Global Science Course (GSC) — Undergraduate Transfer Program, Department of Chemistry

2 years — students enter the third year of the four-year undergraduate programme and study the third English applications-closed

Scholarships

Only the support routes relevant to this programme are listed. Amounts marked as references must be reconfirmed for the applicant's award year.

Faculty of Science Scholarship (GSC monthly scholarship)

Separate application

  • Every admitted GSC Undergraduate Transfer Program student. "All students admitted to the GSC Undergraduate Transfer Program will be awarded the 'Faculty of Science Scholarship'." No separate financial-need test, nomination or nationality condition is published, and no competitive quota is published.
  • JPY 150,000 per month. "This scholarship is provided to help pay for the admission fee and annual tuition fees, and to support daily expenses." The university's central page lists it as "A monthly scholarship of JPY 150,000" received by all GSC transfer students. Disbursed quarterly: "GSC students w
  • No separate scholarship application exists. The award follows automatically from admission to the GSC Undergraduate Transfer Program; the scholarship is not mentioned as an item in the ten-section online application form.
  • Capped at two consecutive years, matching the programme length. The GSC website does not publish continuation conditions (such as an academic-performance test) or what happens if a student takes longer than two years, and the value of the award is not stated to be adjustable.

GSC housing aid — university-arranged accommodation with fully supported rent

Separate application

  • GSC Undergraduate Transfer Program students. Stated for GSC students generally, on the same page and in the same terms as the monthly scholarship, with no separate eligibility test published.
  • "In addition to the monthly scholarship, the University will arrange housing with fully supported monthly rent for GSC students (for up to two consecutive years)." The central UTokyo page states that all GSC transfer students receive "Accommodation provided with fully supported monthly rent".
  • No separate application is published. "Further information will be provided to those successfully admitted to GSC." GSC provides housing advice and guidance through the application process after admission.
  • Rent only — "it is the student's responsibility to pay for any other fees such as utilities and internet." The accommodation itself is not named and the GSC Housing page is "Under Construction", so the residence, room type and location are not published.

Application-fee waiver or aid

Separate application

  • Not applicable — no waiver is offered.
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  • Not applicable.
  • Recorded so that the absence of a fee waiver is explicit rather than assumed.

MEXT and other external scholarships

Separate application

  • Not published.
  • Array
  • Not published.
  • Recorded to make the absence explicit; it should not be inferred that MEXT scholarships are available through this route.
Scholarships, nominations and fee exemptions are competitive unless the programme states that every admitted student receives the award. Admission on its own does not guarantee funding.
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