"Design the Future" Award for International Students

Sep 8 - Oct 3 in 2025 (must-arrive)

1. Applicants should submit the following documents:

Resume (designated form, should be downloaded from this website), Academic Transcript (both Undergraduate and Graduate Schools, in English), Research Achievements (e.g. list of papers, academic presentations), Japanese language proficiency test results or equivalent.

2. Applicants are required to ask his/her desired research supervisor (should be a member of the Graduate School of Letters) to send Recommendation Letter directly to the Office of Student Services.

3. Application documents should be sent to the following address:

Office of Student Services for the Graduate School of Letters, Keio University

2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345 Japan
(The application documents must reach us no later than Oct 3 in 2025.)

1. Applicants should submit the following documents:

Resume(designated form, should be downloaded from this website), Academic Transcript(both Graduate school(only for doctoral program), and Undergraduate, in English), Research Achievements(e.g. list of papers, academic presentations), Copy of JLPT(Japanese language proficiency test) results(N1 level) or EJU(Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students) results, research plan document(Japanese only, free format), Self-recommendation letter(Japanese only, free format), Letter of recommendation(Japanese only, free format, written by desired research supervisor in Keio University would be preferable ).

2. Graduate school of law will select successful applicants for the scholarship.

Recipients of this scholarship will be chosen from applicants who have already passed the entrance examination or planning to apply for our Graduate school of law.

3. Application documents should be sent to the following address:

Office of Student services for the Graduate school of Law, Keio University

2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345 Japan

【Eligibility for Application】

Applicants must be

- those who have already passed the entrance examination for the master's program of the Graduate School of Human Relations

or

- those who are planning to apply for Doctoral program

【Application Documents】
1. Resume (designated form, should be downloaded from this website)
2. Academic Transcripts from your home university (in English)
3. Copy of certificate JLPT (Japanese language proficiency test) "N1 level"
or
Copy of score report of EJU (Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students) "Japanese as a Foreign Language"
4. Research Achievements (e.g. list of papers, academic presentations)
5. Recommendation Letter (designated form): Please ask your desired supervising professor in the Graduate School of Human Relations Sociology to prepare the recommendation. The recommendation must arrive by the application deadline and be submitted directly to the Graduate School of Huma n Relations section at the Office of Student Services by the desired supervising professor.
* Please check the contact email addresses of the faculty members from the following website Faculty Profiles.

https://www.hr.keio.ac.jp/en/index.html

Application documents should be sent to the following address:

Office of Student Services for the Graduate School of Human Relations, Keio University

2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345 Japan

【 Eligibility for Application 】
1. The applicant is required to complete IGP online application by October 17, 2025.
2. The applicant must be recommended from his/her prospective academic advisor.

【Application Documents】
1. Recommendation Letter (prescribe form, we will offer a form after you nominated by your prospective academic advisor)
2. Resume (prescribe form, can be download from this website)
3. Self-recommendation Letter (free format)
4. Research Achievements (e.g. List of papers, academic presentations)

【How to Submit the Documents】
1. Submit scholarship application documents 2~4 stated on above section through IGP Online Application System:
https://www.st.keio.ac.jp/en/admissions/application.html
2. Request your prospective academic advisor to contact ao_st_inquiry@info.keio.ac.jp about recommendation.

The Graduate School of System Design and Management (SDM) will select a candidate who have the potential to 'design the future' from the successful applicants who have already passed the entrance examination in the application period I and II.
The candidate selected by SDM will be informed the candidate selection and the details on the scholarship application from SDM via email (around the end of October). Those who do not receive the contact from SDM on the candidate selection cannot apply for this scholarship.