“MEXT Scholarship for 2023” Embassy Recommendation

Monbukagakusho (MEXT), the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology offers three different scholarships for non-Japanese nationals wishing to study in Japan. Only Maldivian citizens are eligible to apply for a MEXT Scholarship. Applicants who have Maldivian nationality can only apply for MEXT Scholarship (Those who have other nationality should contact Japanese Embassy in their respective countries).
 
All MEXT Scholarship applications will be subject to a document screening after the appointed application deadline. Only those applicants who pass the document screening will be invited to the Embassy to sit for the interview and exams for their respective scholarship. Please read the guidelines carefully for the scholarships you are interested in and view past MEXT examinations and answers and answers as well. If you need further assistances, please contact the Embassy (TEL: 3300087).
 
Research
This scholarship offers applicants the opportunity to enroll in a master’s course, a doctoral course, or a professional graduate course at a graduate school, or to conduct research in a specialized field at an undergraduate department, graduate school, institute attached to a university, etc. without the aim of completing the course. Any field of study is eligible for the scholarship, but applicants should apply for the field of study they majored in at university or its related field. Applicants must find a Japanese professor who is willing to supervise their research.
 
Deadline: All applications must be received by Wednesday, June 15, 2022.
Interview Date: TBD
More Information:
Guidelines and Application Forms
 
College of Technology Students
This scholarship offers applicants the opportunity to study in an advanced course at a college of technology. The scholarship grantees will study in a one-year preparatory course (Japanese language and affairs etc.) and then will be enrolled into the third year of the course at the college of technology and receive specialized education for three years (in the case of maritime engineering, for three and a half years.). All classes will be given in the Japanese language. A grantee who graduates will be awarded a diploma and an academic title of “Associate”.
 
Deadline: All applications must be received by Wednesday, June 15, 2022.
Interview & Test Date: TBD
More Information:
Guidelines and Application Forms
 
Specialized Training College Students
This scholarship offers applicants the opportunity to study at a Japanese professional training school studying in one of several fields. The scholarship grantees will study in a one-year preparatory course (Japanese language and affairs etc.) and then will be enrolled into the Specialized Training College and receive professional education for two years (in the case of maritime engineering, for three and a half years.). All classes will be given in the Japanese language. A grantee who graduates will be awarded a diploma.
 
Deadline: All applications must be received by Wednesday, June 15, 2022.
Interview & Test Date: TBD
More Information:
Guidelines and Application Forms
 
 
*Warning
Attention to Japanese Government Scholarship Applicants
 
All application procedures for Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarships are conducted solely through Japanese government embassies and consulates, or institutions of higher education in Japan. For further information on the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarships, please contact the Japanese embassy or consulates in your home country, or the institutions of higher education in Japan in which you wish to enroll.
There are never any application fees, deposits, or any other form of charges assessed when applying for the MEXT Scholarships. Please be aware that any organization or individual who charges an application fee or deposit in relation to applying for the MEXT Scholarships has no relation with the Japanese Government and is committing fraud.