Research Fund for Ph.D. Students

Graduate School of Science provides research fund to students in ‘Doctoral Program’ (Ph.D. students) having a strong will to study and working actively in their research subjects. This system aims to provide a good circumstance for Ph.D. students to devote themselves to a research work and to intensify the scientific activity of Graduate School of Science.

All of Ph.D. students have a right to apply to this fund, unless they are the recipients of JSPS fellowship, Japanese Government scholarship, or any other financial support exceeding the former two. Currently more than 80% of Ph.D. students with the qualification receive the research fund amounting up to JPY500,000 in a year.