In general, juniors and seniors may apply if they are planning international study of one or more semesters' freshman and sophomores, if they are planning intensive summer or academic term study. The campus deadline for submission of application materials to the Office of International Programs is mid-January. Finalists are announced in late April. Nissho Iwai Foundation offers scholarships for foreign students registered in an undergraduate or a postgraduate course at a Japanese university. Students specializing in the humanities and social sciences have priority.
Students studying economics have priority.
They also subsidize foreign scholars in the field of Japanese and Asian studies. For more information contact Sanwa Ginko Tokyo bldg. The site lists private, corporate, and governmental organizations that sponsor non-Japanese to perform research in Japan.