Scholarships by University & Other Organizations

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Tokushima University International Education and Research Exchange Fund

This scholarship fund is operated based on the donations from companies below.

NICHIA CORPORATION
The Awa Bank, Limited
Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd.
The Awagin Lease Company Limited
Nihon Funen Co. Ltd.

• Eligibility: Privately financed international students (except for foreign government sponsored students)
• Period: From April to March of the following year
• Monthly Allowance: 30,000 yen (45,000 yen for international doctoral students from partner universities)
• Application Deadline: End of April
• Students cannot apply for this scholarship if they:
  Receive another scholarship with more than 45,000 yen per month, or their spouse receives another scholarship with more than 90,000 yen per month.

Fujii-Otsuka International Education and Research Exchange Fund

This scholarship fund is operated based on the donations from companies below.

The Osaka Foundation for Promotion of Fundamental Medical Research
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc.

• Eligibility: Privately financed international students (except for foreign government sponsored students)
• Period: From April to March of the following year
• Monthly Allowance: 30,000 yen (48,000 yen for International Doctoral Students)
• Application Deadline: End of April
• Students cannot apply for this scholarship if they:
  Receive another scholarship with more than 48,000 yen per month, or their spouse receives another scholarship with more than 96,000 yen per month.

Tokushima University Yume Scholarship

• Eligibility
  • Students of Tokushima University enrolling in a doctoral program (Those who earned more than 4420,000 in the previous year cannot receive this scholarship.)
  • International Students cannot receive this scholarship, if they:
    • Enrolled the doctoral program before 2008,
    • Receive 100% tuition exemption,
    • Receive a scholarship from Japanese government,
    • Receive a scholarship from another government,
    • Study at Tokushima University as an exchange student from a partner university,
    • Study at Tokushima University as a student nominated by one of Tokushima University International Student Alumni Associations,
    • Receive financial support from from the Japan Society for Promotion of Science, or
    • Receive financial aids enough to cover their tuition from another organization.
• Selection of Recipients and Amount of Scholarship:
  Recipients are selected in each semester.
  Total number of recipients should not exceed 70% of the eligible applicants.
  The scholarship covers about 50% of the tuition for a semester.
• Please Submit Application Forms at:
  • Students on josanjima Campus – Gakusei Seikatsu Shien-ka (1F in the Liberal Arts and Sciences Building No.4)
  • Students on Kuramoto Campus – Office in charge of scholarships in your department

Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation

• Please click here for more detailed information on application.

Heiwa Nakajima Foundation

• Eligibility:
  Privately funded international students enrolled in a Japanese university as a full-time student

• Monthly Allowance and Scholarship Period:
  • Graduate Course: 120,000 yen (from April, for a maximum of two years)
  • Undergraduate Course: 100,000 yen (from April, for a maximum of two years)

SGH Scholarship Foundation

• Eligibility:
  Should be a privately funded international students from a south east Asian country
  Should be studying at a Japanese university as a full-time student

• Monthly Allowance and Scholarship Period:
  100,000 yen per month (from April, available for two years)

Miki Takeo International Fund

• Eligibility:
  Privately funded international students studying at a university in Tokushima Prefecture

• Monthly Allowance and Scholarship Period:
  25,000 yen per month (from April, available for one year)

DOCOMO Mobile Communication Fund

• Eligibility:
  Should be a 1st-year self-funded international student enrolled in a graduate course of a Japanese university, and
  Should major in information technologies, information processings and fields related in information sciences, or
  Should be a humanity or social-science student whose research topic covers “information technology” and its related fields.

• Monthly Allowance and Scholarship Period:
  120,000yen per month (from April, available for two years)

Otsuka-Toshimi Scholarhip Foundation

• Eligibility: Regular Students who is major field of study is Medicine, Pharmacology, Nutrition, Physical Education or Business Administration (MBA).

• Allowance and Scholarship Period: 2,000,000 yen, 1,500,000yen or 1,000,000yen per a year (from April, available about one year)

The Iwatani Naoji Foundation

• Eligibility:
  Should be a privately funded international students from a east or south east Asian country
  Should be a student enrolled in (or expected to enroll in) a graduate course
  Should major in a field on natural science
  Should be younger than 30 years old for a Master student (younger than 35 years old for a Doctoral student)

• Monthly Allowance and Scholarship Period:
  150,000 yen per month (for one year)

Sato Yo International Scholarship Foundation

Please click here for more detailed information.