Deadline: 22 December 2011
Open to: Applicants must hold a degree from an accredited institution comparable to the bachelor degree offered at the University of Tokyo, non-Japanese citizen
Scholarship:154,000 yen – 1,358 EUR (students enrolled in a Master’s program or a professional degree program), economy class air ticket, 152,000 yen – 1,340 EUR/month (Research Student); 155,000 yen – 1,367 EUR for doctoral students
Description
As a candidate for GPSS, you may apply for the following scholarships: program (e.g. Japanese Government (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) or “Monbukagakusho”) Scholarship and Asian Development Bank (ADB) – Japan Scholarship Program).
Scholarships
The term of scholarship will differ as follows depending on the course a grantee takes in Japan: To see different terms for different students click here.
1. Allowance
Under the fiscal 2010 budget, each grantee will be provided monthly with 152,000 yen (Research Student course), 154,000 yen(students enrolled in a Master’s program or a professional degree program), or 155,000 yen students enrolled in a doctoral program (an additional monthly stipend of 2,000 or 3,000 yen may be provided to those undertaking study or research in specially designated regions). However, these amounts are subject to change depending on the annual budget of each year. The scholarship will not be paid to a grantee who takes a leave of absence or is long absent from his/her university.
2. Traveling Costs
[1] Transportation to Japan: Each grantee will be provided, according to his/her itinerary and route as designated by MEXT, with an economy class air ticket from the international airport closest to his/her place of residence to Narita International Airport （or following the itinerary normally used by the university where the grantee is placed）. Expenses such as inland transportation from his/her place of residence to the nearest international airport, airport tax, airport usage charges, special taxes on overseas travel and travel expenses within Japan will be borne by the grantee (the place of residence of the grantee shall in principle be the address stated in the application form). Air travel from a country other than the grantee’s nationality will not be covered, nor travel to Japan before April 1, 2011.
If the grantee comes to Japan to obtain admission to a university, he/she will not be provided with traveling cost to Japan.
[2]Transportation from Japan: The grantee who returns to his/her home country within the last-payment month of his/her scholarship will be provided, upon application, with an economy class air ticket for a flight from Narita International Airport (or following the itinerary normally used by the university where the grantee is placed) to the international airport closest to his/her place of return.
Note:Insurance premiums for travel to/from Japan shall be borne by the grantee. The airport the grantee departs from or returns to must be an airport of the country of his/her nationality.
3. School Fees
Fees for matriculation, tuition and entrance examinations at a university will be paid by the Japanese government. If the grantee moves on to higher education as a nonregular student, he/she will pay for entrance examinations.
Eligibility
All applicants to GPSS must satisfy the following requirements:
- must hold a degree from an accredited institution comparable to the bachelor degree offered at the University of Tokyo, or are expected to obtain such a degree by September 30, 2012,
- must live outside Japan and hold non-Japanese nationality,
- must agree to enter the program by October 1, 2012 (in principle), when accepted and
- must meet either eligibility of Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship for 2012 or ADB-Japan Scholarship Program.
How to apply?
You need to submit the following documents by 22 of December 2011:
- Completed Application Form (can be downloaded here .doc, .pdf)
- Official Academic Transcript or certified photocopy from the educational institution that you previously attended. If you have changed your university, include a transcript from the former university or college as well. These must be in English. If the original is not in English, then you must submit a certified copy of the original accompanied with an English translation by a competent person or organization.
- Official certificate of degree or certified photocopy of diploma. This must be translated to English. (If you are a presently enrolled student, please include an official letter or certificate of expected graduation.)
- Two confidential letters of recommendation (can be downloaded here as a .doc, as a .pdf)
- TOEFL Score sheet
The following applicants are exempted from submitting a TOEFL score sheet.
1) Those who graduated from a university or a graduate school located in a country where English is the native language.
2) Those who completed an undergraduate degree program or a Master’s program offered in English. If you fall in this category, please include a certificate showing that English was the language of instruction in the program you previously attended.
3) Those who submit evidence by any means that the applicant has a capability in English equivalent to those described in Item 1 or 2. - Research Plan and Expected Supervisors
Describe the theme and content of your research that you wish to conduct at GPSS. In addition, choose 3 expected supervisors from the list of faculty members at the GPSS and make a list of their names. If you can’t find 3 expected supervisors from the member list of the program, then you can include at most 2 from the prospectus of the whole Division of Environmental Studies. This statement and list must be typed on A4 size paper. It shall not exceed three pages in length. (single spaced, and your name must be appeared on each page) - Short Essays
Contacts
International Liaison Office
The University of Tokyo
Environmental Studies Building, Rm#120
5-1-5 Kashiwa no ha, Kashiwa city
Chiba 277-8563 JAPAN