Scholarship, Bursary, Grant Opportunities

Students of Japan, it's culture and the Japanese language. Here are some of the many opportunities for you to continue your studies:

Japanese Government Scholarships

Research students

You must be under 35 years of age and a college graduate (includes prospective graduates). If you would like to enroll in a master's program, you must be a college graduate and have completed 16 years of schooling.

Teacher training students

You must be under 35 years of age and, in principle, a graduate of a college or teacher training college. You must have at least five years of active experience as a teacher in a primary, secondary or teacher training college in your country. (Please note that college and university teachers currently in active service are not considered for this scholarship).

Undergraduate university students

You must be at least 17 and under 22 years of age and have completed 12 years of school education or have completed courses in a school comparable to a high school (includes prospective graduates).

Japanese studies students

Applicants must be from eighteen to twenty-nine years old. Applicants must be enrolled as undergraduate students in faculties or schools which major in Japanese language or Japanese culture in a university outside Japan at the time when they come to Japan and must be enrolled in the home institution at the time when they return to their home countries. Students majoring in the fields other than Japanese language or Japanese culture who wish to study various aspects of Japan( engineering, economy, agriculture, architecture, art, etc.)as part of their major studies should apply to the AIEJ for admission to the Short-term Student Exchange Promotion Program.

College of technology students

You must be at least 17 and under 22 years of age and have completed school education comparable to a high school (a minimum of 11 years beginning in primary school) education (includes prospective graduates).

Special training college students

You must be at least 18 and under 22 years of age and have completed 12 years of schooling or have completed school education comparable to a Japanese high school (includes prospective graduates).

Young Leaders' Program(YLP) students

Applicants must be young public administrators and so on, from Asian and other countries participating in the YLP who are expected to play active roles as future national leaders in their respective countries. The participants must be university or college graduates, who have at least 3-5 years' work experiences in public administration or enterprises and so on(*). The screening of the participants is based on recommendations of the recommending authorities.
(*)There are five different YLP programs, each of which has different qualifications in work experience and affiliation, and the recommending authorities.

For information, application forms, etc., go to: http://www.studyjapan.go.jp/en/toj/toj0302e.html

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