Scholarships in Japan

Japanese Government Scholarships - Acceptance Locally

Section in-charge:
Student Exchange Division, Science & International Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Education, Science & Culture (Mombusho Gakujutsu Kokusai-kyoku Ryugakusei-ka)

Scholarship for Graduate Students
Qualification & Requirements:

1. Private foreign students of excellent academic standing who are expected to meet one of the following requirements on April 1st of the year of application:
-Those who enrolled as regular students at graduate schools master's course.
-Those who enrolled as regular students at graduate school's doctoral course.
2. Those coming from countries recognized by the Japanese government.
3. Under 35 years of age.
4. The following are not qualified unless there is a special reason to be considered:
-Former recipients of Mombusho scholarships that have not passed 3 years.
-Those whose husband or wife is a recipient of Mombusho scholarships.
-Recipients of other scholarships.
-Students who are retained in the same class or year for another school year.

Stipend:
1. Scholarship fund: 182,500 yen per month in 1993.
2. Research fee: 40,000 yen per year.
3. Tuition fee: Exemption for students of national universities and payment by Mombusho for students of public and private universities.
4. One-way air tickets for those who return to their home countries before the day appointed by Mombusho after the allowance period.

Duration:
From April until completion of the regular course at graduate school.
Number of Grantees:
175 recipients in the 1993 academic year.
Application Procedure:
Apply through school.
Application Deadline:
Determined by the university (around every January).
Result:
Notify recipients via schools.

Scholarship for Undergraduate Students
Qualification & Requirements:

1. Private foreign students of excellent academic standing who are expect to be in the 4th year of undergraduate course (6th year for medicine and dentistry majors) as regular students on April 1st of the year of application. The requirements for students who entered in autumn are that they should be in the 4th year of undergraduate course as regular students on April 1st, and are of excellent academic standing.
2. Those coming from countries recognized by the Japanese government.
3. Under 26 years of age (Under 28 for medicine and dentistry majors).
4. The following are not qualified unless there is a special reason to be considered:
-Former recipients of Mombusho scholarships.
-Those whose husband or wife is a recipient of Mombusho scholarships.
-Recipients of other scholarships.

Stipend:
1. Scholarship fund: 139,500 yen per month in 1993.
2. Research fee: 40,000 yen per year.
3. Tuition fee: Exemption for students of national universities and payment by Mombusho for students of public and private universities.
4. One-way air tickets for those who return to their home countries before the day appointed by Mombusho after the allowance period.
Duration:
The duration that Mombusho recognizes as necessary, normally the period between acceptance and March of the following year.
Number of Grantees:
130 recipients in the 1993 academic year.
Application Procedure:
Apply through school.
Application Deadline:
Determined by the university (around every January).
Result:
Notify recipients via schools.

Japanese Government Scholarship - Acceptance Abroad
The methods of acceptance and selection of Japanese government scholars abroad may either be via recommendation by embassy or university.

Acceptance and Selection by Embassy Recommendation:
Research Graduate Students, Undergraduates, Students of Japanese Studies, In-service Training for Teachers, Technical College Students and Senshu-gakko (Special Training School) Students.
Japanese government establishments abroad accept applications, as well as attend to the first stage of selection (paper screening, written and oral examinations). Based on the results, candicates are recommended to the Mombusho, which in turn, screens candicates through a selection committee and after discussions with the accepting university or school, decides on the final successful candidates.

Acceptance and Selection by University Recommendation:
Research Students and students of Japanese Studies.
Japanese universities, through the inter-university exchange agreement, screen foreign students of graduate course levels wishing to enter universities according to excellence of scholastic standing and necessity for a scholarship (research students). Recommendations are then made to Mombusho, which in turn screens candidates via a selection committee and decides on the successful applicants. Undergraduate students who are majoring in Japanese Studies are also screened the same way.