Scholarship Programs
Scholarships offered by Private Scholarship Organizations
There are various privately sponsored scholarships that are available to international students. In some cases applications are made directly to the sponsoring organizations, while in the others applications are made through UTokyo. Please refer to “Registration for Scholarships offered by Private Organizations (Economics)”.
Recent increase in the number of international students has made it highly competitive for them to be awarded scholarships. We suggest you look into the list of scholarships Offered by Private Organizations under the Direct application category regularly.
*Some scholarships under the Direct application category instruct students to receive a proof of confirmation etc from the Faculty of Economics/Graduate School of Economics. In that case, we fix the internal application deadline a few weeks before the closing date of the scholarship application. Be sure to check the details at the Notice page for International Students .
Undergraduate Students
1st and 2nd year students: Contact Komaba International Student Support Room
3rd and 4th year students: Refer to the above "Scholarship offered by Private Organizations".
Graduate students
The Japanese Government's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) offers scholarships for international students.
*A MEXT student who is currently registered in a university in Japan and wishes to advance to the Graduate School of Economics, UTokyo with hoping to continuously hold the MEXT status should contact an administrative office of the University currently registered first for the instruction.
(1) MEXT Scholarship (Embassy Recommendation): Please check
here for further details.
(2) MEXT scholarship (University Recommendation): Targeted for the newly incoming students
expected to enroll in October. Most appropriate applicants will be selected and contacted by Graduate School of
Economics in January prior to the enrollment. After an interview, successful applicants are nominated to MEXT and then
finalists will be announced in June. One student per a fiscal year has been constantly granted from 2010 to 2017 but none after 2018.
This scholarship was established in 2004 with the aim at providing a research grant to highly-achieving privately-funded postgraduate international students to assist their academic pursuits at UTokyo and at promoting a greater acceptance of excellent students from overseas.
Monthly stipend: Graduate level: \200,000/month (as of April 2023)
Period: Standard duration of the program
Most appropriate applicants will be contacted from the Graduate School of Economics.
2020: 2 April enrollees and 2 September enrollees were granted 2021: 2 October enrollees were granted 2022: 2 April enrollees and 2 October enrollees were granted
3. Honors Scholarship for Privately Financed International Students (Japan Student Services Organization)
Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) offers honors scholarships for privately financed international students who attend university or graduate school in Japan, are of good character, have good academic record, and require financial assistance to continue their studies as an international student.
The conditions are as follows:
Monthly stipend:
Graduate level: \48,000/month (as of April 2023)
Period: 6month / 12month
Most appropriate applicants will be contacted from the Graduate School of Economics.
2020: 5 students for 12month and 1 for 6month were granted. 2021: 3 students for 12month and 8 for 6month were granted. 2022: 2 students for 12month and 1 for 6month were granted.
4. Scholarship for International Students, The University of Tokyo Foundation
Monthly stipend: ￥50,000/month (as of April 2023)
Period: 6month / 12month
Most appropriate applicant will be contacted from the Graduate School of Economics.
1 student for 12month per year is granted every year.
5. Scholarships offered by Private Organizations
6. Funding for Doctoral students
Below links are for those seeking funding prior to the advancement to our Doctoral program. *Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (学振Gakushin) *Spring GX – open to various fields of research