Japanese Government Scholarships for International Students
Japanese Government
MS/PhD Degree
Deadline: March-May (annual)
Study in: Japan
Course starts: October 2014
Description:
The Japanese Government offers
scholarships in Japan to international students who wish to study at Japanese
universities as research students under the Japanese Government Scholarship
Program. The scholarship program is administered by the Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT).
Host Institution(s):
Universities in Japan
Fields of study:
Fields of study must be subjects
which applicants will be able to study and research at Japanese universities.
Keep in mind, however, that a student who majors in medicine, dentistry or
welfare science will not be allowed to engage in clinical training such as
medical care and operative surgery until he/she obtains a permit from the
Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare under applicable Japanese laws.
Majors in traditional entertainment
such as Kabuki and classical Japanese dances, or in subjects that seek
practical training in specific technologies or techniques at factories or
companies are excluded.
Target group:
The scholarships are awarded to
nationals of countries which has diplomatic relations with the Japanese
government.
Scholarship
value/inclusions:
(1) Allowance: Under the fiscal 2011 budget, each
grantee will be provided monthly with 143,000 yen (Research Student course),
144,000 yen (students enrolled in a Master’s program or a professional degree
program), or 145,000 yen (students enrolled in a doctoral program) (an
additional monthly stipend of 2,000 or 3,000 yen may be provided to those
undertaking study or research in specially designated regions) .However, these
amounts are subject to change depending on the annual budget of each year. The
scholarship will not be paid to a grantee that takes a leave of absence or is
long absent from his/her university.
Scholarship will be cancelled for a
grantee if:
• Any of his/her application
documents is found to be falsely stated;
• He/she is in breach of
his/her pledge made to the Minister of MONBUKAGAKUSHO (MEXT);
• He/she is subjected to
disciplinary action, such as expulsion or removal from register, taken by
his/her university or the preparatory Japanese-teaching institution;
• It becomes definitive that
the grantee will not be able to complete his/her course within the standard
course term because of his/her poor academic achievement or suspension;
• His/her resident status of
“College Student” as provided for in Paragraph 1-4 of Appendix to the
Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act changes to any other status; or
• He/she is provided with
another scholarship (except for a scholarship designated for research
expenses).
(2) Traveling Costs
• Transportation to Japan: Each
grantee will be provided, according to his/her itinerary and route as
designated by MEXT, with an economy class air ticket from the international
airport closest to his/her place of residence to Narita International Airport (or
following the itinerary normally used by the university where the grantee is
placed). Expenses such as inland transportation from his/her place of residence
to the nearest international airport, airport tax, airport usage charges,
special taxes on overseas travel and travel expenses within Japan will be borne
by the grantee (the place of residence of the grantee shall in principle be the
address stated in the application form). Air travel from a country other than
the grantee’s nationality will not be covered, nor travel to Japan before April
1, 2014. If the grantee comes to Japan to obtain admission to a
university, he/she will not be provided with traveling cost to Japan.
• Transportation from Japan:
The grantee who returns to his/her home country within the last-payment month
of his/her scholarship will be provided, upon application, with an economy
class air ticket for a flight from Narita International Airport (or following
the itinerary normally used by the university where the grantee is placed) to
the international airport closest to his/her place of return.
(3) School Fees: Fees for matriculation, tuition and
entrance examinations at a university will be paid by the Japanese government.
If the grantee moves on to higher education as a non-regular student, he/she
will pay for entrance examinations.
Eligibility:
(1) Nationality: Applicant must have the nationality
of a country which has diplomatic relations with the Japanese government. This
applies at such times to stateless persons, too. Applicant who has Japanese
nationality at the time of application will not be eligible. Applicant
screening will be made at the Japanese Embassy/Consulate General hereinafter
referred to as the “Japanese legation”) in the country of Applicant’s
nationality (except where two or more countries are attended by the same
Japanese Embassy/Consulate General).
(2) Age: Applicant must have been born on or
after April 2, 1979.
(3) Academic
Background:
Applicant must be a graduate from a Japanese university or have academic
ability equal or superior to that of a Japanese university graduate. A person
will be deemed to have academic ability equal or superior to that of a
university graduate, if him /her
• has completed or will
complete a 16-year school curriculum in a foreign country (or an 18-year school
curriculum if he/she desires to enroll in a doctoral course in the field of
medicine, dentistry or veterinary science, or pharmacy which is founded on a
6-year department or faculty); or
• is or will be aged 22 or
older and has taken an individual entrance qualification examination and has
been judged by a graduate school as being equal or superior in academic ability
to a university graduate (or 24 or older if he/she desires to enroll in a
doctoral course in the field of medicine, dentistry or veterinary science, or
pharmacy which is founded on a 6-year department or faculty).
Note: Eligible applicants include
those who otherwise satisfy or will satisfy qualification requirements for
admission to a Japanese graduate school. As a general rule, a person who has
completed a doctoral course may not apply unless he/she seeks to obtain a
degree.
(4) Major Field of
Study: Applicant
should apply for the field of study he/she studied at the previous university
or any related field. Applicant must choose a field on which he/she can
receive education and perform research at the University of his/her choice.
(5) Japanese Language: Applicant must be willing to learn
the Japanese language,
interested in Japan and enthusiastic about deepening his/her understanding of
Japan after arriving, and capable of engaging in study and research while
adapting himself/herself to life in Japan.
(6) Health: Applicant must be physically and
mentally healthy enough to pursue study at university.
(7) Arrival in Japan: Applicant must be able to leave for
and arrive in Japan between the 1st and 7th of April 2014, or within two weeks
of the date set by the receiving university for the beginning of the semester
(in principle, in September or October). Travel expenses will not be provided
if the Applicant is unable to travel to Japan during this set period.
(8) Visa Requirement: Selected Applicants must obtain a
College Student （ryuugaku 留学） visa prior to his arrival in Japan.
Applicants who are already in Japan under a visa other than College Student are
required to change it to College Student by the end of the month preceding the
start of the scholarship.
Applicants who change their resident status to any status other than “College
Student” after their arrival in Japan will immediately lose their status as a
Japanese government scholarship student.
(9) Scholarships will
not be awarded in the following cases:
• The Applicant is an active
member of the military or a civilian employed by the military
• The Applicant is unable to
travel to Japan within the dates set by the receiving university
• The Applicant was a grantee
of a Japanese Government Scholarship in the past will not be selected unless
he/she has had at least three years of research or teaching experience after
completion of the first scholarship. This exclusion will not apply to a
research-student applicant, who (i) as a foreign student in Japan received
training in the Japanese language and/or Japanese culture at a university and
graduated from it, or who (ii) was a foreign student in Japan under the
Japan-Korea Joint Science and Engineering Students Exchange Program.
• The Applicant is currently
enrolled in a Japanese university under the resident status of “College
Student,” or if he/she plans to enroll at a Japanese university as a
privately-financed foreign student between the time of application for this
scholarship and the time the scholarship period is due to begin.
• The Applicant is already the
recipient of a scholarship from an organization
(including a governmental organization in his/her country of origin) other than
the Japanese government (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and
Technology – MEXT).
• The Applicant considered a
“future graduate” and selected as such, is unable to graduate within the
pre-set date or unable to fulfill graduation requirements.
Application
Instructions:
Because the application process
differs according to the country in which the Japanese embassy is located,
please inquire at the Japanese embassy or consulate
general in your
country for details. Scholarship recipients are recruited and initially
screened by a Japanese embassy (or consulate general, depending on
the country). The
deadline of the applications differ varies per country but the application
period falls around March-May each year.
If
you are interested to apply this Scholarship, we are helping you for applying /getting scholarship. For
pre-assessment, please send e-mail with detailed CV to brm.erc@gmail.com
ERC20140306/04
More Scholarships News:
No comments:
Post a Comment