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Tokyo Metropolitan University Scholarship for Privately Financed International Students(For undergraduate students)

Outline of the Scholarship ※Please check the Application Guidelines for details.

Title Tokyo Metropolitan University Scholarship for Privately Financed International Students
Eligibility Academically outstanding privately financed international students that are regularly enrolled in an undergraduate course at Tokyo Metropolitan University
Scholarship Amount 150,000 JPY per month(1,800,000 JPY for 12 months)
Recipients About 50 recipients in total(All school year undergraduate students)
Applicant Requirements 〇The applicants must have or be currently applying for “student” as their status of residence.
〇The applicant must have an academic score of 3.0 or above out of 5.0 in the target grades, based on the calculation method defined by Tokyo Metropolitan University.
〇The applicant must be able to graduate within their term of study.
〇The applicant must not apply for a scholarship from another organization at the time of application (excluding a scholarship that may be withdrawn from, a scholarship with a scheduled payment period non-overlapping with this scholarship, or Monbukagakusho Honors Scholarship).
〇No concurrent receipt with a scholarship from another organization is permitted.(excluding Monbukagakusho Honors Scholarship)

※International students financed by the Japanese government, MEXT are not eligible.
※International students that have enrolled by the Special Selection (Entrance Examination for Fall Semester Entrance) are not eligible.

Scholarship Application Period

Here is the upcoming scholarship application schedule. When it gets closer to the time, please find application details in our webpage, kibaco, poster on campus, etc.

Receiving scholarship in Application Period
B4 Around September in the previous academic year (B3)
B3 Around September in the previous academic year (B2)
B2 Around March in the previous academic year
(B1, Right before moving to B2)
B1 Around September in the entrance year(B1)

Scholarship recipients (actual number)

Scholarship recipients for the 2nd semester in AY2024: 27 recipients
Application for scholarship for the 2nd semester in AY2024 was taken for all year students.

Scholarship recipients for AY2025
Second year undergraduates: 11 recipients
Third and fourth year undergraduates: 10 recipients

NEW!! Application in AY2025

Applications are accepted from September 3rd to September 16th , 2025.

【2025 Fall A Scholarship】

linkApplication Guidelines
linkGrade Calculation Form

Forms for application will be available for input and submission starting on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025.

Scholarship Amount 150,000JPY per month
※From April 2025 to March 2026 (12 months)
Recipients About 13 recipients
Eligibility First year undergraduates at the time of application
Application Period From Wednesday, September 3rd to Tuesday, September 16 (no later than 5pm)

【2025 Fall B Scholarship】

linkApplication Guidelines
linkGrade Calculation Form

Forms for application will be available for input and submission starting on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025.

Scholarship Amount 150,000JPY per month
※From April 2026 to March 2027 (12 months)
Recipients About 25 recipients
Eligibility Second and third year undergraduates at the time of application
Application Period From Wednesday, September 3rd to Tuesday, September 16 (no later than 5pm)

【Spring 2025 Scholarship】

linkApplication Guidelines
linkGrade Calculation Form
※Application period is closed.

Scholarship Amount 150,000 JPY per month
※From April 2025 to March 2026 (12 months)
Recipients About 13 recipients
Eligibility First year undergraduates at the time of application who are expected to advance to the second year in April 2025
Application Period From Monday, March 10th to Tuesday, March 18th (no later than 5pm)