Scholarships that Students May Apply For Before Entering Sophia University

Different types of financial aid are available for students to help reduce their financial burden and enable them to concentrate on study. The applications for the New Student Scholarship and Adachi Scholarship are accepted at the time of admission application. These scholarships are designed to support students facing financial hardship who have chosen our university as their first choice and are struggling to study here due to financial difficulties despite having excellent grades.

◆ Awarded to

Students applying for the 2025 entrance examination to the English Course at Sophia University for Undergraduate/Graduate Programs.
・ Faculty of Liberal Arts
・ Faculty of Science and Technology Green Science and Engineering Courses
・ Sophia Program for Sustainable Futures (SPSF)
・ Graduate Program in Global Studies, Graduate School of Global Studies
・ International Graduate Course, Graduate Program in Global Environment Studies, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies
・ Green Science/Engineering Courses, Graduate School of Science and Technology
・ Graduate Program in Linguistics (TESOL), Graduate School of Languages and Linguistics
・ Graduate Program in Education (English Course), Graduate School of Human Sciences
・ Masters Program in International Cooperation Studies

◆ Amount of Scholarship

< For International Students and Japanese Students>
・Sophia University New Student Scholarship
It covers one-third, one-half, or full tuition for the first year of study.

< For International Students>
・Sophia University Benefactors’ (Adachi) Scholarship
It covers full tuition and the education enhancement fee for the first year of study.

◆ Application period

・English-taught Programs
・The scholarship application period is as follows.
・For details about the admission application, please refer to the corresponding admission page from here.

Undergraduate Programs

Graduate Programs

◆ Application Forms

＜For International Students＞

■Scholarship Application Guidelines for International Students

■Scholarship Application Form for International Students

<For Japanese Students and foreign nationals holding a visa other than a student visa>

■Scholarship Application Procedure for Japanese Students

■Scholarship Application Form for Japanese Students

◆ Contact

Location where applications to be submitted by post
Sophia University Center for Student Affairs
7-1 Kioi-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554 Japan
(Building No.2, first floor)

e-mail: scholarship-co(at)*sophia.ac.jp
*Please put @ instead of (at).

・Scholarship applications will be accepted during the application period for all admission types. Please make sure to send the scholarship application documents to the Center for Student Affairs during the application period separately from the admission application documents. (No late applications will be accepted)

Sophia University Graduate School Scholarship for Fostering Researchers in Doctoral Program(No application required)

Starting April 2022, Sophia University establishes a new scholarship “Sophia University Graduate School Scholarship for Fostering Researchers in Doctoral Program”, intended to foster excellent researchers with outstanding research abilities to lead the research activities of Sophia University and the international development. The scholarship is provided for regular students enrolled in Doctoral Programs of Sophia University and who satisfy the requirements of the scholarship to encourage their research activities. The students will be selected based on recommendation by the affiliated Graduate Schools and Programs/Disciplines.

Sophia University Graduate School Scholarship for Fostering Researchers in Doctoral Program

Contact

Sophia University
Center for Student Affairs (New Student Scholarship/Adachi Scholarship)
7-1 Kioi-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554 Japan
(Building No.2, first floor)
e-mail: scholarship-co(at)*sophia.ac.jp *Please put @ instead of (at).