Support and Exchange Activities

We will accept applications for the special tuition waiver program for Spring Semester of AY2023 for students who are facing sudden financial difficulties to pay their tuition fees due to the spread of the COVID-19.
Applicants are requested to carefully check the “Eligibility” described in the application guidelines on the Student Support Division’s website. and submit the required documents in time for the application deadline (May 31, 2023).
*Those who have entered after April 2020 or those who have not applied for the tuition waiver for AY2023 are eligible to apply for this special tuition waiver program.

If you enrolled in March 2020 or before, please refer to the Student Support Division's website.

If you wish to apply for the YNU Financial Support Programs (tuition waiver & data registration for university-recommended scholarships), please read the application guidelines well and apply within the application period.

Tuition waiver

This program is to promote the acceptance of academically excellent international students and provide them with financial support after their admission to YNU.
Applicants will be entitled to a full, half, or 30% exemption from tuition fees according to their academic performance (for doctoral programs, the exemption rate will be a full or half).

Data registration for university-recommended scholarships

This registration is for internal screening for scholarships that require the university’s recommendation. You must be registered if you wish to apply for university-recommended scholarships.

Outline of the program

This is a program to promote the acceptance of academically excellent international students and provide them with financial support after their admission to YNU.

Eligibility

Applicants must meet the following eligibility 1 and 2. Refer to the application guidelines for more details.

1. Privately financed regular undergraduate or graduate international students at YNU as of April 1st, 2023.
2. Have or going to have a "Student" status of residence as prescribed by Japanese law (Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act)

Screening Method

Application procedure for newly enrolled students

Applicants must submit the “Application Form/ Expense Plan Form“ to the relevant undergraduate college or graduate school when applying for admission.
(Subject to those who will enroll in October 2023 or before.)

• As for those who will enroll in April 2024 or later, the application period for the tuition waiver will be after enrollment to YNU not when applying for admission.

Application procedure for current students

Please read the application guidelines below carefully and apply through the online application form.

Application guidelines are available on the Student Support Division’s website here.

There are two types of scholarships for privately financed international students. One is ‘University-recommended Scholarships’, and another is ‘Scholarships which you apply directly’.
It is possible to apply for both of these two types at the same time. You may also apply for more than one university-recommended scholarship at the same time, as long as you meet the eligibility requirements.
However, if you are recommended by the university once, you cannot apply for another scholarship that needs the university recommendation, until you get the result of the current application.

University-recommended Scholarships

To qualify for ‘University-recommended Scholarships,’ make sure to complete your basic data registration first. You need to apply for the basic data registration for every academic year.
When submitting your registration application in the spring semester, you can register your data for both the spring and fall semesters at the same time. Applicants must read the application guidelines carefully and apply within the application period.
If you applied for both semesters (spring and fall) in the spring semester, you do not need to apply in the fall again.
However, note that you need to apply in the fall semester if your student ID number will be changed from October due to proceeding to a higher level of education, etc.
After an internal screening, only successful candidates will be notified of the result by email with the direction to complete your application.

After completing the data registration for university-recommended scholarships,
please check this page for information on each scholarship offer and apply for your preferred scholarships.
*The scholarships you are eligible to apply for differ depending on when you complete the data registration
for the university-recommended scholarships. Please check the “Eligibility” section of each scholarship outline
to see if you are eligible to apply for the scholarship.

Scholarships which you apply directly

As for information on ‘Scholarships which you apply directly,’ please take a look at the website of the Global Promote Division. When you find any scholarships you wish to apply for, please manage your application by yourself.