On-Campus Transportation System (Bus Pass)
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Campus Life
On-Campus Transportation System (Bus Pass)
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You can also use your bus pass for extra buses!
Kanto Railway Bus sometimes operates extra buses (Tsukuba Center - Tsukuba Daigaku Chuo) depending on the number of users, and the bus pass can also be used for these extra buses.
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On-campus Transportation System allows annual unlimited rides on the buses from any bus stop on the route (refer to the bus route map below) between the Tsukuba Center bus terminal and the university, including each on-campus facility and student residence halls for 19,000 yen. We recommend especially freshmen who often need to move around the campus for classes to use this system. Note: For your reference, usual commuter pass costs 107,140 yen per year if you ride from Tsukuba Center to Tsukuba Daigaku Chuo (310 yen for one way).
How to Purchase the Bus Pass
Please fill in an application form and go to any of Maruzen bookstores on campus (University Hall area and others). Then present the form with your Student ID Card and pay the prescribed fare. The bus pass sticker (12mm x 32mm) will be attached to your Student ID Card on the spot.\ * Bus Pass for 2025 AY is go on sale from April 1, 2025.\ * Application forms are also available at Maruzen bookstores.\ For faculty and staff, please click here (Staff Page）
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How to Use the Bus Pass
- The bus pass can be used "Tsukuba Daigaku Junkan (rightward/leftward)" and "Extra Bus (Tsukuba Center - Tsukuba Daigaku Chuo)" that run on the route map below.\ Please note that even if a bus runs via a bus stop on the route map below, it cannot be used on the following routes. (If you use these routes, you will be required to pay a separate fare.)\ \ Tsuchiura Eki Higashiguchi - Tsukuba Center - Technopark Oho\ Arakawaoki Eki - Tsukuba Center - Tsukuba Daigaku Byoin\ Hitachinoushiku Eki - Tsukuba Center - Tsukuba Daigaku Byoin\ Tsuchiura Eki (Tsuchiura Shako) - Tsukuba Center - Tsukuba Daigaku Byoin\ Ushiku Eki - Tsukuba Center - Tsukuba Daigaku Byoin\ Shimotsuma Eki - Tsukuba Daigaku Byoin - Tsukuba Center (Gakuen Namiki)\ Ishige Eki - Tsukuba Daigaku Byoin - Tsuchiura Eki \ \
- Make sure to take a numbered ticket when you get on a bus. Drop the numbered ticket into a fare box and show the bus pass sticker attached to your Student or Staff ID Card to a driver when you get off.\