Financial Aid and Grants for Doctoral Students

YNU offers various financial aid and scholarship programs to enable doctoral students to actively pursue their studies without being hampered by any economic disadvantages.

Financial Aid

JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (Department in charge: Grant Section)

* Intended for doctoral studies

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science funds brilliant young researchers so they can focus on their graduate studies with the aim of producing and recruiting creative future leaders of scientific research in Japan.

JASSO Scholarship Programs (Department in charge: Financial Aid Section)

* Intended for master’s and doctoral studies

The Japan Student Services Organization extends loans, which are divided into interest-free Category 1 and interest-bearing Category 2, to university students. A briefing session on loan reservation is planned in early October.

YNU Tuition Waiver Program (Department in charge: Financial Aid Section)

* Intended for master’s and doctoral studies

Each semester, YNU awards a full or half tuition waiver for selected applicants among economically disadvantaged students with excellent academic performance.

Research Assistantship (Department in charge: EIS)

* Intended for doctoral studies

As a form of aid, YNU employs research assistants among doctoral students who applied for tuition waivers and were granted only a half waiver or no waiver.

Note that the following are not eligible: JSPS research fellows, recipients of scholarship worth more than the tuition (excluding JASSO loan recipients), working professionals and other students with a certain level of income, repeaters (leaves of absence may be taken into account), government-sponsored international students, international students representing foreign governments, or the like.

Teaching Assistant (Department in charge: EIS)

* Intended for master’s and doctoral studies

YNU offers teaching assistant positions as training opportunities for graduate students to become teachers or researchers while receiving allowance to support their studies.

EIS Diversity Scholarship Program (Department in charge: EIS Office)

* Intended for doctoral studies

EIS awards scholarships for its doctoral students with disabilities or economic difficulties associated with childcare, nursing care, or the like. Applications may be filed by prospective applicants to doctoral programs at EIS.
Intended monthly scholarship of 30,000 yen for five months

Educational and Research Grants

YNU International Academic Exchange Grant Program (Department in charge: EIS Office)

* Intended for master’s and doctoral studies

YNU encourages active research activities among students by awarding grants for conducting studies and presenting research findings at international conferences or the like.
Grant recipients are chosen among applicants according to their intended destinations.

Support for Presentations at International Conferences (Department in charge: EIS Office)

* Intended for master’s and doctoral studies

The program covers necessary expenses for initiatives carried out abroad by master’s students enrolled in Seminar in Globalization or doctoral students enrolled in Advanced Seminar in Globalization offered for them to grow into global talents.

EIS Joint Research Project (Assignment C) (Department in charge: EIS)

* Intended for doctoral studies

EIS allocates research funding for research projects independently conducted by its students, which are reviewed and selected among new project proposals.