Better Lives Foundation Scholarships in Japan, 2019-2020

About the Scholarship/ and University
The University of Tokyo or it is famous with the name of UTokyo is a public research university located in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. This university is one of the Japan’s most prestigious universities which it was established in 1877. The university has 10 faculties and it is among the top echelon of the select Japanese universities assigned additional funding. As 2018, University of Tokyo’s alumni include 16 Nobel Prize laureates.

The Better Lives Foundation is offering marvellous scholarships for international students at the University of Tokyo in the academic session 2019/20. The candidates must need to have a high school certificate (for bachelors) and an undergraduate degree (for masters). The foundation will provide an amount worth up to 120,000 Yen/ month to the successful applicants.

Requirement

• International Students studying as a regular student at undergraduate or master program as of April 2020.
• Those who research pedology or agriculture. Applicants pursuing other academic fields (such as marketing or management related to agriculture) may also apply.
• Those who are national of the following countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia (Scholars with Japanese citizenship are not eligible)
• Those who are 30 years old or younger (undergraduate), or 35 years old or younger (graduate). For further information, please kindly visit the foundation guidelines.

Awards/ Grants
The amount of grants that will be given to successful candidates is 120,000 Yen/ month (graduate students) with the duration max 2 years from April 2020.

Application Process
Submit all necessary application materials to the Foundation directly. Guidelines and application forms are available on the foundation website. For further information, it is strongly advised to visit this Scholarship Link. The application deadline is on 31 October 2019.