Japanese Government Scholarship Students are international students who are provided with a scholarship by the Japanese Government (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: MEXT). The Scholarship offers a monthly allowance, tickets for round trip airfare, as well as an exemption from entrance and tuition fees.
Below are the allowances (monthly) for Japanese Government Scholarship Students of FY 2023 at Saitama University.
Regular Courses
Undergraduate Students: 120,000 yen – Master’s Program Students: 147,000 yen – Doctoral Program Students: 148,000 yen
Non-regular Courses
Japanese Studies Students: 120,000 yen – Teacher Training Students: 146,000 yen – Research Student Course: 146,000 yen
Below are the three ways to become a Japanese Government Scholarship Student.
1)Embassy Recommendation
This is the way you can apply through Japanese diplomatic missions overseas. An initial screening is conducted by the Japanese diplomatic mission in each country, followed by a second screening by the MEXT, on the basis of the results of the first screening. Those who have been assigned to certain universities will be recruited as Japanese Government Scholarship Students. As times of recruitment and screening processes differ according to each country, please contact the Japanese diplomatic mission in your country for details.
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Around Apr. | Call for applications opens at each Japanese diplomatic mission/Submission of application documents |
Around Jun. | First screening at Japanese diplomatic mission |
Until early August | Request a provisional acceptance to Japanese universities |
Around mid Sep. | Submission a Placement Preference Application Form to MEXT |
From Oct. | Second screening and university placement by MEXT |
Jan to Feb of the following year | Notification of results of selection and university placement by MEXT |
Apr or Oct of the following year | Enrollment in Saitama University |
After passing the primary screening, it is necessary to obtain informal consent from your prospective supervisor, in order to enter Saitama University.
Those who want to request a provisional acceptance of Admission from our university should contact the following address by early August. (for detailed dates, please check the MEXT application guidelines for each year or ask to your Japanese diplomatic mission).
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Office of International Affairs : ryugaku(a)gr.saitama-u.ac.jp (note: (a) is @) |
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-In the e-mail, please specifyt the Supervisor’s name of your choice, and do not forget to attach a ” Copy of a Passing Certificate of the First Screening issued by the Japanese diplomatic mission” and A Set of Application Documents. For details of Saitama University’s academic staff, please see the Researcher Directory on our website. -It may take a month or more from the time we receive a request to give a final result about a provisional acceptance. |
2)University Recommendation
This is the way to recruit excellent students as Japanese Government Scholarship Students, mainly from universities with partnership agreements with Saitama University. Those who have passed the screenings of each graduate school, university and the MEXT, will be recruited as Japanese Government Scholarship Students.
The University recommendation route is only available for those who will newly come to Japan to study, and not for the students who already live in Japan.
At the Saitama University, we accept the following 4 categories of Japanese Government Scholarship Students.
1) Research Students (Recruitment methods: Embassy Recommendation, University Recommendation)
For those who will be assigned to Graduate level courses, two methods are available; enroll in a Master’s/Doctoral Program as a regular student, or enroll as a non-regular Research student. (However, domestic selection is only available for those who have been enrolled/will enroll in regular courses).
2)Teacher Training Students (Recruitment methods:Embassy Recommendation)
For those who are currently teachers at primary/secondary schools or enrolled in a Teacher Training college in their home countries with active experience as a teacher totaling more than 5 years, they will conduct education-related research at universities in Japan.
3) Undergraduate Students (Recruiting methods:Embassy Recommendation )
For those who will be assigned to Undergraduate level courses, they will first have a year of Japanese preparatory education, either at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies or at Osaka University, which will be followed by entering one of Japan’s national universities.
4)Japanese Studies Students (Recruitment methods: Embassy Recommendation, University Recommendation)
For those who are enrolled in the faculties of universities outside Japan, majoring in the fields of Japanese Language/Japanese Culture, at the time when they come to Japan and when they return to their home countries, they will be given opportunities to study areas related to Japanese Language Proficiency and Japanese Affairs and Japanese Culture at universities in Japan.
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Embassy Recommendation (Applying from overseas) |
University Recommendation (Applying from overseas) |
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Graduate School Level |
Research Students |
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Teacher Training Students |
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Undergraduate Level |
Undergraduate University Students |
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Japanese Studies Students |
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