above.

Cosmos Nursery Room_Priority Order for Admission （You need to log in to "Iroha".）

The nursery offers childcare service only for the date and time you designated when temporary childcare at home is difficult.
*Users of Regular Childcare Service are given priority, so it may not be accepted depending on the date and time.

For the Regular Childcare Service, we will start accepting applications beginning in mid-February each year for the next fiscal year.
We will notify you of the application process by posting an announcement on the website of Gender Equality Promotion Office.
If you wish to submit application after the application period, please contact the Gender Equality Promotion Office of the Employee Welfare and Benefits Group (hereinafter referred to as “Gender Equality Promotion Office”).

Cosmos Nursery Room_Priority Order for Admission （You need to log in to "Iroha".）

If you continuously use temporary childcare service, you need to apply for the service each month.
Application may be made two months prior to the desired date of use and must be made at least two weeks prior to such date.

(i)Fill out the Application Form for Using a Cosmos Nursery Room and upload the Necessary documents to apply.
* Required documents differ depending on applicant’s status. Please consult the website of the 
Gender Equality Promotion Office or check with the person in charge.
(ii) After checking the documents, depending on availability, we will arrange a child and parent interview.
(iii) An interview between Cosmos Nursery’s staff and a candidate child and his/her parent will be held.
(iv) After the child and parent interview, if acceptable, a Notice of Approval for Using Cosmos 
Nursery Room will be issued (i.e. the application for admission will be accepted).

Cosmos Nursery Room does not provide a gradual entry.
However, if it is considered by our nursery staff to be necessary, we may take your child for a few 
days prior to his/her enrollment to see if he/she is fine with our nursery.
In such case, as this service will be handled as Temporary Childcare Service, so make sure to file 
an application for the Temporary Childcare Service separately.
Childcare fee will be calculated at the same rate as the Temporary Childcare Service: 800 yen/hour 
x the number of hours of used for gradual entry.

The documents required for admission application are as follows.
Please upload documents using the application form.

If your spouse* is job-seeking, please upload "Status of Job-seeking" from the application form.
- The period for using the Regular Childcare Service during your spouse’s job-seeking activities will be “until the end of the month in which the 90th day after the use of the Childcare Facility falls. If the Certificate of Employment is not submitted after this period, you may not use the Childcare Facility. 
- If your spouse is seeking a job, the use of the Regular Childcare Service is limited to once per fiscal year.

*  The term "spouse" includes partners who are certified by a document  certifying their partnership as shown in the Policies and Guidelines at  Hiroshima University for Respecting Gender and Sexual Diversity - To Be  Inclusive of LGBT+ Students, Faculty and Staff (approved by the  Executive Board on December 27, 2022)

For Temporary Childcare Service, please upload "A Plan for Using a Childcare Facility" in addition to the documents listed above.

• From October 1, 2019, a system where preschool education and childcare fees are free has been enforced.
• Cosmos Nursery Room is an unlicensed childcare institution to the free system.
• In order to be eligible for free childcare, it is necessary to receive “certification of need for childcare” from the local government where you live.
• For details, please contact the Child Care Division at the local government where you live.

 Reference : Children and Families Agency web