| MEXT Scholarship
Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship students are international students who receive a Japanese Government (MEXT) scholarship to study in Japan. There are various types of scholarships, including embassy-recommended and university-recommended, undergraduate and postgraduate, and in various fields of study.
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| Scholarship list for Self-Supporting Students
*Here we put application information that must be submitted through Ustunomiya University.
| Name of Scholarship Foundation | Amount | Amount Eligibility Guidelines | Duration | Deadline | Application guideline |
| Taisei Scholarship for international students (JEES Sponsor-Crowned scholarship) | 150,000yen/month | (1)Undergraduate students, Master’s program students who major Architecture, Civil Engeneering. (3)Applicants who are able to have an interviews in Japanese. | minimum years required for graduation/completion | 2024/12/3 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/13097 |
| Iwatani Foundation Scholarship | 150,000yen/month | Check the application guidelines | 2024/12/1～2024/12/20 *Apply directly to the Foundation | https://www.iwatani-foundation.or.jp/scholarship/#01 | |
| Masuyama Scholarship | Check the application guidelines | Paid as lump sum | *2024/12/17 (Extended) | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/13307 | |
| Korean Scholarship Foundation | Undergraduate students: 25,000yen/month Master’s Program students: 40,000yen/month Doctor’s Program students: 70,000yen/month | Check the application guidelines | 1 year | 2024/4/10 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/11097 |
Otsuka Toshimi Scholarship Foundation (2024) |
Check the application guidelines
| *Apply directly to the Foundation | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/10929 | ||
Mabuchi International Scholarship Foundation | Check the application guidelines | 2024/4/13 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/10743 | ||
SGH Foundation
| Undergraduate students and Master’s Program students:120,000yen/month Doctor’s Program students:180,000yen/month | Undergraduate students:26 or under Master’s Program students:34 or under Doctor’s Program students:34 or under This Scholarship is for self-financed international students who have a South-East Asian nationality (Refer to guideline)
| 2 years | 2024/3/29 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/10697 |
| Masuyama Scholarship | Check the application guidelines | Paid as lump sum | 2024/2/2 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/10653 | |
| Iwatani Foundation Scholarship | 150,000yen/month | Check the application guidelines | 2023/12/1～2023/12/20 *Apply directly to the Foundation | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/9679 | |
| Taisei-Kensetsu Scholarship | 150,000yen/month | Check the application guidelines | 2023/11/24 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/9655 | |
| Iizuka Takeshi Scholarship foundation | 55,000yen/month | Check the application guidelines | 2023/11/22 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/9602 | |
Ito Foundation for International Education Exchange Scholarship
| 180,000yen/month | Check the application guidelines | 2023/10/1～2023/10/31 *Apply directly to the Foundation | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/9345 | |
| JASSO Honors Scholarship (Gakushu-shorei-hi) | 48,000yen/month | 48,000yen/month Undergraduate (3rd or 4th year) and graduate students (Master’s: 1st or 2nd year, Doctoral: 2nd or 3rd year) who wish to work in Japan after graduation from Utsunomiya Univesrsity | 6 months (from October 2023 to March 2024) | 2023/9/20 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/9206 |
| Heiwa Nakajima Scholarship | Check the application guidelines | 2023/10/6 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/9145 | ||
| Honjo International Scholarship Foundation (Spring 2024) | Check the application guidelines | 2023/9/1～2023/10/31 *Apply directly to the Foundation | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/9039 | ||
| Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation | Undergraduate students 100,000yen/month Graduate students 140,000yen/month | The applicant must be a self-supporting student who will be enrolled in the third or fourth year of an undergraduate course, or the first or second year of a master’s course, or the second or third year of a doctoral course in April 2024, and who were born on or after 2 April 1979. (2) Those who can fill out the application form and have an interview in Japanese. | 2 years | 2023/9/22 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/9005 |
| JGC-S SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION | 300,000yen/year | The applicant shall be self-supporting student majoring in science and technology | Paid as lump sum | 2023/5/24 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/8981 |
| Atsumi Internatonal Foundation | 250,000yen/month | Check the application guidelines | 1 year (April 2024 – March 2025 or September 2024 – August 2025) | 2023/9/1～2023/9/29 *Apply directly to the Foundation | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/8696 |
| KDDI Foundation | 100,000yen/month | (1) Self-supporting students who have the nationality pf the target country (see application guidelines), are enrolled as a regular student in a master’s or doctoral program at Utsunomiya University at the time of application and throughout the grant period, and are under 35 years old as of April 1, 2024. (2) Those who are engaged in research on information and communications or related matters in the fields of law, politics, economics, society, culture, and technology | 6 months or 1 year | 2023/7/18 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/8234 |
| JEES International Student Scholarship (Target Countries) | 50,000yen/month | Self-supporting students from target countries (see the application guideline) who are currently enrolled or will be enrolled in October 2023 as a regular student or an exchange student, and who will receive the scholarship for at least one academic year. | Up to 2 years from April 2023 or October 2023 | 2023/5/24 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/8130 |
| JEES International Student Scholarship (Shugaku) | 40,000yen/month | Self-supporting students who are enrolled as a regular student in their second or higher year of undergraduate studies, or in a master’s or doctoral program in April 2023, and who will receive the scholarship for at least one academic year from April 2023. | Up to 2 years from April 2023 | 2023/5/24 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/8066 |
| JEES・Ishibashi Scholarship Foundation | 150,000yen/month | Privately financed international students from abroad who enroll in the master’s program or doctor’s program for AY2023 and whose major is art history | Up to 2 years from October 2023 | 2023/6/2 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/7875 |
| Nagasaka International Scholarship Foundation | 50,000yen/month | Sophomore, junior, or senior students from ASEAN countries | 1 year | 2023/4/25 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/7794 |
| Kokudo Scholarship Foundation | 100,000yen/month | Degree-seeking students (undergraduate or graduate) | Until the end of final academic year | 2023/4/28 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/7723 |
| JASSO Honors Scholarship (Gakushu-shorei-hi) | 48,000yen/month | Undergraduate (3rd or 4th year) and graduate students (Master’s: 1st or 2nd year, Doctoral: 2nd or 3rd year) who wish to work in Japan after graduation from Utsunomiya Univesrsity | 1 year | 2023/4/21 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/7653 |
| Ashigin International Foundation Scholarship | 100,000yen | Students from developing countries | Paid as lump sum | 2023/4/24 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/7467 |
| Korean Scholarship Foundation | Undergraduate students: 25,000yen/month Master’s Program students: 40,000yen/month Doctor’s Program students: 70,000yen/month | Undergraduate students: 29 or under Master’s Program students: 39 or under Doctor’s Program students: 39 or under This scholarship is for self-financed international students who have a Korean nationality (Refer to the guideline) | 1 year | 2023/4/10 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/7289 |
| JEES・Docomo International Student Scholarship | Master’s Program (1st year) :120,000yen/month | Research Field: Communication and data analysis research, including Humanities Country: India, Indonesia, South Korea, Cambodia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan, China (including Hong Kong, Macau), Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Timor-Leste, Philippines, Bhutan, Viet Nam, Myanmar, Maldives, Mongolia, Laos | 2 years | 2023/5/8 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/6930 |
| Sato Yo International Scholarship Foundation ※for spring | Undergraduate students Graduate students | Self-supporting students who are from the target countries (see application guidelines), will have received the scholarship for at least one academic year. (Those who are in their first year of undergraduate cannnot apply), and have Japanese language skills that will not interfere with their studies or research. (There are other requirements such as financial situation.) | 2 years | 2022/12/23 | |
| Taisei Scholarshipfor international studesnts(JEES Sponsor-Crowned scholarship) | 150,000yen/month | (1)Undergraduate students,Master’s program students who major Artitecture,Civil Engeneering. (3)Applicants who are able to have an interviews in Japanese. | minimum years required for graduation/completion | 2022/11/11 | |
| HEIWA NAKAJIMA FOUNDATION | 100,000yen/month | The applicant must be a self-supporting student who will be enrolled in legitimate program at the same university in April 2023 as at the time of application. | 1 year | 2022/10/7 | |
| Sato Yo International Scholarship Foundation ※for fall | Undergraduate students Graduate students | Self-supporting students who are from the target countries (see application guidelines), will have received the scholarship for at least one academic year.(Those who are in their first year of undergraduate cannnot apply), and have Japanese language skills that will not interfere with their studies or research. (There are other requirements such as financial situation.) | 2 years | 2022/7/18 |