Only the support routes relevant to this programme are listed.
Amounts marked as references must be reconfirmed for the applicant's award year.
Private foundation scholarships listed via Global Komaba
Separate application
What it covers
The GPES page links out rather than listing values; individual foundation terms are published on the Global Komaba site.
How to apply
For information on scholarships from private foundations, please visit the Global Komaba website: http://www.globalkomaba.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/index.html Applications are made to…
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Funding from outside the programme — governments, private foundations,
and university-wide schemes you apply for after enrolling.
MEXT (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship — fee exemption as applied by GPES
Embassy recommendation
What it covers
MEXT scholars are exempt from paying these fees" (the JPY 282,000 enrollment fee and the JPY 535,800 annual tuition), and "No application fee is required from Foreign National…
How to apply
Not applied for through GPES. For the fee exemption, MEXT applicants who are not currently studying / conducting research at the University of Tokyo must submit a certificate of…
Scholarships applied for after enrollment (University of Tokyo / Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)
Post-enrollment opportunity
What it covers
Neither the value nor the type of award is published on the GPES pages.
How to apply
GPES currently has no specialist scholarships available at application time. If you are accepted onto the GPES program, you will have the opportunity to apply for scholarships…
Research Assistant (RA) positions
Post-enrollment opportunity
What it covers
Paid work rather than a scholarship: "Graduate students on the GPES program may have a chance to work as a research assistant (RA) and receive some reward." The amount is not…
How to apply
For further information, you may contact the faculty you will study with.
International conference travel grants (Department of Multi-Disciplinary Sciences)
Post-enrollment opportunity
What it covers
Travel funding to present research at international conferences; amounts are not published on the page. The Department of Multi-Disciplinary Sciences provides grants for the…
How to apply
the instructions and application form can be downloaded below" — a separate internal application each round. "Successful recipients of the travel grants are requested to submit a…
Scholarships, nominations and fee exemptions are competitive unless the programme
states that every admitted student receives the award. Admission on its own does
not guarantee funding.
