International Student Scholarships
1. Scholarships for Privately Funded International Students
Scholarships for privately Financed international students are determined based on various criteria, such as academic performance and character. The opening of applications will be announced on the international student bulletin board. For details, please see the guidelines distributed and posted at that time.
Scholarship Information (details may vary from year to year)
| Name of Scholarship | Application Period | Target Recipients | Scholarship Amount (per month) for 2021 |
Length of Scholarship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yamawa Scholarship | February ~ May | 2nd year and 3rd year students | 30,000 yen | one year |
| SGH Foundation Scholarship for Privately-funded International Students | January ~ March | Students with Southeast Asian country nationality who will start their 3rd year of undergraduate study, or their 1st year of graduate study in a master's program, or their 2nd year of study in a doctoral program | 120,000 yen | two years |
| Fukushima Mirai Study Group Scholarship | February ~ April | Undergraduate, graduate, or research students of Vietnamese nationality | 50,000 yen | one year |
| JEES International Student Scholarship | February ~ April | Regular students in their 2nd year or above with a grade point average of 2.6 or higher in their previous year | 40,000 yen | one year |
| JEES Japanese Language Education Scholarship | February ~ April | Students who aim to become Japanese language teachers and who score 170 points or higher (100 points or higher for those whose native language is other than Chinese or Korean) on the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Level 1 | 50,000 yen | two years maximum |
| Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) International Student Scholarship (Special Category) | April | Regular students who wish to work in Japan after graduation and who are in one of the following categories: (1) 4th year undergraduate student or 2nd year graduate student (3rd year graduate student if in a doctoral program) (2) 3rd year undergraduate student or 1st year graduate student (2nd year graduate student if in a doctoral program) |
48,000 yen | one year |
| April ~ May | Graduate students | 120,000 yen | two years maximum for master's program student, three years maximum for doctoral program student | |
| Sato Yo International Scholarship Foundation | June ~ November | Privately-funded international students with ASEAN or Southwest Asian country nationality 150,000 yen for undergraduate students; 180,000 yen for graduate students one or two years Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation August ~ October ・ Undergraduate students who will begin their 3rd or 4th year of study in the following year ・ 1st or 2nd year master's course students ・ 2nd or 3rd year doctoral course students |
100,000 yen for undergraduate students; 140,000 yen for graduate students | two years maximum |
| Heiwa Nakajima Foundation International Student Scholarship | August ~ October | Students who are enrolled in (or have been accepted to be enrolled in) a regular program | 100,000 yen | one year |
| Yasuda Scholarship Foundation | December ~ January | Undergraduate students who will enter their 2nd year of study in the fields of law, economics and business administration, or commerce | 100,000 yen | three years maximum |