5. HOW DO I GET FINANCIAL AID?

JASSO Short-term Student Exchange Promotion Program (Inbound) Scholarship

    Prospective OUSSEP students whose academic record is GPA 2.30 or above* are eligible to apply for the following scholarship offered by the Japanese government, namely the Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO). However, those who receive financial aid from other sources, worth 80,000 JPY or more, are not eligible to apply for the scholarship from JASSO. Please also note that in the present financial climate, qualifying for JASSO scholarships has become more difficult. Therefore, this year JASSO may not offer a sufficient number of scholarships for OUSSEP participants. We naturally welcome students who are prepared to come to OUSSEP without applying for the JASSO scholarship. The total number of students OUSSEP can admit, however, will remain at around 25-30 regardless of the number of students to whom JASSO grants scholarships.

   We request applicants to refrain from applying for JASSO scholarships concurrently with other Japanese universities.

    While all OUSSEP applicant are eligible to apply for JASSO scholarship, Full-year OUSSEP participants are more likely to be granted JASSO scholarships, compared with Half-year OUSSEP or OUSSEP-AJLs (OUSSEP for Advanced Japanese Learners).

    Qualified students selected by JASSO are provided with the following financial aid.
1. A monthly stipend of about 80,000 JPY
OUSSEP students will receive the stipend for the months they spend in Japan.
2. A settling-in allowance of 150,000 JPY upon arrival.

 

*How to Calculate GPA

 

Grade

Pattern 1

 

Excellent

Good

Sufficient

Fail

Pattern 2

 

A

B

C

F

Pattern 3

 

100-80

79-70

69-60

59 and below

Pattern 4

100-90

89-80

79-70

69-60

59 and below

Pattern 5

S

A

B

C

F

Pattern 6

A

B

C

D

F

Grade Point (GP)

3

3

2

1

0

  Use the formula below to calculate GPA (Round to two decimal places).

 

OU Scholarship

   Excellent JASSO scholarship applicants who are not chosen by JASSO may have a second chance for an Osaka University Scholarship for Exchange Students (OU Scholarship), for monthly stipends worth of 80,000 JPY. Setting-in expenses are excluded in the OU Scholarship. This university's own funding system is to promote student exchange and the internationalization of Osaka University. The scholarship application form is not created for the OU Scholarship. JASSO Scholarship applicants shall be automatically shortlisted to the OU Scholarship. Note that, it is not possible for any students to be funded by the JASSO Scholarship and the OU Scholarship concurrently.

 

Tuition Waiver

    The tuition fee for the degree courses at Osaka University is currently 14,400 JPY per credit. The fee is liable to change without notice. Students from institutions that have concluded a mutual tuition waiver contract with Osaka University will be granted a tuition waiver.

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