Scholarships for Undergraduate Continuing Students

Every year Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ) offers a variety of scholarships to qualified undergraduate students. Scholarship recipients receive partial tuition remission for the semester. TUJ awards some scholarships to those students demonstrating both merit and need. Priority will be given to applicants who are not recipients of other scholarships, stipends, or grants that cover a substantial portion of tuition. No student will be given a TUJ scholarship which would result in an award or payment in excess of 100% of tuition (not including fees or housing). If, subsequent to an award of a TUJ scholarship but prior to payment, other scholarships, stipends, or grants are offered to a student, the amount of the TUJ scholarship will be reduced accordingly.

Undergraduate Continuing Student Scholarship awards must be used in the semester for which they are granted. Award values are not fixed from semester to semester but are rather a function of the size and achievements of the applicant pool.

Students may apply for either the merit-based or need-based scholarship. Award amounts are determined by the volume of applications and available resources.

Reduced Course Load

Applicants who receive an award and who plan to enroll part time in the semester for which the scholarship will apply need special approval (PDF) New Tab from the Office of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Please note that students who have received Need-Based Scholarships are not required to submit a Reduced Course Load form as they are eligible to enroll part-time without any special approval. Please also note that this is a different approval necessary for visa-related under-loading. Approval for scholarship underload is usually only granted to students graduating in the semester for which a given scholarship is awarded. Awardees without this approval who are found not to be registered full-time (12 credits in spring or fall and 9 credits in summer) by the end of the add/drop period of the semester toward which a given scholarship is awarded will have their scholarships automatically rescinded.

Please see Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) here.

Application Requirements

Applicants must submit via online links described in the Undergraduate Continuing Student Scholarship email sent out approximately two weeks before the application deadline, which can be found on the TUJ Undergraduate Academic Calendar for a given semester:

Merit-Based Scholarship
Short essays responding to questions. (150-200 words per each question) 

Need-Based Scholarship
Financial status declaration and short essays responding to questions. (150-200 words per each question)

Scholarships for Undergraduate Continuing Students Application Deadlines:

Additional details will be explained in the Scholarship Application email.

The Scholarship Committee will review qualifying applications and may interview certain candidates. Scholarship award winners will be notified via TUmail. Decisions of the Scholarship Committee are final and not subject to appeal; the committee does not discuss individual cases (neither the chair, nor any other member of the Scholarship Committee, will comment or otherwise engage in communication about individual awards or lack thereof).

Thank You Letter

The Scholarship Committee expects all scholarship recipients to submit a thank-you letter by the end of the award semester. Writing a thank-you letter is an important part of professional etiquette and an opportunity to express appreciation for the support you have received. The Scholarship Committee also encourages you to use this letter to reflect on your academic journey at TUJ and how the scholarship has contributed to your studies and goals. Instructions on how to submit the thank-you letter will be provided when you receive your application results.