University Sponsored First Year Graduate Scholarships

 

1. Description
This scholarship is awarded to students who achieve great results in their admission screening for a Master’s Program, Integrated Doctoral Program (first-year) or Professional Degree Program (Graduate School of Professional Teacher Education only) at Ritsumeikan University.
Each graduate school will select prospective scholarship recipients from among those who pass one of their designated admission screenings with outstanding results, and prospective recipients will be informed of their eligibility when receiving their admission screening results (see 3. below for eligible admission screenings). For those who accept an offer for this scholarship, the amount of their scholarship award is deducted from their first and second semester tuition fees.
*No separate application is required to apply for this scholarship.
*Government-sponsored international students and students receiving other scholarships which fully cover tuition fees are ineligible.

2. Scholarship Amount and Number of Recipients

Graduate Schools	Amount of Award (per semester) and Number of Recipients
Law, Business Administration, Sociology, Policy Science, Language Education and Information Science, Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Sports and Health Science, Professional Teacher Education	Ⅰ: 100,000 yen		Ⅱ: 50,000 yen
	Combining I and II, a maximum of approximately 25% of newly enrolled students
International Relations	Ⅰ: 250,000 yen	Ⅱ: 200,000 yen	Ⅲ: 150,000 yen	Ⅳ: 100,000 yen	Ⅴ: 50,000 yen
	Combining I, II, III, IV and V, a maximum of approximately 25% of newly enrolled students
Letters	50,000 yen
	A maximum of approximately 40% of newly enrolled students
Economics	Ⅰ: 150,000 yen Approximately 10% of newly enrolled students	Ⅱ: 100,000 yen Approximately 15% of newly enrolled students		Ⅲ: 50,000 yen Approximately 25% of newly enrolled students
Image Arts	Ⅰ: 150,000 yen	Ⅱ: 100,000 yen		Ⅲ: 50,000 yen
	Combining I, II and III, approximately 50% of newly enrolled students
Science and Engineering	Ⅰ: 250,000 yen Approximately 3% of newly enrolled students		Ⅱ: 162,500 yen Approximately 22% of newly enrolled students
Information Science and Engineering	Ⅰ: 225,000 yen Approximately 25% of newly enrolled students		Ⅱ: 50,000 yen Approximately 20% of newly enrolled students
Life Sciences	150,000 yen
	Approximately 30% of newly enrolled students
Technology Management	Ⅰ: 150,000 yen	Ⅱ: 100,000 yen		Ⅲ: 50,000 yen
	Combining I, II and III, a maximum of approximately 70% of newly enrolled students
Pharmacy	Ⅰ: 300,000 yen		Ⅱ: 150,000 yen
	Combining I and II, a maximum of approximately 50% of newly enrolled students
Human Science	50,000 yen
	A maximum of approximately 25% of newly enrolled students
Gastronomy Management	Ⅰ: 100,000 yen		Ⅱ: 50,000 yen
	Combining I and II, approximately 25% of newly enrolled students

3. How to be considered for this scholarship
Those who apply to their graduate school of interest via any of the designated admission procedures mentioned here will be considered for this scholarship.

4. Award Method
The scholarship is awarded in the form of a deduction from first and second semester tuition fees (excluding the admission fee).

5. Inquires
Please contact the administrative office of your graduate school of interest.

6. Other Notes
A version of this scholarship is also available for Master's, Integrated Doctoral, and Professional Degree Program students entering their 2nd year of enrollment. As opposed to the 1st year of enrollment scholarship described on this page, students who wish to be considered for the 2nd year scholarship must apply separately during their 3rd semester. For details, see here.