Prospective Students
Prospective Students
Period of Study |
Early June – Early August |
Eligibility |
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Student Status at Tokyo Tech |
International Exchange Student (Non-regular, non-degree-seeking student) |
Program Fee |
JPY 50,000 |
Number of Participants |
Up to 35 students |
Application Deadline |
Early January |
Tokyo Tech Summer Program offers undergraduate and graduate students from overseas partner universities the opportunity to pursue short-term individual research projects under Tokyo Tech faculty supervision. In addition, participants have opportunities to learn about Japanese culture while experiencing life in one of the most exciting and technologically-advanced cities in the world.
Tokyo Tech Summer Program will not be held in 2022.
Program Period |
June 4 – August 8, 2019 |
Eligibility |
*Participants must have student status at their home university during their period of study at Tokyo Tech. |
Number of Participants |
Up to 35 students |
Application Period |
November 9, 2018 – January 10, 2019 |
Selection Results |
Notification by February 28, 2019 |
Each participant conducts an individual research project in a faculty laboratory under the guidance of a Tokyo Tech faculty member, engages with cohort members in a Japan Studies course designed specifically for the Summer Program, and has the option of taking an introductory level Japanese language course.
Site visits, Japanese cultural experiences, and activities with Tokyo Tech students
An academic record containing course grades and a certificate of completion will be issued.
Credit transfer is at the discretion of the home university.
Program Fee |
JPY 50,000 |
Accommodation Fees |
JPY 220,000 - 250,000 in total |
Insurance |
Participants are required to purchase Disaster and Accident Insurance for Students as well as Personal Liability Insurance for Students (cost: JPY 1,340 in total) upon arrival. Participants are asked to purchase overseas travel insurance before traveling to Japan. |
Note: Fees are subject to change
A limited number of qualified students will receive a Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) or Tokyo Tech Fund scholarship. Those selected to receive the scholarships will be notified one or two months before the start of the program.
Boston University / Brown University / California Institute of Technology / Carnegie Mellon University / Cornell University / Harvard University / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Rice University / The University of Texas at Austin / University of British Columbia / University of California, Berkeley / University of California, Irvine University of California Santa Barbara / University of Chicago/ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign/ University of Michigan / University of Washington / University of Wisconsin-Madison
Aalto University / Cardiff University / Delft University of Technology / École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers / École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées / Eindhoven University of Technology / Lomonosov Moscow State University / University of Pierre and Marie Curie / Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH) / Technische Universität München / The University of Edinburgh / University of Glasgow / University College London / University of York / Vienna University of Technology
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology / National University of Singapore / Nanyang Technological University / Tsinghua University
Contact
Student Exchange Group 3, International Student Exchange Division