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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not apply for a scholarship from another organization at the time of application (excluding a scholarship that may be withdrawn from, a scholarship with a scheduled payment period non-overlapping with this scholarship, or Monbukagakusho Honors Scholarship).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)

※The application period for 2025 academic year scholarship for 3rd and 4th-year undergraduate students is closed.

Scholarship recipients (actual number)

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

【Spring 2025 Scholarship】

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)

【2024 Fall A Scholarship, Fall B Scholarship】

2024 Fall A Scholarship

Scholarship Amount 150,000 JPY per month(900,000 JPY for 6 months)
※From October 2024 to March 2025 (6 months)
※Payment starts in December 2024(scheduled)
*The first bank transfer will include the payment for both October and November 2024.
Recipients About 50 recipients(All school year undergraduate students)
Eligibility All school year undergraduate students
Application Period From Tuesday, October 1st, 2024 to Tuesday, October 15th, 2024 (no later than 5pm)

2024 Fall B Scholarship

Scholarship Amount 150,000 JPY per month(1,800,000 JPY for 12 months)
※From April 2025 to March 2026 (12 months)
※Payment starts in April 2025 (scheduled)
Recipients About 25 in total
Eligibility 2nd year and 3rd year undergraduate students(as of October 1st, 2024)
Application Period From Tuesday, October 1st, 2024 to Tuesday, October 15th, 2024 (no later than 5pm)

※Scholarship application for April 2025-March 2026 period that is eligible to the other school year students is scheduled to be accepted in spring 2025 and fall 2025.