How To Apply For Todai Fellowship At The University of Tokyo? 

Established in 1877 as the first imperial university, the University of Tokyo is one of Japan’s most storied and prestigious higher education establishments. In 2011, the university, which is nicknamed Todai, was ranked second in the world behind Harvard for the number of alumni in CEO positions at Fortune 500 companies. Also, 15 of Japan’s 62 prime ministers were educated at the University of Tokyo, five alumni have gone on to become astronauts and it has produced 18 Nobel laureates. 

The University of Tokyo consists of 10 faculties and 15 graduate schools and has 30,000 students enrolled, of which 2,100 are from overseas. Unusually for a Japanese university, it also runs undergraduate programmes taught entirely in English: The International Program on Japan in East Asia and the International Program on Environmental Sciences. 

Todai Fellowship offers financial support to international students who have enrolled in doctoral courses at The University of Tokyo. This fellowship must be applied for at the same time as submitting an application for the entrance examination for the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences (GSFS). 

The GSFS screening result of the fellowship will be notified to applicants along with the result of the entrance examination. 

Nominees selected by GSFS will undergo a final screening by the Division of Global Campus Initiatives before awarding the fellowship. The final and official screening result will be notified in the month of enrollment. Please note that you have a high probability to be awarded the fellowship once you are nominated to the Division of Global Campus Initiatives from GSFS. 

Funding Details 

JPY 200,000/month (Fellowship recipients must not submit an application for tuition exemption.) 

Eligibility 

Those applying for admission to a doctoral course at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences. 

Those holding a valid visa to stay in Japan as a “College Student”. 

Those who are not applying and/or planning to apply for fellowships or scholarships provided by private organizations. 

How to Apply  

Here are the required steps to apply for the Todai Fellowship: 

Application Form for Todai Fellowship 

Recommendation letter from your former supervisor (preferably from your master’s program supervisor) 

Research Plan 

List of past achievements 

Transcript of graduate school and undergraduate school 

Copy of presented papers 

Do note: The selected scholar will be supported for three years.  

For further information on the Japan Todai Fellowship, click here.  

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