Japanese Government Scholarship Students

Application for the Japanese Government Scholarship

The Japanese Government (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology – Japan (MEXT), or "Monbukagakusho") funds the following programs to enable international students to come and study in Japan. Please visit the MEXT website for more details.
https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/koutou/ryugaku/06032818.htm

How to apply for these programs:

  1. Apply from overseas

    （1）Recommendation by the Embassy

    Applicable Programs: Undergraduate Students / Research Students / Japanese Studies Students / Teacher Training Students
    Contact: The Japanese diplomatic missions (the Japanese embassy or the consulate general) of your home country

    （2）Recommendation by a University

    Applicable Programs: Research Students / Japanese Studies Students
    Process: The university you attend must be a partner institution of TUFS with which TUFS has concluded the student exchange agreement. Your university recommends you directly to MEXT as a candidate for the MEXT Scholarship.
    Contact: Student Exchange Division of your university. Again, your university must be a partner institution of TUFS.

  2. Application by Privately Financed International Students residing in Japan and attending TUFS

    Contact: Student Exchange Division, TUFS

MEXT funded International Students at TUFS

The Japanese Language Center for International Students, TUFS (JLC-TUFS) offers various types of lessons to meet the diverse levels of Japanese language ability and needs of Undergraduate Students, Research Students, and Teacher Training Students. The grantees of the MEXT scholarship are placed into the Japanese language training program in JLC-TUFS for 1 year for Undergraduate Students and for 6 months for Research Students (the Japanese language training is not mandatory for those who are going to enroll in a program which does not require any Japanese). Upon completion of the language training they will be placed at a university in Japan for advanced education.

Japanese Studies Students can enroll