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Categories and Contents of MEXT Scholarship
Research Students | Teacher Training Students | Undergraduate Students | Japanese Studies Students | |
Academic level | Graduate level | Undergraduate level | ||
Qualification | Applicant must have graduated or will graduate from the universities. | Applicant must have graduated from the universities or teacher training schools. | Applicant must have completed a 12-year regular course of school education. | Applicants must be undergraduates at foreign universities at the time of arriving in and leaving Japan. |
Age restriction | Applicant must be under 35 years old. | Applicant must be over 17 years old but under 22 years old. | Applicant must be over 18 years old but under 30 years old. | |
Japanese-language training |
Half year If a grantee has sufficient Japanese proficiency to conduct research, he/she may be placed at the university without going through the Japanese-language training. |
1 year | - | |
Professional education | A grantee performs the research in his/her filed of study in the graduate school. | A grantee takes the specific course for Teacher training students. | A grantee studies in the undergraduate course. | A grantee takes the specific course for Japanese studies students. |
Monthly stipend | ¥143,000~¥145,000(JPY) | ¥117,000(JPY) | ||
School Fees | Fees for matriculation, tuition and entrance examinations at a university will be paid by the Japanese government. | |||
Traveling cost | Round traveling cost between grantee's home country and Japan will be paid in the form of economy air ticket. | |||
Term of scholarship | Within 2 years including a 6 months Japanese-language training period. | Within 1.5 years including a 6 months Japanese-language training period. | Within 5 years including a 1 year Japanese-language training period. (7 years for Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine) | 1 year |
Extension of term of scholarship* | 〇 | X | 〇 | X |
*If a grantee desires to proceed to a regular graduate course from a Research Student course, or to a doctoral course from a master’s course, he/she may have the term of his/her scholarship extended upon successful examination by MEXT provided that he/she has outstanding academic achievement that meets certain criteria. For details, please refer to MEXT's website. |