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The Thomas Blake Glover Aberdeen Asset Scholarship is a charitable fund which enables Scottish students to study both the Japanese language and culture at intensive university summer schools in Japan. Jen Rourke (23) is currently studying illustration at the University of Dundee.
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Funding talented Scottish students for an intensive language course in Japan
Scottish young people with an interest in Japanese culture and a clear business focus have the chance to apply for a scholarship to study in Japan, thanks to sponsorship from Aberdeen.
The Thomas Blake Scholarship funds intensive language study at university summer schools in Japan.
Aberdeen and the Thomas Blake Glover Scholarship
We sponsor the scholarship through the Japan Society of Scotland.
- The scholarship is open to young people who are at a post-secondary educational level.
- We give preference to candidates whose interest in Japan has a business focus.
Dundee student awarded opportunity to study in Japan
About the Thomas Blake Glover scholarship
The scholarship is named after the Scottish entrepreneur Thomas Blake Glover, born in Aberdeenshire in 1838. Glover settled in Nagasaki in 1859 and played a critically important role in opening Japan to the west. Known as the Scottish Samurai, he introduced the first railway locomotive, started the Kirin brewery and influenced the industrial development of Mitsubishi.