Other scholarships

e3 grant for self-supported Doctoral students

A grant of JPY 100,000 upon enrollment (one-time payment) is available for self-supported students who do not receive other scholarships that cover the entrance fees.

*This grant can be received together with MEXT Honors Scholarship for Privately Financed International Students.

Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Honors Scholarships for Privately Financed International Students (Reservation Program)

*Please do not confuse this scholarship with MEXT full support scholarships.

Duration

12 months (in case of April enrollment) or 6 months (in case of October enrollment)

Monthly Stipend

48,000 yen

Starting from

April or October

Eligibility

To be qualified to apply for this scholarship, you must:

1. Be a newly enrolling international student who applies for the e3 program from overseas
2. Fulfill the minimum GPA requirement set by the program and pass an entrance exam (e3 Special selection)
3. Not receive more than 90,000 yen/month provided by a supporter (except for entrance fee and tuition fees)
4. Not have a supporter in Japan whose annual income exceeds 5,000,000 yen
5. Not receive a scholarship from another institution that does not allow multiple grants
6. Cooperate with a survey conducted by the organization (through Hokkaido University) after you receive this scholarship
7. Sign up every month during a designated sign-up period by Hokkaido University

How to apply

We do not accept applications from students. We select and contact eligible candidates who meet the requirements.

Other scholarships for self-supported international students

(Application before enrollment)

Several other scholarships of differing amounts are available for students wishing to study at Hokkaido University. Please refer to the official university website for the scholarships you can apply for before leaving your home country. Please check the details on each scholarship link for further information.

• JICA
• JASSO (Japan Student Services Organization)
• The Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Foundation
• CSC program (Scholarship Program supported by China Scholarship Council

(Application after enrollment)

Although highly competitive, there are a number of private organizations offering scholarships for Hokkaido University students. Application is available after the enrollment. Some scholarships can be applied directly and some only through candidate registration and inner selection at the university. Please check the university website for details.

Living costs and Entrance/Tuition Fee Support

■Living costs

Accommodation costs in Sapporo are relatively cheap compared to other Japanese cities.  Moreover, given the close proximity between dormitories, private apartments, and the university campus, a majority of students commute to and from the university on foot or by bicycle all year round, except during winter. 
For a single student, the monthly living cost is about 100,000 yen.

Please check here about the cost of the university dormitories.

Entrance and tuition fees

• The above fees are subject to change.
• Japanese Government Scholarship (MEXT) and Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) scholarship holders are exempted from all fees.

■"Exemption or Deferment of Entrance Fee" and "Exemption of Tuition Fee"

Self-supported Master's and Doctoral students can apply after official admission.

How and when to apply

1. Download the application guidelines and other necessary documents from the website.
2. Check the detailed announcement about the application submission. (For new students, it will be sent along with other documents for admission around February or September via email from e3 office.)
3. Submit the application documents to "Student Support Section, Academic Affairs Division, Engineering Department" by the deadline.

- An application for tuition fee exemption must be made each semester. After enrollment, the announcement will be sent through ELMS, not from e3 office.
- There is no guarantee that you will be exempted if you apply. In addition, e3 office cannot tell you how much you will be exempted, as it depends on the screening.

Amount of exemption of Entrance Fee

0, 1/2, or 100% of waiver is possible

Amount of Tuition Fee

0, 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, or 100% of waiver is possible

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 [Application closed]

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

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's or Doctoral-level research at a laboratory within 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 the 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 e³ program, the Graduate School of Engineering (Caution: MEXT Scholarship application and admission screening to 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 read the guidelines thoroughly!

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 (Closed)  

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

1. Motivation & Research Plan (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