First in Japan! Scholarships granted to KIT students by an international aviation organization

The International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT) Foundation, an aviation-related charitable organization based in the USA, awarded scholarships to seven Japanese students from four different universities. The selected students include two from KIT: Tsubasa Iwafune, a first-year student in the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program (awarded total tuition for 2018), and Miharu Taira, a third-year student in the Department of Aeronautics (awarded $4,000 USD).

Since 2006, the ISTAT Foundation has awarded scholarships to more than 370 students worldwide. The scholarship initiative between the ISTAT Foundation and Japanese universities began in November 2017 when a member of the Scholarship Committee of the ISTAT Foundation invited seven Japanese universities to submit candidates for an ISTAT Scholarship. The following universities were extended an invitation to submit a candidate(s): Kanazawa Institute of Technology, The University of Tokyo, Hokkaido University, Tohoku University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagoya University and Kyushu University. These universities are also participants in the Boeing Ex