Japanese Government MEXT Scholarships: The Embassy of Japan offers Japanese Government-Sponsored MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Scholarship every year. MEXT scholarship supports foreign students who study in higher education institutions, selected on the recommendation of the Embassy. The application is now open for undergraduate and research students.
About Japanese Government MEXT Scholarships
MEXT accepts applications from international students for study in Japan who satisfy the following qualifications and conditions. Its aim is to foster human resources who will become bridges of friendship between the grantee’s country and Japan through study in Japan and who will contribute to the development of both countries and the wider world.
Brief Description
Scholarship Sponsor(s): Japanese Government
Scholarship Type: Full Funded Scholarships
Host Institution(s): Universities in Japan
Number of Awards: Several
Study Level: Postgraduate
Nationality: International Students
Application Deadline: Varying by Country
Eligibility Criteria
- Must be a nationality of a Developing Country
- Applicant must be born on or after April 2, 1999
- Applicants who have completed their studies at a school equivalent to a Japanese upper secondary school in countries other than Japan.
- Applicants who have completed 12 years of schooling in countries other than Japan. (Applicants who will meet the above condition by March 2024 are eligible. However, applicants wishing to enroll from the autumn term through direct placement must be expected to complete 12 years of schooling by August 2024.)
- Applicants who have successfully passed an academic qualification examination that is equivalent to the completion of 12 years of schooling in countries other than Japan.
- Applicants must be willing to learn Japanese.
- Applicants must submit a health certificate in the prescribed format signed by a physician attesting that the applicant has no physical or mental conditions hindering the applicant’s study in Japan.
- Applicants must be able to arrive in Japan between April 1, 2024, and April 7, 2024.
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Scholarship Benefits
- Tuition Fees
- Allowance: 117,000 yen per month, A supplemental regional allowance of 2,000 yen or 3,000 yen per month will be added to the monthly scholarship amount for the grantees studying or conducting research in specially designated regions
- Traveling Expenses
- Airline ticket (Economy-class ticket)
Eligible Countries
- Angola: MEXT Scholarship Program FY2024
- Benin Republic: les bourses d’études du Gouvernement du Japon 2024
- Botswana: MEXT Scholarship 2024
Cape Verde: Japanese Government 2024 Scholarships - Democratic Republic of Congo: Bourse du Gouvernement Japonais pour l’année fiscale 2024
- Cote d’Ivoire: Bourses Du Governement Du Japon (MEXT) 2024
- Egypt: JAPANESE GOVERNMENT (MONBUKAGAKUSHO:MEXT) SCHOLARSHIP: Undergraduate – College of Technology Students
- Ethiopia: MEXT Scholarship 2024
- Gambia: Japanese Government 2024 Scholarships
- Ghana: JAPANESE GOVERNMENNT SCHOLARSHIP (MEXT)
- Guinea Bissau: Japanese Government 2024 Scholarships
Kenya: 2024 Japanese Government Scholarship - Liberia: JAPANESE GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP (MEXT)
- Libya: MEXT Scholarship 2024
- Madagascar: les bourses d’études du Gouvernement du Japon
- Mauritania: Japon « Monbukagakusho Scholarship 2024
- Mauritius: Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship for 2024
- Morroco: Bourses du Gouvernement du Japon (Bourse MONBUKAGAKUSHO)
- Namibia: Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship for 2024
Niger: BOURSES DU GOUVERNEMENT DU JAPON (MEXT) 2024
Nigeria: MEXT 2024 Japan Scholarships - Senegal: Bourses du Gouvernement du Japon 2024
- Seychelles: MEXT Scholarship for 2024
- Sierra Leone: JAPANESE GOVERNMENNT SCHOLARSHIP (MEXT)
- Somalia: 2024 Japanese Government Scholarship
- Togo: BOURSES DU GOUVERNEMENT DU JAPON (MEXT) 2024
- Tunisia: Bourse Mext 2024
- Uganda: Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarships
- Zambia: MEXT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME 2024
- Zimbabwe: 2024 MEXT Scholarship