2025 Sumida Area Residents & High School Scholarship

1. Applicants must be in their senior year of High School at the time of application.

2. Applicants must give a presentation and complete an in-person interview with LUJ's Scholarship Committee (see details below)

3. Applicants do not need to meet a minimum high school GPA when applying , but the high school GPA is used in the evaluation of the scholarship applicants. 

4. Applicants must submit a Certificate of Residence for the Sumida area, or must be enrolled in one of the following Sumida-ku high schools:

1. 墨田川高等学校
2. 都立橘高等学校
3. 日本大学第一高等学校
4. 都立日本橋高等学校
5. 都立本所高等学校
6. 安田学園高等学校
7. 立志舎高等学校
8. 都立両国高等学校

February 28, 2025 (Friday): application deadline

March 15, 2025 (Saturday): Presentation and Interview Day at the LUJ campus

March 21, 2025 (Friday): Scholarship results are announced to all applicants

March 31, 2025 (Friday): Application and scholarship acceptance deadline for awarded students

Step 1: Complete the online admissions application form from the button below. Make sure to select [2025 Sumida Residents & High School Scholarship] under the "How did you hear about us" dropdown menu. 

Step 2: Receive an email from the LUJ Admissions team with the follow-up steps. 

Step 3: Attend the March 15th Presentation and Interview Day at the LUJ campus

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Presentation Criteria:

- Prepare a 5 minute presentation (in English)

• Presentation Theme: "Making a Difference in Sumida: How Students Can Support Global Goals Locally"
• Students may choose one (1) SDG and present how they feel it can contribute to the local community
• Presentations should be created in PowerPoint or Google Slides

- The applicants will present their slides - in English - to the scholarship committee on the Presentation & Interview Day (Saturday, March 15)

The Sumida High School Scholarship covers a certain percentage of tuition every semester. 

• Tier 1: 100% of tuition fees (total value of 6,744,000 JPY)
• Tier 2: 50% of tuition fees (total value of 3,372,000 JPY)
• Tier 3: 25% of tuition fees (total value of 1,686,000 JPY) 

Recipients of the scholarship are required to cover the remaining portion of their tuition fees, as well non-tuition fees that are applied each semester and/or year. Non-tuition fees include, but are not limited to: 

• Admissions fee: 250,000 JPY (first semester invoice only)
• Student Government Association fee: 11,000 JPY (annual)
• General Activities fee: 22,000 JPY (annual)
• Facility fee: 88,000 JPY (each semester)
• Other miscellaneous fees (prices and timing varies) 
  • Textbook fees
  • Course material or lab fees

This answer is both Yes and No!

The Sumida Area Residents & High School Scholarships will be applied to your tuition even when you participate in short-term study abroad at the Lakeland University Wisconsin (LUW) or Virginia Wesleyan University (VWU) campuses. Short-term study abroad semesters are a part of LUJ's Batten & Black School of International Studies program, and allows students to study for 1-2 semesters at the LUW or VWU campuses at the same tuition rate as LUJ. Students can choose to study abroad for 1-2 semesters at these campuses once they have completed their first year of the Undergraduate program at LUJ. 

The scholarship can NOT be applied to your tuition if you decide to enroll full-time (three or more semesters) and/or complete your degree at LUW or VWU. In this case, all LUJ students receive a separate scholarship that is offered when doing a long-term study abroad or degree completion pathway at the partner schools. 

LUJ's Scholarship Committee looks at three primary areas when selecting the scholarship students.

1. High School GPA (40%)
2. SDG English Presentation (40%)
3. In-Person Interview (20%)

Please note that there is no minimum high school GPA required to apply for the scholarship, but the GPA will be reviewed and calculated as a part of the scholarship evaluation.

Awarded students are expected to join the SGA each semester of enrollment. This gives them the opportunity to collaborate with other LUJ students and support the university by planning events, supporting LUJ clubs, and engaging in various volunteer & outreach projects.

The SGA typically holds meetings once a week during the semesters. Scholarship students who do not actively participate in these meetings may have their scholarships discontinued.

As a scholarship recipient, you would be asked to support the Admissions Office with various recruiting and marketing projects. This could include attending a monthly Open Campus event, meeting and talking with new high school applicants, providing campus tours to visiting students, etc.

These activities alternate between scholarship students, so it does not require any one student to join a large number of activities. PR-related requests will also be scheduled around your class schedules, ensuring there are no schedule conflicts.

Yes, the scholarships will be available for students who begin their senior year at the start of April 2025! The scholarship amounts will remain the same as the 2024-25 year, but the application period for the 2025-26 scholarships will be much earlier. 

Please check the LUJ website or contact our Admissions Office (admissions@japan.lakeland.edu) for specific details about the 2025-26 Sumida Area Residents & High School Scholarships. 

The scholarships can applied early if the student enters the EAP program. In this case, the same scholarship percentage would be applied to tuition in both the EAP and Undergraduate programs until the full value of the scholarship is awarded.