This scholarship was established in 1998 in honor of the founder of Seibu Giken Co., Ltd, late Dr. Toshimi Kuma. The Kuma Toshimi International Engineering Sciences Organization seeks to support motivated international students at Kyushu University Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences (KUIGSES). Every year an exchange event is held for recipients’ research and award presentationes, which also allows recipient to interact with the corporate comployees. The KUIGSES-Kuma Toshiimi International Scholarship Alumni Assocation was established on December 6th, 2012. The mission of the Alumni Association is to connect alumni to the University, the Organization and to each other, to support the University’s mission of teaching, research, and service.
The scholarship will be offered from the start of the postgraduate course to the end of September or March in the final year in accordance with Kyushu university graduate school regulation article 5. In case that the period of the course completion is shorter than the expected time, it will be offered for that length of period in accordance with the article 14 of the rules of the faculty of Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences of Kyushu University.
Established in 1911, Kyushu University is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the urban setting of the large city of Fukuoka (population range of 1,000,000-5,000,000 inhabitants). Officially accredited and/or recognized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, Kyushu University is a large (uniRank enrollment range: 20,000-24,999 students) coeducational higher education institution. Kyushu University offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees in several areas of study. See the uniRank degree levels and areas of study matrix below for further details. This 108 years old higher-education institution has a selective admission policy based on entrance examinations. The admission rate range is 0-10% making this Japanese higher education organization a most selective institution. International applicants are eligible to apply for enrollment.