ELIGIBILITY:

To be considered for this scholarship, applicants must first apply through the Japanese embassy. After receiving the primary screening results from the embassy, applicants will then submit certain documents to APU. Most embassies accept applications around April each year, but please contact the embassy in your home country to confirm their application procedures.

Intend to study abroad in Japan from overseas

Not have Japanese nationality and be a national of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan

Be born on or after April 2, 1992

Be willing to learn Japanese, be interested in Japan, and be willing to deepen your understanding of Japan after arriving in Japan

MBA applicants only: Possess three years of full-time work experience (including full-time internship) by the time of enrollment to APU, preferably in a field related to the desired area of study or possess equivalent project or organizational experience

IMPORTANT

As per Japanese Government regulations, recipients of the MEXT Embassy Recommendation Scholarship will not be able to depart from their countries prior to April 1, 2027.

As such, you will not be able to participate in the APU Spring Entrance Ceremony or part of the Orientation Week, including important academic guidance sessions.

Should you wish to travel to Japan earlier to participate in these events, you will be required to self-fund your travel. Note that this will not be reimbursed by the scholarship.

Please note that the above only applies to applicants enrolling in April. Applicants enrolling in September should be able to travel to Japan in time for the APU Orientation Week.

Further details will be provided once enrollment to APU has been confirmed.

BENEFIT:

Full admission fee

Full tuition

Monthly subsistence allowance of 144,000 JPY (including housing) (amount subject to change)

Travel expenses (economy class airfare between the home country and APU at the beginning and end of the program)