Scholarship Opportunities Requiring a University Recommendation

1) How to apply

Those who wish to apply for a scholarship that requires a university recommendation must submit in advance to Tokyo Tech the "Application for the Privately funded Scholarships" form, available twice a year in March/April and September/October. If you do not, you will miss the opportunity to apply for this kind of scholarship. Announcements are made on the bulletin boards in January for March/April and in July for September/October. The application form is provided at the Student Support Division in O-okayama and Suzukakedai. Please do not forget to submit it. The application form has to be brought by the applicant or by proxy to the Student Support Division in O-okayama Campus or Suzukakedai Campus. We will not accept submissions after the deadline, or by campus-mail or mail.

Grants for most scholarships in Japan start to be provided in April and last until March of the following year.Usually, each scholarship foundation will provide application guidelines between Autumn of the previous year and June. For a brief description of each scholarship offered at Tokyo Tech, please refer to the "List of the Private Scholarship Foundations"(Appendix 1)

2) How to be assessed

Applicants will be ranked in accordance with the "Recommendation Criteria for Privately Funded Scholarships". A selection committee, organized by academics in Tokyo Tech, will decide on which applicants to recommend by referring to this ranking system. The committee will consider the eligibility of applicants in function of each different scholarship. We will inform you only if you are selected by the committee.

We cannot tell you when you get the result because it depends on each foundation's schedule. Please note that not all the applicants will be recommended, and that even applicants that are pre-selected to apply for a scholarship will not be successful in obtaining one. The scholarship foundations will assess the applications of candidates that are recommended by Tokyo Tech.

3) Application Schedules

2020 Spring Round Privately Funded Scholarships
Late January 2020	Announcement for Application posted for 2020 Spring Round Privately Funded Scholarships →Application Form, Details, Schedule, Recommendation Criteria, FAQ →List of the Private Scholarship Foundations with university's recommendation
March 2 - 6, 2020 (Current students)	Application Period for 2020 Spring Round Privately Funded Scholarship(Current students)
April 1 - 7, 2020 (Students newly admitted or starting a program in April)	Application Period for 2020 Spring Round Privately Funded Scholarship(Students newly admitted or starting a program in April)
Between mid-April 2020 and late-September 2020	The 2020 Spring Round is for scholarships accepting applications between mid-April and late-September 2020. The applicants will be given a standing rank, and will be recommended in this order by our selecting committee. Only if you are selected for the recommendation, we will inform you of the result by late July. Most of the scholarships last one year: from April 2020 to March 2020.

• Students who wish to apply for scholarships which start from April 2020 must submit the "Application for Privately Funded Scholarships" form in March/April.

• Students who wish to apply for scholarships which start from October 2020 or April 2021 must submit the "Application for Privately Funded Scholarships" form in September/October.

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