Scholarships in Japan

KUAS has over 300 international students from over 40 different countries, and that number is only expected to continuing growing. Students have many opportunities to interact with peers from a variety of backgrounds on campus.

Global Science Graduate Course (GSGC) is an international graduate program in the Graduate School of Science at the University of Tokyo, which allows students to obtain their degrees in English.

The Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship by Japanese Grant Aid (JDS) (former Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS)) is to support human resource development of the Japanese grant aid recipient countries.

Purpose of the Funding: Research grant-in-aid (from herein “grant-in-aid”) will be awarded to outstanding, self-financed overseas students so they may be able to focus on their academic research, with the aim of promoting the enrolment of overseas students.

In this program, a scholarship grant is awarded to foreign students specializing in the field of natural science while studying at a graduate school in Japan.

The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) was founded in 1997 as a stand-alone national graduate university focused on policy studies. Future policy leaders and researchers from all over the world gather here, forming an international research hub.

The Special Scholarship Program (SSP) was established in 2003 in order to support the development of advanced research at the university through the contribution of highly capable doctoral students. Through the 3-year curriculum, Kochi University of Technology (KUT) provides comprehensive education in the multidisciplinary environment.

The Daiwa Scholarship is a unique 19-month programme of language study, work placement and homestay in Japan, following a month of Japanese language tuition in the UK

The multidisciplinary IMLEX programme brings together image conversion, lighting and computer science.