[Tokyo Tech] Information on Japanese Government Scholarships 2017

Japanese Government Scholarship programs for those students who are planning on earning their degrees at Tokyo Tech.
Successful applicants can start their study from September 2017.

Tokyo Tech offers the following two programs to which graduate-level students can apply.

Interested students can apply to either of these programs, but it is not possible to apply to both programs simultaneously.

1) Research Student Program
-URL:http://www.titech.ac.jp/english/graduate_school/international/research_students/mext_application.html
-Inquiries: International Student Exchange Division
(tokyotech.mext@jim.titech.ac.jp)
-Closing Date: November 20, 2016

For the Research Student Program, students will enter Tokyo Tech as Research Students (non-degree students). They may advance to Tokyo Tech’s Master’s/ Doctoral program, provided that he/she successfully passes the entrance
examination.

Students from universities which have formal agreements with Tokyo Tech will be given priority consideration for this program.

2) International Graduate Program A [IGP (A)]
-URL:http://www.titech.ac.jp/english/graduate_school/international/graduate_program_a/index.html
-Inquiries: Admissions Division (ryugakusei@jim.titech.ac.jp)
-Closing Date: November 30, 2016

For the IGP (A), students can directly apply to enroll in the Master’s, Doctoral or Integrated Doctoral Programs at Tokyo Tech from abroad. Lectures and seminars for the IGP (A) are conducted in English. Applicants with
outstanding academic performance records are eligible to apply for the Japanese government scholarship.

Information on application procedures and application forms are available on these websites.