Financial aid systems related to Covid-19 for International Students
No.

Types

Name of financial aid system

AmountEligible applicants

Responsibleorganization

1Hirosaki University Student
Loan-based Support Scholarship(弘前大学生活支援奨学金)

Required amountUndergraduate and Graduate
students

Hirosaki
University

2

Grant-type Special Cash Payments

100,000 yen

Those who are registered with Basic
Resident Registration System as ofApril 27, 2020

Japanese
Government

Emergency Student Support①200,000 yen
Handout for Continuing Studies ②100,000 yen

Qualification

Applications
備考
Departnent of student
https://www.hirosaki・Submission of application documents
affairs/Department ofu.ac.jp/wordpress2014/wp・Return money to Hirosaki University by International Education
content/uploads/2020/04/20
the graduation& Collaboration (D200428_seikatsu.pdf
IEC)Fill in the form with relevant information
Application Deadline Aug. 31
yoursuch as the account number for the
http://www.city.akiruno.tokyo.
municipality(Hirosaki
transfer, and send it along with necessaryjp/cmsfiles/contents/000001
city , or Aomori city)
documents to your municipality.
1/11036/18_document_en.pdf

Students experiencing a significant
economic impact on their lifestyles
due to heavy reductions inhouseholdincome and income from part-timework because of the impact of thenovel coronavirus pandemic

JapaneseGovernment

1) You are a student with excellent
grades. Specifically, your average grades
for the previous school year must be 2.30
or higher.
2) Your monthly attendance is at least
80%.
Departnent of student
3) You receive an average of no moreaffairs
than 90,000 yen in monthly remittances(not including funds for paying admission
fees, test fees, etc.).
4) Your supporter in Japan has an annual
income of less than 5 million yen.

3Grant-type4

Temporary special benefits for
Grant-type
household with choldren

10,000 yen per
an eligible childstudents who received child-careallowance for April (including that forMarch)

Japanese
Government

・Submission of application documents toyour municipality

yourmunicipality(Hirosaki
city , or Aomori city)

5

Government subsidies for
Grant-type
employment adjustment

Students who were told to take a
60％ of avarage days off by the manager because of
payment
the impact of the novel coronavirus
pandemicJapanese
Government

・Application for where you work as an
part-time worker

where you work as an
part-time worker

6

Financial support for exchange
students under the situation
Grant-typeaffected by COVID-19（LivingExpences）

Exchange students from partner
universities who are going through a
30,000yen/month financial struggle because of theimpact of the novel coronavirus
pandemic

Hirosaki
University・Submission of application documents

Department ofInternational Education& Collaboration (DIEC)

7

Grant-typeExchange students from partner
universities who live in theInternational House of Hirosaki
UniversityHirosaki
University・Submission of application documents

Department ofInternational Education& Collaboration (DIEC)

8Financial support for exchange
students under the situation
Grant-typeaffected by COVID-19（PrivateApartment）

Exchange students from partner
10,000yen/month universities who live in a private
apartment in Japan.

Hirosaki
University・Submission of application documents

Department ofInternational Education& Collaboration (DIEC)

Financial support for exchange
students under the situation
affected by COVID-19（International House）

Monthlyboarding
expenses

Application Deadline:June
15thhttps://www.hirosakiu.ac.jp/49479.html
https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/koutou/hutankeigen/mext_00707.html

Application Deadline:June
11th
http://www.city.hirosaki.aomori.jp/oshirase/kyouiku/2020kosodate-rinji-tokubetu.html