Network Programmes

APRU - The University of Tokyo Summer Internship Program (UTSIP Kashiwa)

Programme Description & Objectives

The UTSIP Kashiwa is a short-term summer program for 3rd and 4th year undergraduate students who are planning to pursue graduate studies in Japan. The program provides students with an opportunity to be exposed to cutting-edge research in natural and social sciences. The complete program information is available here.

Programme Schedule

The program will take place from 24 June to 31 July 2013. The program schedule is available here.

Programme Expenses

This program offers scholarships to select applicants, as outlined below. However, if you are planning on applying for other scholarships, or have already been granted financial aid for the purposes of this program, you will not be able to apply for these scholarships.

1) Scholarship, 110,000 JPY

For living expenses in Japan.

2) Air ticket, maximum of 50,000 JPY

A maximum of 50,000 JPY will be provided to help cover the costs of a return ticket from your home country to Japan. Airline ticket costs that exceed this amount will have to be covered by the participants themselves.

Accommodation will be provided at student dormitories or lodges affiliated with the University of Tokyo.

Accommodation costs will be covered by the University as well.

As the program offers funding to accepted candidates, NUS students attending the program will not be considered for additional NUS-administered bursaries/scholarships.

Application Criteria

Applicants must be in their 3rd or 4th year of study in an undergraduate program (as of December 2013). Applicants must be able to commit fully to participation in all classes and laboratory work offered by the program.

Application Process

Please scan and send the documents listed below to ilo@k.u-tokyo.ac.jp . You will need to send the original documents of items 3-5 separately by mail as well. In the correspondence, please indicate the subject header "UTSIP Kashiwa Application".

Application form (download the designated form and fill out your details in English） Academic transcript （from your current university, in English） One recommendation letter (Download the designated form and have references written in English by professors or faculty at your university） Certificate of enrollment （Issued by your university, in English） A certificate of English Language proficiency （e.g. TOEFL. This is only necessary for applicants whose native language is not English） A passport photocopy of your photo page. An I.D. photo（electronic format accepted, plain background, upper body only）

 

Queries

For more information, please refer to the program website. Please send your queries regarding the program to ilo@k.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

About APRU

The Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) is a consortium of leading research universities in the Pacific Rim. APRU’s establishment was envisioned in 1997 by presidents of California Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, and University of Southern California. It now has 42 member universities in 16 economies. The University of Tokyo is part of APRU.

APRU aims to foster cooperation in education, research and enterprise thereby contributing to the economic, scientific and cultural advancement of the Pacific Rim. For more information on APRU, please visit: www.apru.org.