The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of the Government of Japan is currently accepting applications for its 2020 Research Student Scholarship for students who wish to study at Japanese universities as research or post-graduate students.
The scholarship covers:
- Full tuition
- Monthly allowance
- Round-trip flight between Japan and Canada
The Research Student Scholarship is aimed at university graduates, born on or after April 2, 1985 (for the 2020 scholarship year). The area of research or post-grad study should be in the same or related field that the applicant has previously studied. The term of the scholarship is 18 months to two years (including 6 months of Japanese language training) starting in April or October 2020.
Application guides and forms are available on the Embassy of Japan’s website: http://www.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/education.html. Deadline for the 2020 scholarship year: May 24, 2019.
Applicants who successfully pass the written application screening are required to undertake an interview and examination (English and Japanese language) to be held in mid-June or early July. Please note that fluency in Japanese is not necessarily required, but dependent on the nature of the university and study program as selected by the scholarship candidate.
