Japan government offers scholarships to Filipino students
Study International Staff
24 Apr 2018
Filipino students can now apply for scholarships to study at its universities and training colleges via the 2019 Japanese Government (MEXT/Monbukagakusho) Scholarship Program.
Interested citizens who are interested can get more detailed information at the Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) of the Embassy of Japan or on the Embassy’s website.
Filipinos have been studying abroad in Japan for more than 54 years – an average number of 100 scholars from the Philippines are sent to Japan every year under six different scholarship programs: Teacher Training Scholarship, Japanese Studies Scholarship, Undergraduate Student Scholarship, Research Student Scholarship, Specialized Training Scholarship, College of Technology Scholarship.
These are the list of requirements for the scholarships offered:
| Category | Requirements | Age (years) |
Years of study |
Fields of study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research (Research student, Masters, Doctoral course) |
College graduate, preferably with 16 years of formal education Clear and feasible Good academic |
Under 35 | 2-5 | Social sciences, Humanities, and Natural sciences Note: Applicants should apply for |
| Undergraduate | High school graduate
Good academic |
17-24 | 5 | Social sciences, Humanities and Natural Sciences |
| Specialised training college |
High school graduate
Good academic |
17-24 | 3 | Technology, Personal care and nutrition, Education and welfare, Business, Fashion and home economics, Culture and general education |
| College of technology |
High school graduate
Good academic |
17-24 | 4-4.5 | Mechanical and engineering, Electrical and electronic engineering, Information communication and network engineering, Materials engineering, Architecture and civil engineering, Maritime engineering |
Applicants should submit the application form by May 18, 2018 which must be in hard copy, printed on A4-sized paper and mailed to the Embassy. Applications which are incomplete or does not follow the guidelines will not be accepted.
Qualified applicants will then go through a document screening, written exams and an interview. If you’re unsure, head on to the free scholarship consultations to be held at the JICC Library every Friday from 9-12.30 pm and 2-4.30 pm.
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