Bachelor’s Degree Japan
MEXT Japanese Government Scholarship for International Undergraduate Students
Japanese Government
varies per countryDetails
Japan's 14 listed scholarships are mostly Master's money: 11 awards admit Master's students, 5 PhD and 1 Bachelor's, spread across 10 distinct hosts. Government-linked funders dominate, with MEXT and the Japanese Government behind several schemes and ADB-JSP and JDS adding development routes. The catch: none of the listed deadlines is still ahead, so every date below needs rechecking against the funder before you plan.
Japanese Government
The Japanese Government funds three separate routes. The MEXT research scholarship pays 143,000 yen a month for research students, 144,000 for Master's and 145,000 for doctoral students, with deadlines varying per country. The undergraduate MEXT award is the only Bachelor's entry on the list: 117,000 yen a month plus tuition and travel. The JDS scholarship covers tuition, admission fees, accommodation and daily expenses for nationals of ten named Asian countries. The ADB-Japan programme requires admission to an approved Master's course first and is limited to ADB borrowing member nationals.
Waseda University carries two awards. YKK Leaders 21 pays tuition, 200,000 JPY a month and a round-trip air ticket for up to two years at Master's level, open to nationals of South East, South, West and Central Asia, Africa and Mongolia. Ting Hsin pays 1,500,000 JPY a year for 24 months but only to citizens of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan or Macau living there when they apply. At GRIPS, GRIPS scholarships cover fees, stipend, insurance and air tickets, and GRIPS decides which award you get. The MEXT Young Leaders Program at GRIPS pays 242,000 yen a month but needs three years of full-time public-sector work experience.
MEXT research awards pay 143,000 to 145,000 yen a month, the MEXT undergraduate award 117,000 yen, the GRIPS Young Leaders Program 242,000 yen, YKK Leaders 21 200,000 JPY, both JFUNU awards 120,000 JPY and KUT 150,000 yen. Ting Hsin pays 1,500,000 JPY per year instead.
For the ADB-Japan Scholarship Program you must already have gained admission to an approved Master's course at a Designated Institution. GRIPS decides which scholarship you receive based on each provider's eligibility rules.
ADB-JSP is for ADB borrowing member country nationals, JDS for ten named Asian countries, YKK Leaders 21 for Asia, Africa and Mongolia, Ting Hsin for China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau, and both JFUNU awards for OECD DAC list countries.
None of the 14 listed deadlines is still ahead. Several are marked varies or varies per country, so check the funder's page for the current cycle before preparing documents.
Start with the MEXT and ADB-JSP pages to confirm the current cycle, then match your nationality and degree level against the campus awards.