Japanese Government Scholarships for Undergraduates 2017

• Applicants must have the nationality of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan.
• Applicants, in principle, must have been born between April 2, 1996 and April 1, 2001.
• Applicants must have completed 12 years of school education, or are expected to complete said education by March 2018 or must have completed an educational course at a school equivalent to a high school, or are expected to complete the course by 2018.
• Applicants must be interested in Japan and be willing to deepen their understanding of Japan after arriving in Japan.
• Applicants must submit a health certificate in the prescribed format signed by a physician attesting that the applicant has no physical or mental conditions hindering the applicant’s study in Japan.
• Applicants must be able to arrive in Japan between the 1st and 7th of April 2018.
• applicant shall receive a “Student” visa, as stipulated in Appended Table 1(4) of the Immigration Act, and enter Japan with the residence status of “Student.” In regards to the visa, it should, in principle, be issued at the Japanese diplomatic mission in the applicant’s country.
• While the applicant is studying in Japan, he/she shall contribute to mutual understanding between Japan and the home country by participating in activities at schools and communities with the aim of contributing to the internationalization of Japan.

Step 1- Applicants must submit the following documents to the Japanese diplomatic mission in the applicant’s country by the required date. The submitted documents will not be returned.

• Application form
• Application form for direct placement 
• Academic transcripts for all school years of last school attended
• Graduation certificate of last school attended
• Letter of recommendation from either principal or teacher of last school attended
• Health examination certificate
• Certificate of enrollment qualification examination 

Note 1: Documents indicated by the black circle () should be submitted only by the applicant.

Step 2-  These documents must be written in Japanese or English, or translations in either of these languages should be attached.

Step 3- One original and one copy must be submitted for each document. Always write the document number, from one to eight, (refer to the numbers in the table above) in the upper right-hand corner for all the documents.

Note 2: Please use the fiscal 2018 versions of the Application Form and the Placement Preference Form. The applicant’s photograph to be attached to the Application Form should be of clear quality, taken within six months of submission, and printed on paper specially for photographs. The photograph should be 4.5 x 3.5 cm., upper-body, full-faced, no hats. Please write applicant’s name and nationality on the back of the photograph. Applicants may also paste the photograph data to the Application Form and print out the Application Form.

Note 3: The graduation certificate and the degree certificate obtained from the last school attended may be photocopies, provided that, the copies are attested by an authorized person of the university.

FOR MORE DETAILS REFER THE APPLICATION GUIDELINES,