The Japanese Government offers scholarships to foreign students who wish to study at Japanese universities. More than 79.000 students from various countries around the world have studied in Japan through the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship program. This scholarship program has been ongoing since 1954.
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.
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).
Japanese government scholarship students are recruited and selected in three ways:
For those outside of Japan
i) Embassy recommendation
ii) University recommendation
For those already in Japan
iii) Domestic Selection
Further scholarship information and application, visit the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship Official website: http://www.studyjapan.go.jp/en/toj/toj0302e.html
