Masters & PhD: The University of Tokyo Fellowship Opportunities [Japan]

1． Overview

This research grant-in-aid was established in 2004. It aims to support outstanding, self-financed international students who pursue their degree at the University and to promote the enrollment of outstanding international students.

Recipients will receive 200,000 yen per month as research grant-in-aid until the end of the standard program duration (up to one year for research students).

In 2021, 42 students — 17 Master’s course students and 27 Doctor’s course students were newly selected as recipients.

In 2021, 138 students received research grant-in-aid in total.
799 students have been selected in total since The University of Tokyo Fellowship was established.

Application Guidelines for The University of Tokyo Fellowship (January 2022)

2．ApplicationThe application should be done through the applicant’s affiliated (proposed) Graduate School. Please contact the relevant section (international office) of your affiliated (proposed) Graduate School to check the details of the application procedures.

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3．Donations to The University of Tokyo Fellowship○FU Delin Scholarship

This scholarship has been established through the kind services of Ms. Fu Delin., a philanthropist, and a member of the Fu family that can trace their origins as far back as the Chinese Ming Dynasty. Ms. Fu herself has for a long time supported on her own, Chinese and Japanese students going abroad, but from 2017, she has kindly offered to provide financial support for international students from abroad to enroll at a graduate school of The University of Tokyo.
This scholarship in principle follows “The University of Tokyo Fellowship Implementation Guidelines on Special Scholarships for International Students,” but is primarily aimed at providing support to international students who hold Chinese citizenship.

○KOGA Shinsuke Scholarship

The beneficiary of this scholarship, Shinsuke Koga, has been predominantly active globally in the financial world following his graduation from The University of Tokyo. Having experienced studying abroad himself at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he obtained his Master of Business Administration, from 2016, Mr. Koga funded to provide financial support to graduate students coming to The University of Tokyo from the United States and the United Kingdom and established the Koga Shinsuke Scholarship.
This scholarship follows “The University of Tokyo Fellowship Implementation Guidelines on Special Scholarships for International Students,” but is aimed at providing support to international students who hold American or British citizenships.

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