Japanese Government: MEXT scholarships 2023

• Uniform call for Japanese government MEXT scholarships, nomination through the e3 program /university nomination for October 2023 Intake
• Japanese government MEXT scholarship: nomination through the e3 program, "Global Engineering Leadership Program for Sustainable Development"
• Japanese government MEXT scholarship: University recommendation "Top Global University Scholarship"
• Japanese government MEXT scholarship: University recommendation "General"
• Japanese government MEXT scholarship: University recommendation “Study-in-Japan Global Network Scholarship”
• *Japanese government (MEXT) scholarships: Embassy selection

Uniform call for Japanese government MEXT scholarships, nomination through the e3 program (university nomination) for October 2023 Intake (Deadline: January 3rd, 2023)

e3 program calls for scholarship applications by international students who wish to enroll in the Graduate School of Engineering for October 2023 intake being funded by the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship Program. This is the only solicitation for MEXT Scholarships (University Recommendation) to international students by the Graduate School of Engineering for 2023 academic year enrollment. Applicants seeking enrollment with MEXT scholarship for "Global Engineering Leadership Program for Sustainable Development” or other MEXT scholarships (University Recommendation) such as “General”, “Top Global University Scholarship” and “Study-in-Japan Global Network Scholarship” shall follow the guidelines for "Global Engineering Leadership Program for Sustainable Development” below.

Download the application guidelines

Japanese government MEXT scholarship, nomination through the e3 program"Global Engineering Leadership Program for Sustainable Development" (Deadline: January 3rd, 2023)

The application starts with screening and selection for the scholarship. Applicants are expected to be academically excellent and strongly motivated to conduct Master's or Doctoral level research at one of laboratories at e3 program. The candidates who passed the first screening (document screening and interview with a prospective supervisor) will proceed to the second screening (interview with nomination committee) and be asked to submit additional documents to complete the procedure. Applicants who are nominated for the scholarship must subsequently apply for admission to the e3 program, the Graduate School of Engineering. (Caution: MEXT Scholarship application and admission of the Graduate School of Engineering are separate procedures.)

Conditions of the scholarship

Monthly allowance
Master's course: 144,000 JPY
Doctoral course: 145,000 JPY

• Application fee: exempted
• Admission fee: exempted
• Tuition fees: exempted
• Arrival ticket: provided
• Return ticket: provided

Possibility to extend the scholarship from Master's to Phd: recipients of this scholarship can apply for scholarship extension to the Doctoral program. Extensions are granted on competitive basis.

Admission:

Admission with this scholarship is possible only in October, 2023.

Eligibility

Applicant’s birthday must be on or after April 2nd, 1988.
Applicants must have nationality of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan.
Those who reside in Japan are not eligible to apply for the scholarship.
Applicants must have excellent academic record and be proficient in English.

<Minimum English Requirement>
TOEIC L&R 785
TOEFL iBT 79, TOEFL iBT Home Edition 79
IELTS (Academic) 6.0
Medium of Instruction Certificate (MI)

Application deadline and procedure

Download the application guidelines

Selection Schedule for October 2023 Intake

First Screening (Documents screening)
Upload application documents on e3 online system: Dec 19th, 2022 - Jan 3rd, 2023
Result announcement of the First Screening: Feb 1st, 2023
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Second Screening
Interview with shortlisted candidates: Feb 6th– 14th, 2023 (tentative)
Submission of additional documents: by February 24th, 2023
Final Result announcement: At the beginning of March, 2023 (tentative, depending on the scholarship type you are nominated for, the results announcement date may vary)

Caution

This is the only solicitation for MEXT Scholarships (University Recommendation) to international students by the Graduate School of Engineering for 2023 academic year enrollment. This guideline is for the scholarship program titled "Global Engineering Leadership Program for Sustainable Develpment." However, candidates for other MEXT scholarships (University Recommendation) such as “General”, “Top Global University Scholarship” and “Study-in-Japan Global Network Scholarship” will be selected from the same pool of applicants.

Special considerations

The e3 program recruits’ candidates for MEXT scholarship from all over the world, due regard being given to the geographic diversity of the scholarship recipients. For this scholarship call candidates from the following regions are strongly encouraged to apply: Southwest Asia.

Documents

The following documents must be submitted online by the deadline through e3 online documents submission system (for details please refer to the application guidelines):

• e3 online documents submission system
(open during the documents submission period only: December 19th-January 3rd, 2023)

1. Motivation to apply and Research Proposal (2 pages max)
   
(Word format)
2. Academic Transcripts
   
3. Graduation/Expected Graduation Certificates
4. Recommendation Letter
(Word format)
5. Documents to Prove English Proficiency
   
6. Photocopy of your passport
   

Japanese government MEXT: University recommendation "Top Global University Scholarship"


In September 2014 Hokkaido University has been selected for the Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Top Global University Project, as one of the 13 Type A: Top Type universities. This higher education reform initiative aims to support internationalization and reform in Japanese universities and help to improve their world ranking in the next 10 years. Few additional scholarships have been provided under this project.

Conditions of the scholarship (as of March 2022)

Monthly allowance
Master's course: 144,000 JPY
Doctoral course: 145,000 JPY

• Application fee: exempted
• Admission fee: exempted
• Tuition fees: exempted for the period of the scholarship
• Arrival ticket: provided
• Return ticket: not covered

Maximum period of the scholarship: 6 months either for Master’s or Doctoral course (extension of the period of the scholarship is not possible*);
*The normal enrollment period of doctoral course is 3 years, however the scholarship will maximum cover only 6 months;

Possibility to extend the scholarship from Master's to Phd: it is not possible to extend the scholarship from Master’s to Doctoral course. The recipients of this scholarship for Master’s course who wish to continue to Doctoral program at e3 shall look for other sources of funding for their Doctoral program.

Number of scholarships: few

Admission

Admission with this scholarship is possible only in October.

Application deadline and procedure

If you are interested in this scholarship, please proceed following the application schedule and guidelines for MEXT scholarship for "Global Engineering Leadership Program for Sustainable Develpment", October 2023 intake and submit your application documents on-line before  January 3rd, 2023.

Eligibility

Scholarship has age restrictions. Applicants for October 2023 intake must have been born on or after April 2nd, 1988.
Applicants must have nationality of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan.
Those who reside in Japan are not eligible to apply for the scholarship.
Applicants must have excellent academic record and be proficient in English.
Successful candidates are expected to maintain high academic grades in each academic year in order to continue receiving the scholarship.

Japanese government MEXT: University Recommendation “General”

A very limited number of MEXT scholarship positions is allocated to Hokkaido University under the "General" category. Few highly ranked applicants for the MEXT Uniform call can be reccomeded to the university from the e3 program.

Conditions of the scholarship (as of March 2021)

Monthly allowance
Master's course: 144,000 JPY
Doctoral course: 145,000 JPY

• Application fee: exempted
• Admission fee: exempted
• Tuition fees: exempted
• Arrival ticket: provided
• Return ticket: provided

Possibility to extend the scholarship from Master's to Phd: recipients of this scholarship can apply for scholarship extension to the Doctoral program. Extensions are granted on competitive basis.


Number of scholarships: very limited

Admission

Admission with this scholarship is possible only in October.

Application deadline and procedure

If you are interested in this scholarship, please proceed following the application schedule and guidelines for MEXT scholarship for "Global Engineering Leadership Program for Sustainable Development", October 2023 intake and submit your application documents on-line before  January 3rd, 2023.

Eligibility

Scholarship has age restrictions: Applicants for October 2023 intake must have been born on or after April 2nd, 1988.
Applicants must have nationality of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan.
Those who reside in Japan are not eligible to apply for the scholarship.
Applicants must have excellent academic record and be proficient in English.



Japanese government MEXT: University recommendation “Study-in-Japan Global Network Scholarship”


Universities which are entrusted from MEXT as a part of the “Study in Japan Global Network Project” can offer few scholarship positions for specific target areas. In 2021-22 intakes e3 program nominated a limited number of high ranked applicants from the MEXT: Uniform call to the scholarship allocated to the Sub-Saharan Africa region.

Conditions of the scholarship (as of March 2021)

Monthly allowance
Master's course: 144,000 JPY
Doctoral course: 145,000 JPY

• Application fee: exempted
• Admission fee: exempted
• Tuition fees: exempted
• Arrival ticket: provided
• Return ticket: provided

Possibility to extend the scholarship from Master's to Phd: recipients of this scholarship can apply for scholarship extension to the Doctoral program. Extensions are granted on competitive basis.


Number of scholarships: few

Admission

Admission with this scholarship is possible only in October.

Application deadline and procedure

If you are interested in this scholarship, please proceed following the application schedule and guidelines for MEXT scholarship for "Global Engineering Leadership Program for Sustainable Development", October 2023 intake and submit your application documents on-line before  January 3rd, 2023.

Eligibility

Scholarship has age restrictions: Applicants for October 2023 intake must have been born on or after April 2nd, 1988.
Applicants must have nationality of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan and targeted by the “Study-in-Japan Global Network”.
Those who reside in Japan are not eligible to apply for the scholarship.
Applicants must have excellent academic record and be proficient in English. 

 

 

*Japanese government (MEXT) scholarship, embassy selection –

There is another way to apply for MEXT scholarship - through the Japanese Embassy in your home country using the application form provided by the Japanese Embassy. Candidates selection procedure and timelines are entirely different from the university nomination.   If you pass the preliminary screening at the Embassy, you will be asked to submit an acceptance letter from a Japanese university of your choice.  To obtain a letter of acceptance from the e3, you should send/email us a set of the same documents as those submitted to the Japanese Embassy, with a confirmation seal of the Japanese Embassy affixed, and a certificate of the primary selection issued by the Japanese Embassy.  You should select two professors or laboratories in your message so that we can forward your application to them for consideration. For details, please check the page below:

Apply for acceptance letter - MEXT Embassy, other

 

 

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For more information about scholarships, please visit JASSO website.

 

 

Japanese Government: MEXT scholarships 2025

Japanese government MEXT scholarship(University Recommendation), nomination through the e3 program "Global Engineering Leadership Program for Sustainable Development" for October 2025 Intake

e³ program calls for scholarship applications by international students who wish to enroll in the Graduate School of Engineering for October 2025 intake under the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship Program.

The application starts with screening and selection for the scholarship.
Applicants are expected to be academically excellent and strongly motivated to conduct Master or Doctoral level research at a laboratory within the e³ program. Shortlisted candidates who passed the first screening (document screening and interview with a prospective supervisor) will proceed to the second screening (interview with nomination committee) and be asked to submit additional documents to complete the procedure.

Applicants who are nominated for the scholarship must subsequently apply for admission screening to the e³ program, the Graduate School of Engineering (Caution: MEXT Scholarship application and admission screening to the e³ program are separate procedures).

Selection schedule for October 2025 Intake

Guidline (MEXT Scholarsip: University Recommendation) 
＊Before you start preparing the documents, please download and carefully read the guidelines!

List of the documents

The following documents must be submitted online by the deadline through e³ online documents submission system (for details please refer to the application guidelines):

 e3 online documents submission system  

*Open during the documents submission period only: September 24th- October 29th, 2024

1. Motivation to apply and Research Proposal (2 pages max)
   Format: e3 designated format/ Length: maximum 2 pages (excluding the citation page).

Word

2. Abstracts of Graduation Thesis and Publications
   Format: Free/ Length: maximum 2 pages
3. Academic Transcripts
4. Graduation/Expected Graduation Certificates
5. Recommendation Letter
   Format: You may either download the e3 designated letter format or use free format.

Word

6. Documents to Prove English Proficiency
7. Photocopy of your passport

*Japanese government MEXT scholarship (Embassy selection)

There is another way to apply for MEXT scholarship - through the Japanese Embassy in your home country using the application form provided by the Japanese Embassy.
Candidates selection procedure and timelines are entirely different from the university nomination.  
If you pass the preliminary screening at the Embassy, you will be asked to submit an acceptance letter from a Japanese university of your choice. 
To obtain a letter of acceptance from the e3, you should send/email us a set of the same documents as those submitted to the Japanese Embassy, with a confirmation seal of the Japanese Embassy affixed, and a certificate of the primary selection issued by the Japanese Embassy.  You should select two professors or laboratories in your message so that we can forward your application to them for consideration. For details, please check the page below:

Apply for acceptance letter - MEXT Embassy, other

 

 

 

 

Applying for China Scholarship Council (CSC) program October

If you are a Chinese national planning to apply for the Scholarship Program supported by China Scholarship Council (CSC) to fund your study at the Doctoral program, prior your application to CSC you need 1) to be admitted to the Doctoral course at the e3 program from October and 2) to obtain an acceptance certificate for CSC Program candidates from Hokkaido University.

Please follow the steps below.

1) To get admission to the e3 program, please apply for Doctoral course via the e3 program Special Selection, October enrollment with CSC program.

Graduate School of Engineering will recommend for CSC program only those accepted to the Doctoral course via the e3 program Special Selection for October intake. The following categories of applicants cannot be recommended for CSC from the Graduate School of Engineering:

• Research Students
• Master's course applicants
• Doctoral course applicants for April Intake.
• Applicants for General course via the International Students Examination.
• Applicants already enrolled in Japanese universities.

*Please make sure to check your eligibility for CSC in China prior applying for the admission.

2) After receiving the admission certificate candidates selected for October Enrollment with CSC Program shall subsequently apply for CSC Program selection following the guidelines prepared by Hokkaido University.  New application guidelines are usually published around December-February. Only those who passed the selection as a CSC Program candidate from Hokkaido University will receive the acceptance certificate indicating that they may be exempted from paying tuition and other fees required for submission to the China Scholarship Council.

3) After completing 2 steps above, you can submit the required application documents to the CSC program in China following the official CSC guidelines.

4) After you receive the selection results from CSC, please contact the e3 office and submit a copy of acceptance or rejection certificate.

Please note that depending on the university of your origin submission deadlines may vary. Irrespective of Hokkaido University's deadline please make sure to confirm the submission deadlines with your home university by yourself and inform us at step 2.

[Enrollment and tuition fees]
Awardees of CSC scholarship are exempted from paying the enrollment fee and the tuition for the period of scholarship approved by CSC.

Apply for acceptance letter - MEXT Embassy, other

• MEXT: Embassy Recommended Candidates
• List of the documents

MEXT: Embassy Recommended Candidates

After you pass the first round of screening at a Japanese embassy you will be asked to obtain a "Letter of Acceptance" from the graduate schools of your choice. In order to receive acceptance letter from our program, please prepare the listed below documents and send them by e-mail. Please contact us as soon as possible after the announcement of the screening results. 

Japanese Embassy nominated candidates can be accepted as research students or apply directly for the graduate school if they qualify for direct enrollment. Candidates accepted as Research Students may enroll in a Master's or Doctoral program in either October or April after passing the enrollment screening.

Applicants who are nominated for the scholarship must subsequently apply for admission screening to the e3 program (Master's, Doctoral couses) or Reserch Student (Caution: MEXT Scholarship application and admission screening to the e3 program or Reserch Student are separate procedures).

List of the documents

1. Study Plan Sheet
   Download study plan sheet format

(PDF format) (Word format)

2. Research proposal
   Please prepare well thought out research proposal(s). Longer proposal is expected from doctoral course applicants. If you are applying for two laboratories with different research scope, please prepare two proposals.
3. An attested copy of academic transcripts both for bachelor and master’s courses if you are (OR going to be) awarded master degree.
   If your study is on-going, the transcript should include the records available at the time of your application.
4. Graduation/expected graduation certificate (original) or photocopy of diploma for each graduated university program.
   Prepare the most recent provisional certificate if you haven’t graduated yet. The expected graduation certificate must show the expected date of your graduation.
   If your university does not issue an expected graduation certificate, please obtain a certificate of enrollment which shows the expected date of graduation. Once you get a diploma, please submit a copy.
5. Recommendation letter
   The letter shall be provided by your supervisor in the most recently graduated/expected to graduate school. You may use the format provided by e3 or any other format.
   Download recommendation letter format

(PDF format) (Word format)

6. English test score or a medium of instruction certificate issued by your university
7. Abstract(s) of graduation thesis(es)
8. Abstract(s) of paper(s) you have published.
   It should clearly show the publication details
9. Photocopy of your passport showing your photo and nationality
10. Scholarship information form (not required for MEXT applicants)
    Download scholarship information form

(Word format)

11. Letter/certificate of passing preliminary screening of the scholarship (if available)
12. (MEXT Embassy) Copy of  the documents submitted to the embassy 

Application calendar

Please contact e3 program well ahead of the deadline for submission of the acceptance letter to the embassy or conditional offer letter to other organization.