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Japanese Government Scholarships and Their
Content (Fiscal 2012)
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Research student |
Teacher training student |
Undergraduate student |
| Level of studies |
Graduate
school level |
Undergraduate
level |
| Eligibility requirement |
University or college
graduate |
University, college
graduate or equivalent |
Secondary school graduate
or equivalent |
| Age limit (at time
of granting) |
Under
35 |
At least
17 and under 22 |
| Duration |
Maximum 2 years including
Japanese-
language training |
Maximum 1 year 6 months
including Japanese-
language training |
5 years including Japanese-
language training (7 years for medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and veterinary
science) |
Preliminary Japanese-
language training |
6 months
(54 universities such as Hokkaido University)
Those with sufficient Japanese proficiency are not required
to go through preliminary Japanese-
language training. |
1 year
(Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and Osaka University) |
| Fields of study |
Major in field of specialty
at a graduate school |
Special training at
a teacher training department |
Undergraduate education |
| Designated countries |
Worldwide
(168 countries and regions) |
Developing countries,
etc.
(64 countries and regions) |
Worldwide
(100 countries and regions) |
| Planned number of new
scholarship recipients |
4,042 people
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89 people
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460 people
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| Scholarship stipend |
¥143,000～148,000 per month
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¥117,000～120,000 per month
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| Tuition |
Tuition
for national universities and Institute of National College of Technology waived; tuition for public and private
universities paid for by the Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology |
| Travel allowance |
Roundtrip
fare (air ticket) provided |
| Embassy recommendation |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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University recommendation
(overseas application) |
Yes
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No
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No
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University recommendation
(local acceptance) |
Yes
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No
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Yes (For the final
only)
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| Application Guidelines |
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| Examination Questions |
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Japanese studies student |
College of technology
student |
Special training college
student |
| Level of studies |
Undergraduate
level |
| Eligibility |
University student
(undergraduate level) |
Graduates of secondary
schools or equivalent |
Graduates of secondary
schools or equivalent |
Age limit
(at time of granting) |
At least 18 and under
30 |
At least 17 and under
22 |
At least 17 and under
22 |
| Duration |
One
academic year |
4 years including Japanese-
language training
(4 and a half years for merchant marines studies) |
3 years including Japanese-
language training |
Preliminary Japanese-
language training |
None |
1 year
(Independent Administrative Institution: Japan Student Services Organization, Tokyo Japanese Lanugage Education Center) |
1 year
(Bunka Institute of Language, Independent Administrative Institution: Japan Student Services Organization, Osaka Japanese Lanugage Education Center) |
| Fields of specialized
training |
Japanese language or
special training related to Japan |
Third year college
of technology courses |
Post secondary courses |
| Designated countries |
Worldwide
(74 countries and regions) |
Developing countries
(40 countries and regions) |
Developing countries,
etc.
(49 countries and regions) |
| Planned number of new
scholarship recipients |
190 people
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86 people
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90 people
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| Scholarship stipend |
¥117,000～120,000 per month
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| Tuition |
Tuition for national universities and Institute of National College of Technology wavied; tuition for public and private universities
paid for by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science
and Technology
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| Travel allowance |
Roundtrip fare (air
ticket) provided
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| Embassy recommendation |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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University recommendation
(overseas application) |
Yes
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No
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No
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| local acceptance
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No
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No
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No
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| Application Guidelines |
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| Examination Questions |
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Examinations required
for Embassy recommendation
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| Research students |
Japanese, English (only applicants) |
| Teacher training students |
Japanese and English
(Both for reference purposes) |
| Undergraduate students |
Japanese
, English, mathematics and science
(Only science faculty examinees are required to choose two out of the following three subjects: chemistry, physics
or biology) |
| Japanese studies students |
Japanese |
| College of technology
students |
Japanese
, English,mathematics and physics or chemistry |
| Special training college
students |
Japanese
,English and mathematics |
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