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185 Foundation Science scholarships are listed for Japan. 36 cover tuition and living costs; the other 149 pay part of the cost. 61 publish a figure: the middle award is worth USD 2,457, and half fall between USD 1,000 and USD 30,000. The next closing date is 7 October 2026, for Keidanren Global Human Resource Development Scholarship.
185 scholarships · fully funded first
closing soonFukuyama University — 50% reduction of tuition for the duration of the standard enrollment period, contingent upon maintaining specified academic standards.
Fukuyama University — 30% reduction for pharmacy students and 40% for other departments during the standard enrollment period, contingent upon maintaining specified academic standards.
Fukuyama University — 50% reduction of tuition for the duration of the standard enrollment period, contingent upon maintaining specified academic standards.
Fukuyama University — 70% exemption of tuition for the first year; 30% for subsequent years.
Hakodate University — 入学金・授業料全額免除（初年度92万円）
Hakodate University — 入学金免除・授業料半額（初年度55万円）
Hakodate University — 入学金免除（入学時18万円）
Fukui University of Technology — 家計状況により就学が困難な在学生に向けた救済奨学金。
Hiroshima Jogakuin University — 広島女学院同窓会が設けた奨学金を1名につき20万円を4名に給付。
Fukuoka University — 入学申込金・授業料・教育充実費相当額を給付する制度です。
Fukuoka University — 入試成績優秀者に対する奨学制度で、授業料の半額を免除します。
Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University — 1年間、給付型の奨学金。
Hyogo University
Hyogo University
Hyogo University
Heisei International University — 学業成績優秀者に表彰状と記念品を授与する制度。
Iwate Prefectural University
Hitotsubashi University — 一時金60万円および月額６万円を上限に、標準修業年限まで支給する奨学金。
Juntendo University — 月額25万円、対象者数は1名。
Hiroshima University of Economics — 月額3万～7万円を貸与。
Hoshi University — 無利子貸与で、様々な金額の選択が可能。自宅生と自宅外生で異なる金額。
Kanagawa University — Grant supporting students who wish to become university faculty members.
Kanagawa University — Financial support for high school graduates with certain grades and income levels.
Kanagawa University — Support for new students facing financial difficulties.
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Most of these awards come from Osaka Institute of Technology (12) and Kanagawa University (11).
Science is taught in 16 courses at 15 universities here, so an award tied to the subject has somewhere to be spent. Every listing shows what the award pays, the degree level it is for, who may apply and the closing date. Read those before you start: awards that cover living costs usually ask for more paperwork, and a missed deadline cannot be appealed.
Yes — 36 of them, including Emergency Support Scholarship, Tuition Fee Waiver System (for International Students) and Higashi Honganji Scholarship System.
Keidanren Global Human Resource Development Scholarship closes on 7 October 2026.
We list 185. Each card shows the award type, level, eligibility and deadline.
61 publish a figure: the middle award is worth USD 2,457, and half fall between USD 1,000 and USD 30,000.
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