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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Japan: For American Citizens - Undergraduate Students - Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarships

Overview

Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles accepts application for Japanese government scholarships from candidates who are the U.S. public and reside or attend universities in Southern California and Arizona.

MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) offers scholarships to American students who wish to study at Japanese universities under the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship Program for 2011 as follows.

Fields of Study

Those who wish to study in Japan as an undergraduate exchange student must choose a field of major from (1) or (2) below.

(1) Social Sciences and Humanities

Social Sciences and Humanities-A: Laws, Politics, Pedagogy, Sociology, Literature, History, Japanese language, and others.
Social Sciences and Humanities-B: Economics, and Business Administration.
Note #1: Applicants who wish to major in the fields categorized as “others” may have difficulties in finding universities that can accept them.
Note #2: Major field content related to “Economics” and “Business Administration” of Humanities B is not included in “others.”

(2) Natural Sciences

Natural Sciences-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), and other fields (Metallurgical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Maritime Engineering, Biotechnology).

Natural Sciences-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-C: Medicine, and Dentistry.

Note: An international student who intends to major in Natural Sciences is required to choose and enter first-, second-, and third-choice subjects from the same course (from Science Course A, B or C). (A student who wants to study Course C may choose his/her third-choice subject from Course B because Course C offers only two subjects.)


Qualifications

(1) Nationality: Applicant must have the nationality of a country which has diplomatic relations with the Japanese government. This applies at such times to stateless persons,too. Applicant who has Japanese nationality at the time of application will not be eligible. Applicant screening will be made at the Japanese Embassy/Consulate General (hereinafter, referred to as “Japanese legation”) in the country of Applicant’s nationality (except where two or more countries are attended by the same Japanese legation ).
(2) Age: You must be at least 17 and under 22 years of age and have completed 12 years of school education or have completed courses in a school comparable to a high school (includes prospective graduates).
(3) Academic Background: Applicant must either have completed a 12-year regular course of school education or have graduated from a school equivalent to an upper secondary school in Japan. (Included is any Applicant who will satisfy the above qualifications by March, 2010.)
Note: Also included is any Applicant who otherwise satisfies entrance eligibility for a Japanese university.
(4) Japanese Language: The Applicant must be willing to learn the Japanese language and receive university education in it.
(5) Health: The Applicant must be physically and mentally healthy enough to pursue study at a university in Japan.

Scholarship Benefits

(1) Allowance: Under the fiscal 2010 budget each grantee will be provided monthly with 125,000 yen. (an additional monthly stipend of 2,000 or 3,000 yen may be provided to those undertaking study or research in specially designated regions.) (However, this will be subject to change, depending upon the annual budget of each year). The scholarship will not be paid to a grantee who takes a leave of absence or is long absent from the assigned university or the preparatory Japanese-teaching institution.

The scholarship will be cancelled for a grantee if

① any of his/her application documents is found to be falsely stated;
② he/she is in breach of his/her pledge made to the Minister of MONBUKAGAKUSHO(MEXT);
③ he/she is subjected to disciplinary action such as expulsion or removal from register by his/her university or the preparatory Japanese-teaching institution;
④ it becomes definitive that the grantee will not be able to graduate(or complete his/her course) within the standard course term because of his/her poor academic achievement or suspension;
⑤ his/her resident status of “College Student” as provided for in Paragraph 1-4 of Appendix to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act changes to any other status; or
⑥ he/she is provided with another scholarship(except for a scholarship designated for research expenses).

(2) Traveling Costs

① Transportation to Japan: Each grantee will be provided, according to his/her itinerary and route as designated by MEXT, with an economy class air ticket from the international airport closest to his/her place of residence to Narita International Airport (or following the itinerary normally used by the university where the grantee is placed).
② Transportation from Japan: A grantee who returns to his/her home country within the last month of scholarship payment will be provided, upon application, with an economy class air ticket for a flight from Narita International Airport (or following the itinerary normally used by the university where the grantee is placed) to the international airport closest to his/her place of return.
Note: Insurance premiums for travel to/from Japan shall be borne by the grantee. The airport the grantee departs from or returns to must be an airport of the country of his/her nationality.

(3) School Fees: Fees for entrance examinations, matriculation and tuition at universities will be paid by the Japanese government.

Selection

(1) In cooperation with the governments of the applicants’ countries the Japanese legation will perform primary screening of applicants by means of submitted application documents, interviews and academic examinations (see below for subjects of examination).

[Subjects for examination]

For applicants for a major in Social Sciences and Humanities: All applicants must sit for mathematics, English, and Japanese (3 subjects in all).
For applicants for a major in Natural Sciences: All applicants must sit for mathematics, English, two subjects selected from among physics, chemistry and biology, and Japanese (5 subjects in all). For selecting two from physics, chemistry and biology, applicants must choose
Physics and chemistry when applying for Natural Sciences A; and
Chemistry and biology when applying for Natural Sciences B or C.
(2) Results of primary screening will be notified to each applicant on the date designated by the Japanese legation l.
(3) Applicants who have been selected by this primary screening will be recommended to MEXT.
(4) MEXT will perform final selection of the recommended applicants and select scholarship grantees.

Document Download

Application Guideline (Japanese) [PDF] Application Guideline (English translation) [PDF] Application form [WORD] [PDF] Application Attachment form [WORD] [PDF] Recommendation form [WORD] [PDF] Certificate of Health [PDF] PAST TESTS


Completed application must be received by June 14, 2010

Further information

The Consulate General of Japan, Los Angeles serves candidates who are the U.S. public and reside or attend universities in Southern California and Arizona ONLY .For further information or application materials, please contact:

Monbukagakusho Coordinator 350 S. Grand Ave., Suite 1700 Los Angeles, CA 90071 (213) 617-6700, ext. 338 Fax: (213) 617-6728 E-mail (for U.S. citizens ONLY / for Southern CA and AZ ONLY) : mailto:info@la-cgjapan.org The application process differs according to the Japanese embassy/consulates, please inquire at the Japanese embassy or consulate general in your region.


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