Japanese Government: MEXT scholarships 2025 [Application closed]
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Important notice 【Office closure during New year holidays】 【Supervisors who cannot accept new applicants】 【MEXT scholarship (University Recommendation)】 |
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!
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Upload application documents |
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September 24th - |
December 11th, 2024 |
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| Interview |
Submission of additional documents |
Final Result announcement | |||
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December 16th - 20th, 2024 (tentative) |
by the end of December, 2024 (tentative) |
January 9th, 2025 |
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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
- Motivation to apply and Research Proposal (2 pages max)
Format: e3 designated format/ Length: maximum 2 pages (excluding the citation page). - Abstracts of Graduation Thesis and Publications
Format: Free/ Length: maximum 2 pages - Academic Transcripts
- Graduation/Expected Graduation Certificates
- Recommendation Letter
Format: You may either download the e3 designated letter format or use free format. - Documents to Prove English Proficiency
- 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