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Areas of Study :
Japan related -
Social Sciences and Humanities, Natural Science
Level :
Under Graduate
Scholarship Funded by :
Japanese Government
Provided to :
International Students in Japan to study Under
Graduate courses at Japanese
Universities
MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) offers scholarships to international students who wish to study at Japanese universities as undergraduate students under the Japanese Government Scholarship program.
Fields of Study
Those who wish to study in Japan as an undergraduate student must choose a field of major from the below fields. Applicants may enter a first, second, and third choice.
Social Sciences and Humanities
Applicants who wish to major in the fields categorized as "others" may have difficulties in finding universities that can accept them. Major field content related to "Economics" and "Business Administration" of Humanities B is not included in "others."
Natural Sciences
An international student who intends to major in Natural Sciences and would like to choose more than one major is required to choose and select first-, second-, and third-choice subjects from the subjects in brackets from within the same course (i.e. Natural Sciences A, B or C). However, a student who selects Course C as his/her first choice may choose his/her second- choice subjects from Course B or C and third-choice subject from Course B because Course C offers only two subjects.
Value of Scholarship
Each grantee will be provided monthly with 117,000 yen. (Approx. Rs.72,000/month). Tuition Fees exempted, Round-trip airfare will be provided. The scholarship is cancelled in principle if the recipient is absent from the university or preparatory Japanese-teaching institution for an extended period.
Duration
Scholarship awards will be tenable for five years, including one-year preparatory education in the Japanese language and other subjects due to be provided upon arrival in Japan. For scholarship grantees majoring in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or a six-year course in pharmacy, the term of scholarship will be seven years.
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 "Japanese legation") in the country of Applicant’s nationality (except where two or more countries are attended by the same Japanese legation).
Age: Applicant must be below 21 years
Academic Background: Applicant must either have completed a 12-year
regular course of school education or have graduated from a school equivalent
to an upper secondary school in Japan.
Note: Also included is any Applicant who otherwise satisfies entrance
eligibility for a Japanese university.
Japanese Language: The Applicant must be willing to learn the Japanese language and receive university education in it.
Health: The Applicant must be physically and mentally healthy enough to pursue study at a university in Japan.
Arrival in Japan: Travel expenses will not be provided if the Applicant chooses to travel to Japan before the set period. If the Applicant is unable to travel to Japan within the dates set, the scholarship will be cancelled. In case where the student starts from the fall semester through direct placement (i.e English courses), the selected applicant must be able to leave for and arrive in Japan by the date specified by the university.
Visa Requirement: Selected Applicants must acquire "College Student" （ryugaku,留学） visas before entering Japan. They then enter Japan with the "College Student" residence status. Applicants who are already in Japan before the start of the scholarship period 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.
Scholarship recipients are recruited and initially screened by a Japanese embassy (or consulate general, depending on the country). 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.
The deadline of the applications differ varies per country but the application period falls around March-May each year
Selection Procedure
In cooperation with the governments of the applicants' countries the Japanese legation will perform primary screening of applicants by means of submitted application documents, interviews and academic examinations.
Subjects for examination
For applicants for a major in Social Sciences and Humanities: All applicants
must sit for mathematics, English, and Japanese (3 subjects in all).
For applicants for a major in Natural Sciences: All applicants must sit
for mathematics, English, two subjects selected from among physics, chemistry
and biology, and Japanese (5 subjects in all).
For selecting two from physics, chemistry and biology, applicants must
choose Physics and chemistry when applying for Natural Sciences A; and
Chemistry and biology when applying for Natural Sciences B or C.
Results of primary screening will be notified to each applicant on the
date designated by the Japanese legation.
Applicants who have been selected by this primary screening will be recommended
to MEXT.
MEXT will perform final selection of the recommended applicants and select
scholarship grantees.
Traveling Costs
Note: Insurance premiums for travel to/from Japan shall be borne by the grantee. The airport the grantee departs from or returns to must be an airport of the country of his/her nationality.
School Fees:
Fees for entrance examinations, matriculation and tuition at universities
will be paid by the Japanese government.
PREPARATORY EDUCATION PRIOR TO PLACEMENT AT UNIVERSITY
Preparatory Education prior to Placement at University: Each grantee will be enrolled at a preparatory school designated by MEXT for a one-year intensive course in the Japanese language and other subjects necessary for preparation for proceeding to university. The preparatory course lasts for one year. Its curriculum will mainly consist of education in the Japanese language, but will include other subjects such as Japanese Affairs, mathematics, English, and social studies for those majoring in Social Science and Humanities, and physics, chemistry and biology for those majoring in Natural Sciences. Please note that a grantee will not be allowed to proceed to university if he/she is determined incapable of completing the prescribed course at the preparatory school. (He/she will be required to return home upon such determination.) This preparatory education requirement can be waived for a grantee who has sufficient knowledge of the Japanese language to pursue his/her study at university or who wishes to enter a university without the Japanese language requirement (via direct placement).
Entrance into University: A grantee who has completed the preparatory education will go on to the university designated by MEXT upon passing its entrance examination. The university whose examination a grantee will take will be decided by MEXT in consultation with the university and the preparatory school and in comprehensive consideration of the results of the academic examination in the primary screening held in his/her home country, academic achievement at the preparatory school, the grantee’s proposed major subject, and the receiving capacity of the university. No objection by the grantee against the decision will be allowed.
For further information regarding this scholarship candidates are advised to log on to the website :
http://www.in.emb-japan.go.jp/Education/Undergraduate_Student.html
For students residing in West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa
Consulate General of Japan in Kolkata
55, M.N. Sen Lane, Tollygunge
Kolkata 700040
Phone: 033-2421-1970
For students residing in Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and
Telangana
Consulate General of Japan in Chennai
No 12/1 Cenetoph Road, 1st
Street,Teynampet
Chennai 600018
Phone: 044-24323860
For students residing in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar
Haveli, Chhatisgarh and M.P.
Consulate General of Japan in Mumbai
No.1 M.L Dhanukar Marg, Cumballa Hill
Mumbai 400026
Phone: 022-2351-7101
For students residing in Karnataka
Consulate General of Japan in Bengaluru
1st Floor, Prestige Nebula
No.8-14, Cubbon Road
Bengaluru 560001
Tel: 080-4064-9999, 4166-0111~3
