FUTI has recently begun accepting scholarship applications for 2026. Information is available at friendsofutokyo.org/scholarships-awards. The scholarships are offered to qualified students and alumni of UTokyo aspiring to study in universities in the US and to students at universities in the US interested in studying at UTokyo, regardless of nationality.
Short-term study scholarships are awarded with funding made available through the Hsun Kwei & Aiko Takizawa Chou Scholarship and the FUTI Global Leadership Award programs. However, an applicant need only submit their application through a single portal mentioned above. FUTI has just one set of procedures for application, criteria, selection, and awarding, and will notify recipients as to which scholarship will be awarded after assessing the best fit to fulfill the focus of each scholarship category.
The Hsun Kwei & Aiko Takizawa Chou Scholarship, administered by Friends of UTokyo, Inc. (FUTI) is funded by a generous donation made to the University of Tokyo New York Office (UTokyoNY) by Dr. Hsun Kwei Chou and Mrs. Aiko Takizawa Chou. Short-term programs are also supported by donations from UTokyo alumni and other individual supporters of FUTI.
There are several scholarships in the mid- to long-term studies category including the ITO FOUNDATION U.S.A.-FUTI Scholarship, IF Ikuei Scholarship, Hsun Kwei & Aiko Takizawa Chou Scholarship, FUTI Scholarship, and Hisashi Kobayashi Memorial Scholarship (for doctoral students from anyJapanese university. As in the case of the scholarships for short-term studies, FUTI follows one set of procedures for application, criteria, selection, and awarding. The ITO FOUNDATION U.S.A. was established in the U.S. by its founder and former chairman, late Mr. Masatoshi Ito, who was the honorary chairman of Seven and i Holdings Co. He was also the founder and chairman of the Ito Scholarship Foundation which has a long history in Japan of supporting an extensive range of students with scholarships for their studies.
We look forward to receiving applications from interested students.
