SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS (Master Course) 


Ritsumeikan University offers a number of scholarships to graduate students.

In addition, many scholarships provided by Private Foundations and Local Government are available to qualified students. 

 

1. The Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship

Name of Scholarship

Qualifications

Scholarship conditions

Application

period

Remarks

Nationality/Area

age

Amount

period

Japanese Government

 (Monbukagakusho)

 Scholarships (for local selection)

Countries recognized

by the Japanese

Government

under 35

185,500 yen per month

only for the duration

alloted for their degree

Autumn

Tuition fee

・Research allowance

・Travel expenses

 

2. Scholarships administered by Ritsumeikan University

Name of Scholarship

Qualifications

Scholarship conditions

Application period

Number of

awarded

students

Remarks

Nationality/Area

    age   

Amount

period

Ritsumeikan University Honors

Scholarship for Privately-Financed

Graduate Students from Abroad

 

 

 

One year

Spring

2(M)

 

Ritsumeikan University

International Academy &

Culture Exchange Foundation

 

 

500,000 yen per year

One year

Spring

3

 

Ritsumeikan University

Reduction or Waiving of

Tuition Fees for Students

from Abroad

 

 

A part of Tuition fee

(excluding Amenities fee,

Miscellaneous fee)

One year

June

Those who

fulfill the

conditions

Please be noted that

not all applicants are

awarded.

Ritumeikan University

Alumni Association Scholarship

for Students from Abroad

 

 

300,000 yen per year

One year

Spring

7

 

Financial Assistance for

Students from Abroad by

Members of Ritsumeikan

University faculty

 

 

250,000 yen per year

One year

Spring

6

 

Ritsumeikan University

Graduate School Special

Honors Scholarship

(for Mater Course only)

 

 

Benefit B

300,000 yen per year

(Graduate School of

Science and Engineering)

One year

 

 

There is a difference

in amount by

graduate courses.

 

3. Private Foundations and Local Government Scholarships  (Recommended by University)

Name of Scholarship

Qualifications

Scholarship conditions

Application period

Remarks

Nationality/Area

age

Amount

period

Honors Scholarship for Privately

Financed International Students by

Association of International

Education, Japan(AIEJ)

 

 

73,000 yen per month

One year

Spring

 

Iwatani Internatioal

Scholarship Foundation

 

under 30

150,000 yen per month

One year

Autumn

Travel expenses

Ichikawa International

Scholarships Foundation

Asian Countries

 

100,000 yen per month

One year

Autumn

 

Kato Asao International

Scholarship Foundation

Asia

 

100,000 yen per month

One year

Autumn

 

Yuasa International Foundation

East/Southeast Asia

and the neiboring countries

under 35

100,000 yen per month

One year

Autumn

 

The Daido Life Foundation

Asia(excluding

China, Korea, Taiwan)

 

1,000,000 yen per year

One year

Autumn

 

Rotary Yoneyama

Memorial Foundation, Inc.

Countries where the

Rotary Club exists

(There is a limitation

by nationality)

under 40

150,000 yen per month

Two years

(Max.)

 

 

Heiwado Foundation

 

 

50,000 yen per month

only for the

duration alloted

for their degree

Spring

Only for students

from abroad in

Biwako-Kusatsu Campus

Biwako Scholarships

 

 

20,000 yen per month

One year

Spring

Only for students from

abroad in Biwako-Kusatsu

Campus who live in

Shiga Prefecture

 

*Autumn entry students are eligible to apply for the scholarship in Spring of the following year.