Tokyo Institute of Technology announced that it will provide a monthly scholarship of 2020 yen to new students of "First Generation" who will enter the bachelor's degree program from April 4.The aim is to encourage the target students to go on to university.
This scholarship was established as a division of the "Yoshinori Ohsumi Memorial Scholarship", a "First Generation" frame, funded by the donation of Professor Yoshinori Ohsumi, who won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for elucidating the mechanism of autophagy. rice field.Parents have not graduated from a four-year university, and their academic performance is particularly excellent (the average grade of all courses taken from the first year of high school to the time of application is equivalent to 4 or higher), and further academic development Satisfy conditions such as expectation of improvement and annual income including tax for the household to which the person belongs (total amount paid is less than 1 million yen for salary income, and income amount is less than 4.3 million yen for non-salary income). You can apply.
Recruitment has started in October 2019, selection will be made in early November, and a job offer will be notified in December.After that, after applying, passing, and admission procedures, it will be officially adopted in April 10.The monthly benefit is 11 yen, and as a general rule, it will be continued within the standard period of study for the bachelor's program.If you enroll in the master's program at Tokyo Institute of Technology as it is, the payment will continue within the standard period of study for the master's program based on your application if you meet the qualifications.
The Yoshinori Ohsumi Memorial Scholarship also has a "local graduate quota", and in response to Professor Emeritus Osumi's intention to attract diverse human resources from all over the country, applications are accepted only in the areas where high schools and other locations are located.The "First Generation Frame" is scheduled to hire about 20 people, including the "Regional natives frame".