ELIGIBILITY:

(To be eligible to apply for the scholarship, the student must meet ALL of the requirement criteria listed below.)

The student must not possess Japanese citizenship.

The student must be enrolled as of April 2025 or currently applying for the academic course starting from April 2025 at a graduate school in Japan. Those who are already enrolled and those who are not enrolled yet (including people who are currently employed with jobs at the time of applying for the program) are both eligible to apply for this scholarship if they are going to be enrolled in April 2025. Those who are going to enter graduate schools in the fall of 2025 can apply for this spring scholarship program.

In principle, the student enrolling in a professional graduate school is not eligible to apply. However, the student who can submit a research plan is eligible to apply.

The enrolment duration until graduation must be longer than 12 months.

To be eligible, the student applying for the PhD program must start the PhD course by the age of 35.

The student applying for the master’s program must start the master’s course by the age of 30 (no exceptions).

The student must have a strong commitment to serving their home country as a future career plan.

BENEFIT:

The scholarship period for the recipient is set according to the shortest period of time required to complete the intended degree:
¥230,000 per month for 1 year or 2 years
¥210,000 per month for 3 years
¥180,000 per month for 4 years or 5 years

The payment period cannot be changed once it commences