University Scholarships for the 2025 Academic Year

Deadlines and reception hours vary by campus. Please be sure to check the instructions for your own campus.

The reception hours for on-campus scholarship applications at Yagami Campus are 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on weekdays. A list of scholarships available to students at Yagami Campus is provided below.

For Privately Financed International Students (privately financed international students should also refer to this page)

Contact: Please send inquiries by email to gakusei-c.yagami@adst.keio.ac.jp. You must include your student ID number and full name in the subject line.

Here you will find detailed information, including application guidelines for each scholarship. The application deadline for each scholarship can be confirmed here. (This page is updated whenever new scholarship opportunities arise.)

This guide is required for scholarship applications. The complete PDF version is available online (printed copies are not distributed). Please check here for detailed information regarding application documents.

*Please confirm the required documents in the "Scholarship Opportunities" section above and prepare them. For documents requiring a specific format, please use the forms provided below. Graduate students at Yagami Campus are required to submit a list of research achievements.

By mail or in person at the office (weekdays, 9:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.)

Please send your documents using a trackable method such as Letter Pack Light, simplified registered mail, or special record mail. Do not fold the documents. If sending by a method other than Letter Pack, please use a Kaku 2 envelope and write the name of the scholarship for which you are applying on the front of the envelope.

Student Life Section, Office of Student Services, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522

Please submit a list of your research achievements.

Please be sure to check the information displayed on the Scholarship Web Application System.

The selection results will be announced on the Scholarship Web Application System. Applicants selected for an interview will be notified of the schedule by email.

As stated at the bottom of the page and in "Scholarship Opportunities." By mail: Must arrive at the Yagami Office of Student Services by the deadline. In person: Submit to the Yagami Office of Student Services by 3:00 p.m. Applications arriving after the deadline will not be accepted. Please prepare and send your documents well in advance. Documents must be sent to the Yagami Campus (do not send to the Hiyoshi Campus).

The Scholarship Web Application System can also be accessed from K-Support. Please print the forms after entering and confirming your information. The applicant and guarantor must each sign their own name in the respective fields on the application form. The two signatures must be in different handwriting.

Please download the application forms here.

If any of your submitted documents are incomplete, a notification from the university administrative staff indicating the need for correction will be displayed on the Scholarship Web Application System. Please follow the instructions to submit or correct the incomplete documents. If the documents remain incomplete, you will be at a disadvantage in the selection process. Therefore, please check the Scholarship Web Application System frequently after submitting your application.

Once your application documents have been accepted by the university, your selection status will be displayed as [Under review] on the “Scholarship Application/Recipient Status” screen of the Scholarship Web Application System. If your status does not change to [Under review] several days after mailing and you have not received any notification from the university administrative staff via the Scholarship Web System, please first confirm the delivery status with the delivery service provider. Then, please contact the Student Life Section of the Office of Student Services, Faculty of Science and Technology, five business days or more after your documents have arrived at the Yagami Campus. If your documents do not arrive at the Yagami Campus by the deadline, your status will not change to [Under review].

A. If you wish to make revisions to what you have already submitted, please print out the finalized application form and selection sheet again, make corrections or additions in red ink to the relevant sections, and submit them along with your other application documents. Additionally, if there has been a change in your family's financial situation since your initial application, you may submit additional necessary documents based on your latest financial situation.

A. If there are documents you cannot prepare by the deadline, please first submit all the documents you have gathered by the due date. In place of the missing documents, please submit a letter of explanation (in any format) stating what the missing documents are and their expected submission date. Submit the missing documents promptly as soon as they are ready. Please be aware that depending on the nature of the missing documents and the status of their submission, it may affect the selection process or delay the scholarship payment.

A. Privately financed international students should apply using the designated application form. The three documents required for the application are as follows (also available on the International Center website). Please do not use the “Application Form” and “Checklist” intended for Japanese students.

Please combine the following application documents into a single PDF file and name the file exactly as follows: “[Application] Scholarship Name (Student ID Number Full Name).” You may only upload application documents once per scholarship. Please double-check your documents before uploading to ensure there are no omissions, missing documents, or other errors. In the unlikely event that you need to replace a document, please submit it by email to the Student Life Section of the Office of Student Services.

Please note that some scholarships on the list are not open to privately financed international students, so please check the application guidelines carefully.

① Scholarship Application Form

For Designated Donation Scholarships, use the “Application Form for Designated Donation Scholarships (General Recruitment).”

② A copy of the two-page spread of your bank passbook showing your name and account details.

③ Essay on a specified topic (handwriting and pencil are not permitted; check the application guidelines for the topic; the template can be downloaded from the scholarship guide; some scholarships do not require an essay).

File name example: [Application] XX Scholarship (12345678 Taro Keio)

A. Please send your completed List of Research Achievements as an electronic file to your academic advisor and ask them to sign and seal it, and then send it back to you as a PDF file for the time being. Print out the PDF and submit it with your other documents within the application period. The original document with the signature and seal should be submitted to the Office of Student Services once you are able to receive it from your academic advisor. Please note that the List of Research Achievements is required when applying for all on-campus scholarships.

November 26 (Wed) – November 28 (Fri)

By mail: Must arrive by November 25 (Tue)