| 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 | Eligibility Guidelines | Duration | Deadline | Application guideline |
| 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 |
| 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 | 2023/3/31 | https://intl.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/6519/ |
| 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 | |
| Iizuka Takeshi Scholarship foundation | 50,000yen/month | Applicants must not exceed the age limit of 29 at the date of April 1, 2023 | The deadline is the year before the year when the age is 30 years old. | 2023/1/6 | |
| Monbukagakusho Honors Scholarship ※Second announcement | 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 (There are ther requirements suc as grades and language requirements) | 6 months | 2022/9/21 | |
| HEIWA NAKAJIMA FOUNDATION | 100,000yen/month | The applicant must be a self-suppporting 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 | |
| Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation | Undergraduate students 100,000yen/month Graduate students 140,000yen/month | The applicant must be a self-supportig 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 2023, and who were born on or after 2 April 1978. (2) Those who can fill out the application form and have an interview in Japanese. | 2 years | 2022/9/22 | |
| JGC-S SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION | 300,000yen/year | The applicant shall be self-supporting student majoring in science and technology | 2022/10/14 | ||
| 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 | |
| KDDI Foundation | 100,000yen/month | (1) Self-supporting students who have the nationality of the target country (see application guidelines), are enrolled as a regular student in a master’s or doctoral programme at the University at the time of application and throughout the grant period, and are under 35 years old as of 1 April 2023. (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 month or 1 year | 2022/7/15 | |
| JEES scholarship for Japanese Language Study | 50,000yen/month | Self-supporting students enrolled as a regular student as of October 2022, who have taken the Japanese Language Proficiency Test N1 or N2 in Japan in July (1st session) or December (2nd session) 2021, achieved excellent results and passed. (There are other requirements such as financial status.) | 6 month | 2022/6/15 | |
| JEES scholarship for coronavirus releif | 100,000yen/year | Self-sipporting students in their second or higher year of undergraduate course , in a master’s or doctoral course as a regular student, who are in financial difficulty due to the impact of the new coronavirus infection and need financial assistance to continue their studies. | 2022/5/23 | ||
| JEES scholarship for those who are from the target countries | 50,000yen/month | (1)Self -supporting students who are enrolled in April 2022 or will be enrolled in October 2022 as a regular student under an exchange agreement, and will have received the scholarship for at least one academic year. (2) Those who are from the target countries (see application guidelines), or students from Ukraine, or students from countries/regions where it was extremely difficult for them to travel to Japan due to entry restriction measures for new coronavirus infection, and who need special support. (There are other requirements such as financial situation.) | Up to 1 year and 11 month | 2022/5/23 | |
| JEES scholarship for Study | 40,000yen/month | Self-supporting students who will be enrolled as a regular student in their second or higher year of undergraduate studies, or in a master’s or doctoral program in April 2022, and who will have received the scholarship for at least one academic year from April 2022. (There are other requirements such as grades and financial status.) | Up to 2years | 2022/5/23 | |
| NAGASAKA InternationalScholarship Foundation | 50,000yen/month | Self-supporting students from South-East Asian countries who are enrolled in their second to fourth year of undergraduate studies as ofApril 2022. | 1 year | 2022/4/22 | |
| Monbukagakusho Honors Scholarship | 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 (There are ther requirements suc as grades and language requirements) | 1 year | 2022/4/21 |