An outline of The Yoshida Scholarship Foundation


    Purpose
    Endowment
    History
    Activities


Purpose
    Yoshida Scholarship Foundation was founded through the advocacy of the late Mr. Tadao Yoshida, founder of YKK group of companies, to bring able persons to the nation and society as well as to contribute to society by financially assisting and providing students of excellent nature with equal opportunities of education.


Endowment
    5 billion yen


History

    March, 1967
    Founded Yoshida Scholarship Foundation.
    Started loan program for students.
    April, 1973
    Started nationwide operation of business.
    April, 1986
    Started scholarship program for college and graduate students studying abroad.
    April, 1997
    Program for foreign studentsgAsia 100hstarted.
    January, 1998
    Program for Japanese students to Carter Center started.


Activities
    (1) Student loans and grants of scholarship

    I.Student loans

    This is available only in Japan for Japanese.
    Funds are loaned to students of excellence both in academic achievements and personality as well as in good health who are recognized to have difficulty in raising funds for education.
    Applicants must have a recommendation by a college, university or graduate school specified by the foundation.

    II.Grants of scholarship

    With an aim to bring up able persons who can adapt to internationalization with broad outlook, scholarship grants are rendered to Jpanese students attending foreign colleges, universities, graduate schools or research institutions abroad as well as to foreign students attending Japanese colleges, universities or graduate schools at their own expenses.

    The applicant student must have recommendation by a college, university, graduate school in Japan specified by the foundation with his/her academic advisor of the school he/she will be attending already appointed and must be recognized to have sufficient ability and knowledge of the language in conducting his/her study, investigation or research at college or graduate school without difficulty.

    Also, Japanese students specializing in natural science and attending Japanese graduate schools which are specified by the foundation are qualified for the scholarship.