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FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ADMISSION CALENDAR

The Department will allocate a limited number of scholarships, approximately 25 seats in total every year, by

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recommending candidates to partner scholarship organizations such as the Japanese Government, and

FAQ

Asian Development Bank.

A. Application Due for October entry
B. The Admission Procedure for Scholarship Receipt

Admission Information
Entrance Examination
Civil Scholarship Program
Scholarship with the
department recommendation
Scholarship with
embassy recommendation
Other scholarship and
self-funded students
Application Kit

C. List of Scholarships

A. Application Due for October entry

Students with MEXT-University and ADB-JSP are enrolled only in October, when the
Autumn-Winter semester begins.
The due date for application is Online: November 16, Offline:November 30, for the following
October entry. For example, all required documents should be reached at the Foreign Student
Office via postal mail before November 30, for the following October enrolment. All the
incomplete application documents will be forwarded next available intake.

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The admission procedure for scholarship receipt

The administration of MEXT-University and ADB-JSP is undertaken through the Screening
Committee of the Department of Civil Engineering and a secretariat called the Foreign
Student Office (The Civil FSO). The Screening Committee provides the overall direction for
the program and annually selects candidates to receive scholarships, and the Civil FSO is
responsible for day-to-day function of the scholarship program.
1. Please check the website " How to apply" provided by the Civil FSO
2. The Department, using its standard criteria, will evaluate the applications by reviewing
submitted documents. It also undertakes the allotment and short-list of the scholarship
candidates.
3. The Department will announce the result of preliminary selection to all short-listed
candidates.
4. The Department will endorse the eligible short-listed candidates to the partner
scholarship organizations.
5. The partner scholarship organizations will make a final selection and inform the result
to the Department (the Civil FSO) accordingly.
6. The Department will announce the result of final selection to all short-listed candidates
and make arrangements for successful ones to take up their scholarship including
admission from the University of Tokyo.

Important Notes on Admission Procedures

1. The scholarship offers are granted on the combination of merit, analysis of financial
resources, and the sponsors' qualification standards. Diversification of nationality in
scholarship candidacy will be also considered.
2. To study at the University of Tokyo, you must succeed through the high competition
and lesser scholarship grants.
3. No separate applications to MEXT-University and ADB-JSP are necessary.
4. Only endorsed candidates will be entitled to MEXT-University and ADB-JSP.
5. Submission of the department-specific application forms does not mean that you have
been accepted for a scholarship or granted admission. You should not take any action
with your current employment or likewise until you have been informed by the
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Department of your scholarship award.

6. Scholarship awards are provided to the scholar only; no provision is made for spouses
or dependents.

List of Scholarships
MEXT/w. University

Official
Name
Fees
covered by
the
scholarship

The Japanese Government (Ministry of Education, Culture,

Sports, Science and Technology or "Monbukagakusho")
Scholarship with the University Recommendation
full tuition fees
entrance fee and examination fee
a monthly subsistence
a round-trip air ticket

Allocated
seats

18 seats in total every year

Degree
Program

Master and Doctor

Duration of
Scholarship

2 years for Master's degree program

3 years for Doctoral degree program

An applicant for MEXT-University must be under 35 years of age

as of April 01 in the year of admission and a citizen of a country
with diplomatic relations with Japan under the regulations of the
Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Science, Sports, and
Technology.
You are not eligible as scholarship recipient if any of following is
applicable.
1. Currently belong to the military
2. Incapable of arriving Japan in the designated period( ex. Between

Basic
Qualification
and
conditions

October 1st and 7th )

3. Awardees of Japanese Government Scholarship in the past***
***If you have ever been awarded a MEXT scholarship in the past,
you are expected to belong to an educational institution in your
home country at least 3 years upon completion of your program

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prior to your next enrollment as a MEXT Scholarship recipient.

4. Awardees of scholarship sponsored by other facilities, such as a
private cooperation, your own government, etc.
5. Expelled from Japan in the past

Conditions
Links

For the conditions of MEXT, please refer to the Summary of

MEXT.
http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/res03/i14_e.html
http://www.jasso.go.jp/study_j/documents/Scholarship_e02.pdf

ADB-JSP

Official
Name

Asian Development Bank (ADB)-Japan Scholarship Program (JSP)

full tuition fees
entrance fee and examination fee

Fees
covered by
the
scholarship

a monthly subsistence
a round-trip air ticket
an allowance for books and instructional materials
medical insurance
travel or research expenses

Allocated
seats
Degree
Program

roughly 10 seats in total every year

Master and Doctor
ADB prefers to support a student seeking a Master's degree rather
than Doctoral degree

Duration of
2 years for both Master's and Doctoral degree program
Scholarship
An applicant for ADB-JSP must be not more than 35 years of age
as of April 01 in the year of admission and a citizen of a developing
Basic
member country of ADB, have at least two years of full-time
Qualification
professional working experience, and should agree to return to
his/her home country upon completion of studies under ADB-JSP.
For the qualifications and conditions of ADB-JSP, please refer to
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Conditions
Links

URL below.http://www.adb.org/JSP/faq.asp
http://www.adb.org/JSP/default.asp

Admission Information
Entrance Examination
Civil Scholarship Program
Scholarship with the department recommendation
Scholarship with embassy recommendation
Other scholarship and self-funded students
Application Kit

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