The Japanese Government Scholarship

Please note: Application deadline is normally at the end of August, but this year's deadline is 31 July 2003.

The completed application (including attachments) must be submitted by 31 July 2003 to study in Japan from year 2004. Please check the exact deadline for each year at the Embassy.

Detailed information regarding the scholarships and the application form can be obtained from the Embassy of Japan 012 452 1612 (tel) or 012 460 3500(fax)

Monbukagakusho (Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Government of Japan) offers 3 types of scholarships to study at Japanese schools commencing in the Academic Year of 2004. Selections have been made for year 2003 - 2004.

More information on the Japanese Government Scholarship system

| Research Student Scholarship |
| Undergraduate Scholarship |
| Senshu-Gakko Scholarship |
| College of Technology Scholarship |

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Research Student Scholarship (post-graduate level)

Qualifications:

Applicant must be a South African Citizen and under the age of 35 years, in principle.
University Graduates/ Post Graduates - those who will graduate from a university by March 2004 (April departure) or September 2004 (October departure) may apply.
The study area must be in the same field as the applicant has studied (or currently studying).

Terms of Scholarship:

Duration of non-degree study is approximately 1 and half years with optional 6 months of Japanese language courses prior to study. The period of study can further be extended through variable procedures (i.e. those pursuing a Master's degree).
Departure to Japan in the beginning of April (including Japanese language courses) or the beginning of October 2004 (excluding Japanese language courses).
The Japanese Government provides return airfare, tuition, and a monthly stipend.

Undergraduate Scholarship

Details will be posted under this section as soon as it becomes available. In the meantime please contact Veno Pillay at the Embassy of Japan at 012 452 1612

Senshu-Gakko (vocational training schools) Scholarship

This scholarship offers applicants the opportunity to spend up to 3 years at a Japanese professional training school studying one of several fields including:

Civil Engineering
Architecture
Electrical Engineering
Electronics
Telecommunications
Nutrition
Infant Education
Secretarial Studies
Hotel Management
Tourism
Fashion, Dress making
Design
Photography
Other

Qualifications

Applicants must be at least eighteen years and less than twenty-two years of age as of April 1, 2003 (i.e. born between April 2, 1981 and April 1, 1985).
Applicants must have either completed a twelve year regular course of school education or graduated from a school equivalent to the senior high school in Japan, by March 2003.

Term of Scholarship

The Senshu-Gakko Student applicant's awards are tenable for 3 years from April 2003 to March 2006.
The Senshu-Gakko Student applicant's term cannot be extended.

Selection

After the document screening process, the Senshu-Gakko applicants take an examination in Mathematics and English.

Education

Senshu-Gakko students who have completed the prescribed course at the Japanese language school will be placed in a Senshu-Gakko into the advanced professional course that follows senior high school education and study the professional subjects for two years.
Please note that a guarantee of the Senshu-Gakko cannot enter a university or other institute under the Japanese Government Scholarship after completing the required course.

College of Technology Scholarship

Fields of Study

Civil Engineering
Architecture
Electrical Engineering
Electronics/ Electronic Engineering

Qualifications

Applicants must be at least seventeen years and less than twenty-two years of age as of April 1, 2003 (i.e. born between April 2, 1980 and April 1, 1985), applies to the College of Technology Scholarship.
Applicants must have graduated from a school equivalent to the senior high school in Japan and have completed at least eleven year regular school education, by March 2003.

Health

Those studying Mercantile Marine as a College of Technology Student must have eyesight better than 0.6 (corrected eyesight) and no colour-blindness.

Term of Scholarship

The College of Technology Scholarship applicant is far more complicated, as the awards are tenable for 4 years from April 2003, to March, 2007, except for those majoring in Mercantile Marine, who are granted four and a half years up to September, 2007.
The College of Technology Scholarship applicant's term can be extended if the grantee has special reasons to continue to study in a Japanese University (transferred as a junior) after graduation from the college of technology, may have the term of scholarship extended, if he/she has made excellent results. The extended term is two years at the maximum, and no extension shall be made beyond this period.

Education

The College of Technology Student has a five year course which follows junior high school education; however, the grantees of this program will be enrolled into the third-year class of the college of technology and study a professional subject for three years.

Selection

After the document screening process, College of Technology applicants take 2 examinations of Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry.

Other specifications are requested for the entry into abovementioned study programmes.