For those scholarships for Privately-Financed International Students, scholarship notification will be posted on the Bulletin Board. Be sure to check with your campus staff as some scholarships have short application period. The following are the main kinds of scholarships that international students can apply for.
These scholarships are based on university recommendations and are applied through the university office.
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| Name of Scholarship |
Eligible Students |
Monthly Stipend 2020 (Yen) |
Eligibility (*a)(*b) |
Application Period |
Number of Recipients | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |||||
| JASSO Honors Scholarships (general selection) ※No recruitment for general selection,but special selection is occasionally available |
Undergraduate | 48,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Postgraduate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| JEES Docomo Foreign Student Scholarship | Postgraduate | 120,000 | Master’s program 1st year at April, Asian nationality, students majoring in information and communication | Mar - Apr | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| END Shiiki Masakazu Memorial Scholarship |
Postgraduate | 600,000 per annum |
Asian nationality | Mar - Apr | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Yoshimoto Shoji Scholarship Foundation | Undergraduate/ Postgraduate | 600,000 per annum |
students who want to be a bridge between Japan and their own country or overseas | Mar - Apr | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kanazawa Memorial Foundation Scholarship | Undergraduate | 30,000 | age under 30 | Mar - Apr | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Postgraduate | 50,000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| END Yoshikawa Scholarship |
Undergraduate/ Postgraduate | 50,000 | undergraduate 3rd, 4th year, Japanese proficiency (*c) | Apr | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| END Sekihara Dalian City Scholarship ※Eligible students to be informed individually |
Undergraduate/ Postgraduate | 20,000 | was born in Dalian or graduated from university in Dalian | Apr - May | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| END Fukuoka Asia Satooya Scholarship |
Undergraduate/ Postgraduate | 20,000 | students who show good performance in activities contributing to society | Apr – May, Sep - Oct |
5 | 5 | 6 |
| END JGC-S Scholarship Foundation (Nikki-Saneyoshi Shogakkai) |
Postgraduate | 300,000 per annum |
Master’s program | Apr - Nov | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| END KDDI Foundation Scholarship |
Postgraduate | 100,000 | students majoring in information and communication | May - Jun | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| END Fukuoka International Exchange Foundation Scholarship |
Undergraduate/ Postgraduate | 20,000 | students who show good performance in activities contributing to society | Jun | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| NEW Sato Yo International Scholarship |
Undergraduate | 150,000 | Southeast Asian nationality Spring recruitment: undergraduate 1st year or transfer students, postgraduate 1st year Autumn recruitment: undergraduate, postgraduate |
Jun – Aug, Nov - Jan |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| Postgraduate | 180,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| END Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Scholarship |
Undergraduate | 100,000 | undergraduate 3rd, 4thyear, Master's program 1st, 2nd year, Doctoral program 2nd, 3rd year,Japanese proficiency(*c) | Aug - Sep | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Postgraduate | 140,000 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||
| END Heiwanakajima Scholarship |
Undergraduate/ Postgraduate | 100,000 | Sep - Oct | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| NEW JEES T. Banaji Indian Students Scholarship |
Undergraduate/ Postgraduate | 100,000 | Indian nationality | Sep – Nov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| END Tasaka Scholarship |
Undergraduate/ Postgraduate | 50,000 | students who show good performance in activities contributing to society, came to Japan alone, Japanese proficiency (*c) | Nov - Dec | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NEW Kyoritsu International Foundation Scholarship |
Undergraduate | 60,000～ 100,000 | enrollment period at least 1 year or more left, Asian nationality | Nov - Jan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Postgraduate | 100,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| END SGH Foundation Scholarship |
Undergraduate/ Postgraduate | 120,000 | undergraduate 3rd year, Master’s program 1st year or Doctoral program 2nd year at April, Southeast Asian nationality | Jan - Mar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doctor | 180,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| END Assuran International Scholarship Foundation |
Undergraduate/ Postgraduate | 100,000 | undergraduate 2nd, 3rd, 4th year, Asian nationality, Japanese proficiency (*c) | Feb | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| END Otsuka Toshimi Scholarship Foundation |
Postgraduate | 2000000,1500000, or 1000000 yen per annum | Doctoral students studying in field directly related to medicine or pharmacology | Oct | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- (*a)
- Please check the application guidelines for details and contact your Student Section if any questions you have.
- (*b)
- Most of the documents have to be written in Japanese.
- (*c)
- High Japanese proficiency is required as interview and mutual communication are conducted in Japanese.
