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Financial and academic support for outstanding privately-funded international graduate students who can be leaders in the creation of a global research environment
- ・Full tuition exemption
- ・Preferential treatment to support research activities
The Graduate School of Humanities offers the OU Humanities Outstanding International Student Award to self-funded international graduate students who have been recognized for their outstanding performance on the graduate school entrance exam. This award aims to enhance research capabilities and further promote the enrollment of international students. A small number of self-funded international graduate students who pass the entrance examination and are recognized for their especially outstanding performance will be admitted as Outstanding International Students and recipients of the OU Humanities Outstanding International Student Award. As such, they will be exempt from tuition fees.
Applicants who are selected as Outstanding International Students will be notified in their acceptance letters.
01 Entrance examinations for the selection of Outstanding International Students
| Doctor's Course Entrance Examination (April 2024 admission) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Division (application guideline courses) | Entrance examination category | Application period | Examination date |
| ・Division of Humanities ・Department of Foundational Japanese Studies, Division of Japanese Studies ・Division of Arts Studies |
Entrance Examination for International Students | Fri., December 1 - Thu., December 7, 2023 | Sun., February 4, 2024 |
| ・Division of Language and Culture | Special Screening | Mon., October 2 - Thu., October 5, 2023 ※Applicants who have completed or have earned a master's degree (including those who expect to) at an overseas graduate school must submit a preliminary application by Friday, September 15, 2023. | Sat., November 25, 2023※Online oral examination date |
| General Screening | Mon., December 11 - Thu., December 14, 2023 | Sun., February 4, 2024 | |
| ・Division of Foreign Studies | Mon., November 27 - Fri., December 1, 2023 | Sat., February 3, 2024 | |
| ・Department of Applied Japanese Studies, Division of Japanese Studies | Mon., November 27 - Fri., December 1, 2023 | Sat., February 3, 2024 | |
| Doctor's Course Entrance Examination (October 2024 admission) | |||
| ・Department of Applied Japanese Studies, Division of Japanese Studies | Early April - early May, 2024 | Scheduled for June 2024 | |
| Master's Course Entrance Examination (April 2024 admission) | |||
| ・Department of Applied Japanese Studies, Division of Japanese Studies（Spring Enrollment Track） | Mon., November 27 - Fri., December 1, 2023 | Sun., February 4, 2024 | |
02 Activities expected of Outstanding International Graduate Students
In addition to the usual obligations of regular students, Outstanding International Graduate Students are expected to help lead the creation of a global research environment.
Outstanding International Students are expected to exchange and present their research as part of the Global Humanities Research Exchange Program in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Humanities (regular students will also participate in the research presentation; an Award of Encouragement will be presented to the most outstanding student among the participants).
03 Support for Outstanding International Students
Tuition exemption All Outstanding International Students will be eligible for the Tuition Fee Exemption System for Outstanding International Students (officially the Tuition Fee Exemption System for International Students of Excellent Academic Standing). Selected students will be exempt from all tuition fees while enrolled in the graduate school (limited to within the standard term of study).
Research support Further details will be published on this page as soon as they are determined.
04 Other forms of support include the following:
- Graduate School of Humanities
- ・Participating in internships at companies partnering with the graduate school while taking an internship-related course
- ・Mentor System
- ・Applying for the JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) DC2 or PD grants
- Division of Foreign Studies, Division of Japanese Studies, Applied Japanese Studies Course
- ・Participation in events to experience Japanese culture (attending Kabuki plays, etc.)
- Division of Humanities, Division of Japanese Studies, Foundational Japanese Studies Course, Division of Arts Studies
- ・Research paper editing support
- ・Tandem learning