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Honjo International Scholarship 2025 year in Japan, Master’s and Phd degree

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Honjo International Scholarship 2025 year in Japan, Master’s and Phd degree
Country Japan
Language of Study English, Japan
Degree Masters, PhD
Deadline 2024-10-31

This scholarship is open to foreign students who study or plan to study in a Japanese graduate school for a doctoral or master’s degree. Applications can be submitted from abroad. All nationalities and research fields are welcome. Applicants may directly apply to the foundation without pre-selection by the university.

The scholarship will be provided monthly throughout the minimum period required to acquire the degree.

Benefits:

The amount of scholarship depends on differs based on the period as below:

  • ¥230,000 per month for 1 ~ 2 years degree
  • ¥210,000 per month for 3 years degree
  • ¥180,000 per month for 4 ~ 5 years of degree

Eligibility:

  1. The student must not possess Japanese citizenship.
  2. The student enrolling in a professional graduate school is not eligible to apply.
  3. The student who can submit a research plan is eligible to apply.
  4. The enrolment duration until graduation must be longer than 12 months.
  5. To be eligible, the student applying for the PhD program must start the PhD course by the age of 35. The student applying for the master’s program must start the master’s course by the age of 30 (No exceptions).
  6. The student must have a strong commitment to serving their home country as a future career plan.
  7. The student must have a deep understanding of international friendship and goodwill, attend events organized by the Foundation and take part in the network as an alumni member.
  8. The student must be able to carry out a basic conversation in Japanese. Interviews will be conducted in Japanese (No exceptions).

How to apply

  • Enter the online application portal: https://entry.hisf.or.jp/ Fill out the application form and upload the required files and documents.
  • The video which the applicant talks about his/her research for two minutes is required.
  • Once the documents are submitted, the application number will be issued, and a PDF of your application form will be generated.

Note: Please save the PDF file, as you will need it when the result is announced on our website.

Please read application guideline: https://www.hisf.or.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2025_bosyuyoukou_foreigner_E.pdf

Deadline: October 31, 2024.

More information: https://www.hisf.or.jp/en/scholarship/foreigner/

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