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To date,
some 92,000 students from approximately 160 countries and regions
around the world have studied in Japan under the Japanese Government
(Monbukagakusho) Scholarship program established in 1954. As of May
1, 2011, there were 9,396 foreign students studying in Japan as
Japanese government scholarship students.
* A message from a student who studies as a Monbukagakusho scholarship student. (Tokyo University)
(http://www.studyjapan.go.jp/en/toj/toj07e_03.html)
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As can be seen in the chart below, there
are seven types of Japanese government-sponsored scholarships available
under the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship program:
those for research students, teacher training students, undergraduate
university students, Japanese studies students, college of technology
students, special training students and YLP students.
Japanese Government Scholarships
and Their Content (Fiscal 2012)
Those wishing to apply for a scholarship should meet one of the criteria
listed below:
- Recommended by a Japanese embassy or
consulate general (Embassy Recommendation).
- Recommended by the Japanese university
which will accept you (University Recommendation).
- Selected by the Japanese university in which you are currently
enrolled if you are a privately-financed student already studying
in Japan (Domestic Selection).
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1)Research students
You must be under 35 years of age and a college graduate (includes
prospective graduates). Or you must have completed 16 years of schooling.
You must be under 35 years of age and a graduate of
a college or teacher training college. You must have at least five
years of active experience as a teacher in a primary, secondary or
teacher training college in your country. (Please note that college
and university teachers currently in active service are not considered
for this scholarship).
3)Undergraduate university students
You must be at least 17 and under 22 years of age and have completed
12 years 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 years old. Applicants must be
enrolled as undergraduate 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 Short-term
Student Exchange Promotion Program.
5)College of technology students
You must be at least 17 and under 22 years of age and have completed
school education comparable to a high school (a minimum of 11 years
beginning in primary school) education (includes prospective graduates).
6)Special training college students
You must be at least 17 and under 22 years of age and have completed
12 years 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 years' work experiences in public administration 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. |
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Japanese government scholarship students
are recruited and selected in three ways:
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Embassy
recommendation |
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For
those outside of Japan |
| ii) |
University
recommendation |
| iii) |
Domestic
Selection |
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For those already
in Japan |
(http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/mofaserv.html)
(1)Research student, Undergraduate student, College of technology student,
and Special training 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 August. 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.
Qualifying Examinations for Applicants for Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarships 2010 - Examination Questions
(2)Teacher training 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.
Application Guidelines for Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarships 2013
Qualifying Examinations for Applicants for Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarships 2008 - Examination Questions
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
private 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 undergraduate
university students (prospective sixth-year students in the case of
medical schools, etc.) are granted domestic selection scholarships
that begin in April. Recruitment is conducted through national, public
and private universities with the exception of junior colleges.
ii)Universities carefully screen
academically and individually excellent 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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