Tohoku Gakuin University
Emergency Scholarship for Students Affected by Natural Disasters

System Overview

1. Target

Undergraduate and Graduate Schools students who have been affected by a natural disaster and are experiencing financial hardship making it difficult to continue their studies due to one of the following reasons:

* "Natural disaster" refers to earthquakes, tsunamis, heavy rain, storms, volcanic eruptions, and other natural phenomena, or accidents such as fires and explosions that occur as a result of such natural phenomena.

1. Persons whose primary breadwinner is deceased or missing
2. Students or those whose homes are completely destroyed, severely damaged, washed away, or suffered similar damage.
3. Students or those whose homes are partially destroyed, flooded above floor level, or have suffered similar damage.
4. Students or those whose homes have suffered partial damage, flooding in the crawl space, or similar damage to the house where the household's financial supporter resides.

2. Benefit amount (no refund required)

• For those who fall under (1) above: An amount equivalent to the tuition fee payable in the semester in which the natural disaster occurred.
• Those who fall under (2) above: 100,000 yen
• Those who fall under (3) above: 50,000 yen
• Those who fall under (4) above: 30,000 yen

How to apply

1. Application deadline

Until the end of the fiscal year in which the natural disaster occurred (however, for the graduation/completion year, until the end of January).

*In the event of a disaster occurring immediately before the application deadline, we will determine and implement individual measures, so please contact the relevant office listed below for details.

2. Application Procedure

① Obtaining application documents

Download and print the following document (A4 size).

• Tohoku Gakuin University Emergency Scholarship for Students Affected by Natural Disasters: Application Guidelines (PDF: 161KB)
• Tohoku Gakuin University Emergency Scholarship Application Form for Students Affected by Natural Disasters (PDF: 69KB)
• Tohoku Gakuin University Emergency Scholarship for Students Affected by Natural Disasters: Bank Account Application Form (PDF: 155KB)

② Preparation of supporting documents and completion of forms

③ Submission of documents

Submission location: See the contact window below.