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scholarship
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.
*For the department of Applied Japanese Studies, the notification schedule of results differs from the above.
01 Entrance examinations for the selection of Outstanding International Students
| Doctor's Course Entrance Examination (April 2025 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 | Mon., December 2 - Fri., December 6, 2024 | Sun., February 2, 2025 |
| ・Division of Language and Culture | Special Screening | Mon., September 30 - Thu., October 3, 2024 ※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 13, 2024. | Sat., November 23, 2024※Online oral examination date |
| General Screening | Mon., December 16 - Thu., December 19, 2024 | Sun., February 9, 2025 | |
| ・Division of Foreign Studies | Mon., November 25 - Fri., November 29, 2024 | Sat., February 1, 2025 | |
| ・Department of Applied Japanese Studies, Division of Japanese Studies | Mon., November 25 - Fri., November 29, 2024 | Sat., February 1, 2025 | |
| Doctor's Course Entrance Examination (October 2025 admission) | |||
| Division (application guideline courses) | Entrance examination category | Application period | Examination date |
| ・Department of Applied Japanese Studies, Division of Japanese Studies | Early April - early May, 2025 | Scheduled for June 2025 | |
| Master's Course Entrance Examination (April 2025 admission) | |||
| Division (application guideline courses) | Entrance examination category | Application period | Examination date |
| ・Department of Applied Japanese Studies, Division of Japanese Studies（Spring Enrollment Track） | Summer examination | Mon., June 3 - Fri., June 14, 2024 | Sat., August 3, 2024 |
| Winter examination | Mon., November 25 - Fri., November 29, 2024 | Sun., February 2, 2025 | |
| *The Outstanding International Students will be selected from those who pass the summer or winter examinations and will be notified when the winter examination results are announced. | |||
| Master's Course Entrance Examination (October 2025 admission) | |||
| Division (application guideline courses) | Entrance examination category | Application period | Examination date |
| ・Department of Applied Japanese Studies, Division of Japanese Studies（Fall Enrollment Track） | Early April - early May, 2025 | Scheduled for June 2025 | |
| *Selection will be made by this examination only when there are no (Outstanding International) students accepted for the Master's Course Entrance Examination (Spring Enrollment Track). | |||
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 The "Subsidy System for Presenting at Academic Conferences" provides partial or full travel expenses for Outstanding International Students who present their research at academic conferences held in Japan. (There is a screening process for eligibility.)
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