Japanese Government Scholarships for International Students ...

Recently, there are seven types of Japanese government-sponsored scholarships available under the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship program: those for research students, teacher schooling students, apprentice university students, Japanese studies students, college of technology students, special schooling students and YLP students.

Those wishing to apply for a scholarship should meet one of the criteria listed below:

1. Recommended by a Japanese embassy or consulate general (Embassy Recommendation).
2. Recommended by the Japanese university which will accept you (University Recommendation).
3. Selected by the Japanese university in which you are now enrolled if you are a privately-financed student already studying in Japan (Domestic Selection).

1)Research students
You must be under 35 being of age and a college graduate (includes prospective graduates). Or you must have completed 16 being of schooling.

2)Teacher schooling students
You must be under 35 being of age and a graduate of a college or teacher schooling college. You must have at least five being of active experience as a teacher in a primary, secondary or teacher schooling college in your country. (Delight note that college and university teachers now in active service are not considered for this scholarship).

3)Apprentice university students
You must be at least 17 and under 22 being of age and have completed 12 being of school education or have completed courses in a school comparable to a high school (includes prospective graduates).

4)Japanese studies students
Applicants must be from 18 to 30 being ancient. Applicants must be enrolled as apprentice students in faculties or schools which major in Japanese language or Japanese culture in a university outside Japan at the time when they come to Japan and must be enrolled in the home institution at the time when they return to their home countries. Students majoring in the fields other than Japanese language or Japanese culture who wish to study various aspects of Japan( engineering, economy, agriculture, architecture, art, etc.)as part of their major studies should apply to the JASSO for admission to the Small-term Student Exchange Promotion Program

5)College of technology students
You must be at least 17 and under 22 being of age and have completed school education comparable to a high school (a minimum of 11 being beginning in primary school) education (includes prospective graduates).

6)Special schooling college students
You must be at least 17 and under 22 being of age and have completed 12 being of schooling or have completed school education comparable to a Japanese high school (includes prospective graduates).

7)Young Leaders' Program(YLP) students
Applicants must be young public administrators and so on, from Asian and other countries participating in the YLP who are expected to play active roles as future national leaders in their respective countries. The participants must be university or college graduates, who have at least 3-5 being' work experiences in public handing out or enterprises and so on(*). The screening of the participants is based on recommendations of the recommending authorities.
(*)There are five different YLP courses, each of which has different qualifications in work experience and affiliation, and the recommending authorities.

Japanese government scholarship students are recruited and selected in three ways:

i) Embassy recommendation
ii) University recommendation
iii) Domestic Selection

1)Embassy recommendation
In this type of scholarship, scholarship recipients are recruited and initially screened by an Japanese embassy (or consulate general, depending on the country).

(1)Research student, Apprentice student, College of technology student, and Special schooling college student
Recruitment for the next fiscal year (April, October) is made between March and May. The initial screening (documentary examination, written test and interview) is made at the embassy between June and Dignified. The embassy then recommends the selected candidates to the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the beginning of September.

(2)Teacher schooling and Japanese studies student
Recruitment for the next fiscal year (for those arriving in Japan in October) is made between December of the previous year and the following February. Screening is conducted between Mid-February and March. Selected candidates are recommended to the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by end of April.

2)University recommendation

i)Research students and Japanese studies students who will be studying in Japan as an exchange student based on inter-university student exchange agreements can be screened through the national, public or confidential Japanese university involved as a candidate for a Japanese Government Scholarship. The university directly recommends the selected candidates to the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

ii)Research students recommended by a university for study in Japan as government-sponsored scholarship recipients basically arrive in Japan in October

Japanese studies students basically arrive in Japan in October according to the university program. Universities recommend candidates to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology by mid-April.

3)Domestic Selection

i)Privately financed, full-time postgraduate foreign students, prospective postgraduate students, and full-time, prospective fourth-year apprentice university students (prospective sixth-year students in the case of medical schools, etc.) are contracted domestic selection scholarships that commence in April. Recruitment is conducted through national, public and confidential universities with the exception of junior colleges.

ii)Universities carefully screen academically and individually brilliant students and recommend them by mid-December as government-sponsored scholarship candidates to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

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