Tokyo Tech Tsubame Scholarship for Doctoral Students

Tokyo Tech is introducing a new scholarship program for doctoral students in April 2019.

Tsubame Scholarship for Doctoral Students aims to reduce the financial burden on academically outstanding students so that they may concentrate on pursuing their doctoral studies. The financial assistance is intended to prevent motivated students from missing out on the opportunity to study at the Institute.

Eligibility

Students who enrolled in a doctoral degree program in or after April 2018 are eligible to apply.

Doctoral students are not eligible if any of the following is true:

1.

They receive financial aid from programs that do not permit funding from other sources (e.g., recipients of the JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, MEXT Scholarship students, recipients of overseas government scholarships).

2.

They receive income as working adults (e.g., regular employees of a company, individuals who own a business).

3.

They have exceeded the standard duration of their doctoral studies.

Scholarship amount

Scholarships are provided over the standard duration of a doctoral program, which is three years.

Recipient	Scholarship amount (annual)
1st year doctoral students	480,000 JPY (standard scholarship)
2nd and 3rd year doctoral students	480,000 JPY (standard scholarship) or 635,400 JPY (special scholarship)1,2

Notes:

1

Students who show outstanding academic performance will be granted a special scholarship. Approximately 20% of scholarship recipients in their second and third year will receive the special scholarship.

2

While this new scholarship system phases in, all doctoral students who enrolled in April 2018 and who become scholarship recipients in April 2019 will receive the standard scholarship for AY 2019-20.

* UPDATED 2019.04.15. about applications in spring 2019.

Read the guidelines(below) carefully, and apply to Student Support Division.

・Tokyo Tech Tsubame scholarship Guidelines (English version)

Tsubame_Guidelines_201904.pdf

・Tokyo Tech Tsubame scholarship Guidelines (Japanese version)

東工大つばめ奨学金募集要項(201904)_.pdf

Application for this round of recruitment is open to the following groups of students.

1.

Doctoral students who enrolled in April or September 2018.

2.

Doctoral students who enrolled in April 2019.

3.

Students who are expecting to enroll in a doctoral degree program in September 2019.

(i.e., current second year master’s students).

• （1）Application Form (submit as a double sided A4 sheet document)
• ・English Version
• Tsubame_applicationform_201904.xlsx　　Tsubame_applicationform_201904.pdf
• ・Japanese Version
• 東工大つばめ奨学金申請書(201904).xlsx　　　東工大つばめ奨学金申請書(201904).pdf　
• （2）Bank Transfer Request Form (applicants who have submitted the form in the past must do so again)
• 　　Bank Transfer Request Form （excel) ※Internal access only

• Submitted documents will not be returned to applicants.

• Submitted documents will be used solely for procedures related to this scholarship.

Monday, May 27, 2019～Friday, May 31, 2019

Notes:

• Applications will not be accepted outside this period.

• Consult the Student Support Division in advance if you are unable to hand in the documents during this period.

・ Applicants must submit the documents in person or via proxy to the Student Support Division.

・ Applications sent by post will not be accepted.

Scholarship recipients must submit a research achievements report either in person or by proxy at the end of each year of study.

Those who enroll in April must submit it in March of the following year, and those who enroll in September must submit theirs in September (tentative) of the following year.

Reports sent by post will not be accepted.

September 2018 enrollees must submit their report in September 2019 when they advance to their second year.

Notes:

・Continuation of scholarship payment in the following year of studies will be approved upon the submission of this report.

・English version

Tsubame_Researchreport_201904.xlsx　　Tsubame_Researchreport_201904.pdf

・Japanese version

東工大つばめ奨学金業績報告書(201904).xlsx　　東工大つばめ奨学金業績報告書(201904).pdf

(i) September 2018 enrollees：　September 9–13, 2019

(ii) April 2018 and April 2019 enrollees：　March 9–13, 2020

(iii) September 2019 enrollees：　Around September 2020 (exact dates are yet to be determined)

Notes:

• Reports will not be accepted outside the specified periods.

• Students who cannot hand in their report during the specified period must consult the Student Support Division in advance.

• Submission period for September 2019 enrollees will be announced online and via Tokyo Tech Mail as soon as it is decided.

Students affiliated to laboratories on Ookayama and Tamachi Campuses	Financial Aid Group, Student Support Division Ookayama Campus West Bldg. 8, Floor 1 Tel: 03-5734-3014 Email: gak.kei@jim.titech.ac.jp
Students affiliated to laboratories on Suzukakedai Campus	Suzukakedai Student Support Group, Student Support Division Suzukakedai Campus J1 Bldg., Floor 1 Tel: 045-924-5935 Email: suz.gak@jim.titech.ac.jp

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The next call for applications is planned for October 2019.