Master’s course
- Applicants must hold (or are expected to receive) a bachelor’s degree or equivalent and have completed at least 16 years of education.
- Applicants are required to have obtained a GPA requirement of 2.30 (3.00 as full score) during the applicant’s most recently graduated/ expected to graduate program.
Doctoral course
- Applicants must hold (or are expected to receive) a master’s degree or equivalent and have completed at least 18 years of education.
- Applicants are required to have obtained a GPA requirement of 2.30 (3.00 as full score) during the applicant’s most recently graduated/ expected to graduate program.
Applicants for Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship
Nationality:
Applicants must have the nationality of a country which has diplomatic relations with the Japanese government.
Age:
Applicants must be under 35 years of age as of April 1 of the admission year.
Health:
Applicants must be physically and mentally healthy enough to take graduate studies at universities in Japan.
Arrival in Japan:
Selected applicants must be able to arrive in Japan within two weeks of the date set by the university for the beginning of the semester (around the beginning of October).
GPA requirement:
Applicants must meet a GPA requirement of 2.30(3.00 as full score) the applicant’s most recently graduated/ expected to graduate program.
Others:
Applicants who meet any one of the following conditions are ineligible. If identified ineligible after being selected as a scholarship student, he/she must withdraw from the scholarship.
1. Those who are military personnel or military civilian employees at the time of their arrival in Japan or during the period of the payment of the scholarship.
2. Those who cannot arrive in Japan by the date of the period specified by MEXT or the accepting university.
3. Those who are previous grantees of Japanese Government (MEXT) scholarship programs (including those who withdraw from the scholarship program after the arrival in Japan). This does not apply to: those who have educational or work experience exceeding more than three years from the following month of the period of the previous scholarship to the estimated first month of the payment of this scholarship; and the past grantees of Japanese Studies Students program who have graduated or are going to graduate from universities in their home countries, Japan-Korea Joint Government Scholarship Program for the Students in Science and Engineering Departments and Young Leaders’ Program. The MEXT Honors Scholarship is not included in the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship Programs.
4. Those who are currently also applying to another program under the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship system.
5. Those who are already enrolled in a Japanese university or other institution with a residence status of “Student,” or who are going to be enrolled, or plan to enroll, in a Japanese university or other institution as a privately-financed international student from the time of application to the MEXT scholarship program in the applicant’s country until the commencement of the period for payment of the MEXT scholarship. However, this stipulation does not apply to privately-financed international students who, even though they are enrolled, or are planning to enroll, in a Japanese university or other institution, verifiably complete their studies before the start of the scholarship payment period, return to their home country at the time of the scholarship application, and newly acquire the “Student” residence status and come to Japan.
6. Those who are planning to receive scholarship money from an organization other than MEXT (including a government organization of the applicant’s country) on top of the scholarship money provided by MEXT after the start of the scholarship payment period.
7. Those who are expected to graduate at the time of application and cannot satisfy the condition of academic background by the deadline given.
8. Holders of dual nationality at the time of application who cannot verify that they will give up Japanese nationality by the time of the arrival in Japan.
9. Those who plan to, from the time of application for the MEXT scholarship program, engage in long-term research (such as fieldwork or internship) outside Japan or plan to take a long-term leave of absence from the university.
10. Those who have completed a doctoral course and have no intention to obtain a degree.
