JAPAN: MEXT Scholarships for 2018
Programme outline
The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science,
and Technology (MEXT) offers scholarships to foreign students who wish
to study at Japanese universities under the Japanese Government
Scholarship Program for 2018.
Degree level
Research students (master's course, doctoral course, or professional graduate course)
Undergraduate students
.
Who can apply?
Please see this link http://www.za.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/MEXT_Scholarship.html for more information.
Fields of Study
1. Research students (master's course, doctoral course, or professional graduate course)
Applicants should apply for the field of study they
majored in at university or its related field. Moreover, the fields of
study must be subjects which applicants will be able to study and
research in graduate courses at Japanese universities.
2. Undergraduate students
Those who wish to study in Japan as an undergraduate
student must choose a field of study (major) from (1) or (2) below.
Applicants may enter a first, second, and third choice.
(1) Social Sciences and Humanities.
1-A: Law, Politics, Pedagogy, Sociology, Literature, History, Japanese language, others.
1-B: Economics, Business Administration.
(2) Natural Sciences
2-A: Science (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry), Electric and
Electronic Studies (Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Information
Engineering), Mechanical Studies (Mechanical Engineering, Naval
Architecture), Civil Engineering and Architecture (Civil Engineering,
Architecture, Environmental Engineering), Chemical Studies (Applied
Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, Textile
Engineering), other fields (Metallurgical Engineering, Mining
Engineering, Maritime Engineering, Biotechnology).
2-B: Agricultural studies (Agriculture, Agricultural Chemistry,
Agricultural Engineering, Animal Science, Veterinary Medicine, Forestry,
Food Science, Fisheries), Hygienic studies (Pharmacy, Hygienics,
Nursing), and Science (Biology). Natural Sciences
2-C: Medicine, and Dentistry.
What the Scholarship offers
It covers round-trip airfare, tuition and monthly allowance.
Application process
Your application must be sent to
Cultural Section of the Embassy of Japan in South Africa
Postal address: 259 Baines Street, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181
Enquiries: ryan.keet@pr.mofa.go.jp /mc@dst.tokyo
Deadlines
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Documents and links
Note
Please note that this scholarship is not offered by the
Department of Higher Education and Training. Applicants are required to
undertake their own research into programmes
and institutions and are responsible for ensuring that the
qualifications will be recognised in South Africa.
If there are any discrepancies in the details provided, the
information given by the official scholarship provider supersedes the de
tails provided above.
