Scholarships for Short-Term Studies

*** Scholarship information updated for 2026 application ***

UTokyo Global Unit Courses (GUC)

Short-term programs held at UTokyo. The faculty of The University of Tokyo provides intensive courses. FUTI will award scholarships to students of US universities participating in these courses.

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UTokyo Research Internship Program (UTRIP)

Internship at School of Sciences at Hongo, Tokyo.

Go to UTRIP Website

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Summer Internship Program in Kashiwa (UTSIP Kashiwa)

Internship at School of Frontier Sciences at Kashiwa City.

Go to UTSIP Website

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Engineering Summer Education Program (ESEP)

Engineering Summer Education Program, Internship at School of Engineering at Hongo, Tokyo.

Go to ESEP Website

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Projects & Other

UCEAP, MISTI, IRCN, or other summer programs/internships at UTokyo found independently.

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For scholarship-related inquiries not answered on the FAQ page use the Scholarship Inquiry Form.

SCHOLARSHIP INQUIRY FORM

UTokyo Global Unit Courses (GUC)

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Eligibility for FUTI Scholarships

  1. You must be a student in universities/colleges in the US, regardless of nationalities or citizenships. Online students and students of international satellite campuses of a US university will not be considered.
  2. You must satisfy the eligibility of, be admitted to and participate in the GUC. It is not necessary to satisfy everything at the time of application.

Typical award amount

$3,000 including a room charge

Duplicate Scholarship Application

Each program/internship has, as FUTI understands, its own scholarship program. You can apply for both but can’t get both. FUTI scholarship is designed to be slightly more beneficial and more prestigious.

Application Material

To apply for the scholarship, please first submit your reference information using this preliminary form as soon as possible with the name and email address of your reference(s). This will send instructions to your reference to submit the recommendation letter. Recommendation letters are due at the same time as applications by the End of February in the year the study abroad will take place. Please give your reference ample time so that they may submit the recommendation letter on time. The recommendation letter may be in either English or Japanese, but be sure that it is on official letterhead, with a date, and signature of the reference.

For the application itself, please prepare the following materials. Since we do not provide any “save” feature, we recommend you first to look at the application system and to be sure that you have gathered all the required information before you begin.

  1. Information about yourself, including your name, school and department, major field of study, and year (e.g., junior year, 2nd year graduate student), and the study abroad program office of your university. Also information, if applicable, about your host in UTokyo or its affiliated institution, department/laboratory, your host professor/researcher and their phone and email address.
  2. An essay of approximately 500 words, written in English, outlining your reasons for wanting to participate in the program and how participation aligns with your career goals. Please also describe how you plan to contribute to society in the future and how this study abroad will enhance your future plan.
  3. A copy of your transcript (i.e., academic record). If a transcript cannot be provided for legitimate reasons, FUTI will infer a score and use a score range of 70-100% of the inferred score.
  4. Your brief CV (curriculum vitae) , including your academic background, work experiences, thesis or research topics (if any), extracurricular activities, publications & reports, awards & prizes (e.g., scholarships). FUTI regards leadership and vitality important. Express them in your CV. No format is specified, but please refer to a sample CV here.
  5. Name, phone and email address of your reference, whom you have asked to write a recommendation letter. The recommendation letter can be in either Japanese or English.

Application Deadline

End of February of the year the study abroad is taking place. Note that the deadline for the recommendation letters is the same.

Evaluation

Your application is evaluated on (1) the objectives of study abroad expressed in your essay, (2) academic performances considering differences of schools, (3) leadership and vitality expressed in your CV and (4) the recommendation.

FUTI will notify you about the decision by the last week of April.

UTokyo Research Internship Program (UTRIP)

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Eligibility for FUTI Scholarships

  1. You must be a student in universities/colleges in the US, regardless of nationalities or citizenships. Online students and students of international satellite campuses of a US university will not be considered.
  2. You must satisfy the eligibility of, be admitted to and participate in UTRIP. It is not necessary to satisfy everything at the time of application.
  3. A natural science undergraduate student in the US.

Typical award amount

$4,000 including a room charge

Duplicate Scholarship Application

Each program/internship has, as FUTI understands, its own scholarship program. You can apply for both but can’t get both. FUTI scholarship is designed to be slightly more beneficial and more prestigious.

Application Material

To apply for the scholarship, please first submit your reference information using this preliminary form as soon as possible with the name and email address of your reference(s). This will send instructions to your reference to submit the recommendation letter. Recommendation letters are due at the same time as applications by the End of February in the year the study abroad will take place. Please give your reference ample time so that they may submit the recommendation letter on time. The recommendation letter may be in either English or Japanese, but be sure that it is on official letterhead, with a date, and signature of the reference.

Please submit the following materials through FUTI’s online application system, separately from your application to the UTokyo programs/internships.

Since we do not provide any “save” feature, we recommend you first to look at the application system and to be sure that you have gathered all the required information before you begin.

  1. Information about yourself, including your name, school and department, major field of study, and year (e.g., junior year, 2nd year graduate student), and the study abroad program office of your university. Also information, if applicable, about your host in UTokyo or its affiliated institution, department/laboratory, your host professor/researcher and their phone and email address.
  2. An essay of approximately 500 words, written in English, outlining your reasons for wanting to participate in the program and how participation aligns with your career goals. Please also describe how you plan to contribute to society in the future and how this study abroad will enhance your future plan.
  3. A copy of your transcript (i.e., academic record). If a transcript cannot be provided for legitimate reasons, FUTI will infer a score and use a score range of 70-100% of the inferred score.
  4. Your brief CV (curriculum vitae) , including your academic background, work experiences, thesis or research topics (if any), extracurricular activities, publications & reports, awards & prizes (e.g., scholarships). FUTI regards leadership and vitality important. Express them in your CV. No format is specified, but please refer to a sample CV here.
  5. Name, phone and email address of your reference, whom you have asked to write a recommendation letter. The recommendation letter can be in either Japanese or English.

Application Deadline

End of February of the year the study abroad is taking place. Note that the deadline for the recommendation letters is the same.

Evaluation

Your application is evaluated on (1) the objectives of study abroad expressed in your essay, (2) academic performances considering differences of schools, (3) leadership and vitality expressed in your CV and (4) the recommendation.

FUTI will notify you about the decision by the last week of April.

Summer Internship Program in Kashiwa (UTSIP Kashiwa)

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Eligibility for FUTI Scholarships

  1. You must be a student in universities/colleges in the US, regardless of nationalities or citizenships. Online students and students of international satellite campuses of a US university will not be considered.
  2. You must satisfy the eligibility of, be admitted to and participate in UTSIP. It is not necessary to satisfy everything at the time of application.
  3. An undergraduate student in the US interested in a graduate school in Japan.

Typical award amount

$2,000 in case of a free room

Duplicate Scholarship Application

Each program/internship has, as FUTI understands, its own scholarship program. You can apply for both but can’t get both. FUTI scholarship is designed to be slightly more beneficial and more prestigious.

Application Material

To apply for the scholarship, please first submit your reference information using this preliminary form as soon as possible with the name and email address of your reference(s). This will send instructions to your reference to submit the recommendation letter. Recommendation letters are due at the same time as applications by the End of February in the year the study abroad will take place. Please give your reference ample time so that they may submit the recommendation letter on time. The recommendation letter may be in either English or Japanese, but be sure that it is on official letterhead, with a date, and signature of the reference.

For the application itself, please prepare the following materials. Since we do not provide any “save” feature, we recommend you first to look at the application system and to be sure that you have gathered all the required information before you begin.

  1. Information about yourself, including your name, school and department, major field of study, and year (e.g., junior year, 2nd year graduate student), and the study abroad program office of your university.Also information, if applicable, about your host in UTokyo or its affiliated institution, department/laboratory, your host professor/researcher and their phone and email address.
  2. An essay of approximately 500 words, written in English, outlining your reasons for wanting to participate in the program and how participation aligns with your career goals. Please also describe how you plan to contribute to society in the future and how this study abroad will enhance your future plan.
  3. A copy of your transcript (i.e., academic record). If a transcript cannot be provided for legitimate reasons, FUTI will infer a score and use a score range of 70-100% of the inferred score.
  4. Your brief CV (curriculum vitae) , including your academic background, work experiences, thesis or research topics (if any), extracurricular activities, publications & reports, awards & prizes (e.g., scholarships). FUTI regards leadership and vitality important. Express them in your CV. No format is specified, but please refer to a sample CV here.
  5. Name, phone and email address of your reference, whom you have asked to write a recommendation letter. The recommendation letter can be in either Japanese or English.

Application Deadline

End of February of the year the study abroad is taking place. Note that the deadline for the recommendation letters is the same.

Evaluation

Your application is evaluated on (1) the objectives of study abroad expressed in your essay, (2) academic performances considering differences of schools, (3) leadership and vitality expressed in your CV and (4) the recommendation.

FUTI will notify you about the decision by the last week of April.

Engineering Summer Education Program (ESEP)

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Eligibility for FUTI Scholarships

  1. You must be a student in universities/colleges in US, regardless of nationalities or citizenships. Online students and students of international satellite campuses of a US university will not be considered.
  2. You must satisfy the eligibility of, be admitted to and participate in ESEP. It is not necessary to satisfy everything at the time of application.
  3. An undergraduate or graduate student of US universities among the list in the ESEP website

Typical award amount

$2,000 in case of a free room

Duplicate Scholarship Application

Each program/internship has, as FUTI understands, its own scholarship program. You can apply for both but can’t get both. FUTI scholarship is designed to be slightly more beneficial and more prestigious.

Application Material

To apply for the scholarship, please first submit your reference information using this preliminary form as soon as possible with the name and email address of your reference(s). This will send instructions to your reference to submit the recommendation letter. Recommendation letters are due at the same time as applications by the End of February in the year the study abroad will take place. Please give your reference ample time so that they may submit the recommendation letter on time. The recommendation letter may be in either English or Japanese, but be sure that it is on official letterhead, with a date, and signature of the reference.

For the application itself, please prepare the following materials. Since we do not provide any “save” feature, we recommend you first to look at the application system and to be sure that you have gathered all the required information before you begin.

  1. Information about yourself, including your name, school and department, major field of study, and year (e.g., junior year, 2nd year graduate student), and the study abroad program office of your university.Also information, if applicable, about your host in UTokyo or its affiliated institution, department/laboratory, your host professor/researcher and their phone and email address.
  2. An essay of approximately 500 words, written in English, outlining your reasons for wanting to participate in the program and how participation aligns with your career goals. Please also describe how you plan to contribute to society in the future and how this study abroad will enhance your future plan.
  3. A copy of your transcript (i.e., academic record). If a transcript cannot be provided for legitimate reasons, FUTI will infer a score and use a score range of 70-100% of the inferred score.
  4. Your brief CV (curriculum vitae) , including your academic background, work experiences, thesis or research topics (if any), extracurricular activities, publications & reports, awards & prizes (e.g., scholarships). FUTI regards leadership and vitality important. Express them in your CV. No format is specified, but please refer to a sample CV here.
  5. Name, phone and email address of your reference, whom you have asked to write a recommendation letter. The recommendation letter can be in either Japanese or English.

Application Deadline

End of February of the year the study abroad is taking place. Note that the deadline for the recommendation letters is the same.

Evaluation

Your application is evaluated on (1) the objectives of study abroad expressed in your essay, (2) academic performances considering differences of schools, (3) leadership and vitality expressed in your CV and (4) the recommendation.

FUTI will notify you about the decision by the last week of April.

Projects & Other

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Description of programs/internships

(A) UCEAP, MISTI, and IRCN
(B) Summer Programs/Internships at University of Tokyo which you found yourself

Eligibility for FUTI Scholarships

  1. You must be a student in universities/colleges in the US, regardless of nationalities or citizenships. Online students and students of international satellite campuses of a US university will not be considered.
  2. You must satisfy the eligibility of, be admitted to and participate in the program/internship. It is not necessary to satisfy everything at the time of application.
  3. Regarding (B) above, send your inquiry for eligibility of the program/internship to FUTI first through this form.
  4. Online courses are not eligible for support.

Typical award amount

Up to $4,000 depending on the situation

Application Material

To apply for the scholarship, please first submit your reference information using this preliminary form as soon as possible with the name and email address of your reference(s). This will send instructions to your reference to submit the recommendation letter. Recommendation letters are due at the same time as applications by the End of February in the year the study abroad will take place. Please give your reference ample time so that they may submit the recommendation letter on time. The recommendation letter may be in either English or Japanese, but be sure that it is on official letterhead, with a date, and signature of the reference.

For the application itself, please prepare the following materials. Since we do not provide any “save” feature, we recommend you first to look at the application system and to be sure that you have gathered all the required information before you begin.

  1. Information about yourself, including your name, school and department, major field of study, and year (e.g., junior year, 2nd year graduate student), and the study abroad program office of your university. Also information, if applicable, about your host in UTokyo or its affiliated institution, department/laboratory, your host professor/researcher and their phone and email address.
  2. An essay of approximately 500 words, written in English, outlining your reasons for wanting to participate in the program and how participation aligns with your career goals. Please also describe how you plan to contribute to society in the future and how this study abroad will enhance your future plan.
  3. A copy of your transcript (i.e., academic record). If a transcript cannot be provided for legitimate reasons, FUTI will infer a score and use a score range of 70-100% of the inferred score.
  4. Your brief CV (curriculum vitae) , including your academic background, work experiences, thesis or research topics (if any), extracurricular activities, publications & reports, awards & prizes (e.g., scholarships). FUTI regards leadership and vitality important. Express them in your CV. No format is specified, but please refer to a sample CV here.
  5. Name, phone and email address of your reference, whom you have asked to write a recommendation letter. The recommendation letter can be in either Japanese or English.

Application Deadline

End of February of the year the study abroad is taking place. Note that the deadline for the recommendation letters is the same. However, if you have any reason for which the deadline cannot be met, tell FUTI ahead of time. Depending on the reasons, FUTI may make an exception to extend the deadline to the end of April.

Evaluation

Your application is evaluated on (1) the objectives of study abroad expressed in your essay, (2) academic performances considering differences of schools, (3) leadership and vitality expressed in your CV and (4) the recommendation.

FUTI will notify you about the decision by the last week of April.