OpenFieldEstablished in 1873 as the Tokyo School of Foreign Languages (preceded by the Tokugawa Shogunate’s Institute for the Study of Barbarian Books in 1857), TUFS educates 4,500 students on its modern suburban campus in Fuchu, Tokyo. TUFS is designated as one of Japan’s Top Global Universities, offering education and research in over 80 world languages and 14 global geographic regions. TUFS alumni staff Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, diplomatic embassies, UN agencies, and global trading companies. The university is home to the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
Review checked academic pathways and funding options below:
Prestige Japanese Government scholarship awarded to top international students entering the Master’s Program in Peace and Conflict Studies (PCS) at TUFS.
Three-year research doctorate at the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), conducting ethnographic, archival, or linguistic fieldwork in Asia or Africa.
Two-year international master's curriculum analyzing East Asian security dynamics, migration politics in the Global South, and international humanitarian diplomacy.
Four-year undergraduate degree combining intensive target language training with political science, international law, macroeconomics, and sociological field methods.
Two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), compiling descriptive grammars and audio-visual corpora of endangered languages in Southeast Asia or the Himalayas.
Eight-week summer internship drafting diplomatic briefings, managing intercultural exchange events, and compiling regional human rights monitoring summaries in Tokyo.
Three-week intensive summer course in the TUFS professional simultaneous interpretation sound booths, practicing bilateral speech delivery, memory retention techniques, and diplomatic vocabulary.
Tuition fees and student contributions vary across degree levels and residency status. Verified opportunity records list typical costs between ¥535,800/year (100% covered by MEXT scholarship) and departmental funding packages.
Distinguished researchers and laboratory heads at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies:
President of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies & Professor of Ottoman History · Ottoman Empire History, Islamic Waqf Systems, Socio-Economic History of Istanbul
Professor of International Politics · Cross-Strait Relations, Chinese Foreign Policy, East Asian Security Alliances
Professor of Descriptive Linguistics at ILCAA · African Linguistics, Bantu Grammatical Structures, Spatial Deixis
Facts reflect official Tokyo University of Foreign Studies documentation reviewed 2026-10-15. Degree admissions, scholarship awards, and employment positions are subject to formal university review. OpenField does not charge students application fees.
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