Scholarships For Self-Supported International Students
1．Honors Scholarship for Privately Financed International Students
This is for full-time students who are recognized as excellent students, require financial assistance while they are enrolled in universities and wish to work in Japan after graduation.
(NOTE) The third and fourth year undergraduate students, the first and second year master's students, and the second and third year Ph.D. students are eligible.
Allowance： 48,000 Yen/month（FY 2025）
2．Scholarship Fund of Tokushima University
⑴ “Tokushima University Fund for International Education and Research Exchanges” and “Fujii-Otsuka Fund for International Education and Research Exchanges” support international students who require financial assistance. Eligibility: international students enrolled in university at their own expenses (excluding international students sent by foreign governments).
・Tokushima University Fund for International Education and Research Exchanges
Allowance: 30,000 Yen/month or 45,000 Yen/month (FY2025)
・Fujii-Otsuka Fund for International Education and Research Exchanges
Allowance: 30,000 Yen/month or 48,000 Yen/month (FY2025)
⑵ "The Tokushima University School of Dentistry Scholarship Fund" supports international students enrolled in the School of Dentistry and in the Graduate School of Oral Sciences, who require financial assistance. Eligibility: international students enrolled in the School of Dentistry and in the Graduate School of Oral Sciences at their own expenses (including research students).
Allowance: up to 30,000 Yen/month
3．Scholarships by Private Scholarship Organizations
These scholarships are granted by private scholarship organizations to international students studying at their own expense.
Since these scholarships are managed by private organizations respectively, they have their own recruitment methods, selection processes, and payment conditions. Please ask at the International Affairs Division for more details after matriculation.
Exemption of Tuition for Self-Supported International Students
International students in regular courses (except undergraduate students, students sent by foreign governments, research students and non-degree students), who study at their own expense, can be partly exempted from the tuition within the limit of the
budget, if they have financial difficulties and are recognized as excellent students.
Details regarding the exemption can be obtained from the registration (student) office of earch department after matriculation.
