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The Monbukagakusho Scholarship (文部科学省奨学金, Monbukagakushō Shōgakukin), formerly known as Monbusho Scholarship, is a prestigious academic scholarship offered by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Monbu-kagaku-shō, or MEXT). To date, some 65,000 students from approximately 160 countries and regions around the world have studied in Japan under the Japanese Government Scholarship program established in 1954.

Scholarship types

There are seven types of Japanese government-sponsored scholarships available under the Japanese Government Scholarship program: those for research students, teacher training students, undergraduate university students, Japanese studies students, college of technology students, special training students and YLP students.

Research students must meet the following requirements to apply for a Graduate Degree Program (masters and doctorates):

Be younger than 35
Have a graduate degree or 16 years of schooling

Teacher training students must meet the following requirements:

Be younger than 35
Be a graduate of a teacher training college
Have at least five years of experience from a primary school, secondary school or teacher training college

Undergraduate university students must meet the following requirements:

Be older than 16 and younger than 25
Have completed 12 years of schooling or courses from a Japanese high school equivalent

Japanese studies students must meet the following requirements:

Be older than 17 and younger than 31
Be enrolled as an undergraduate, majoring in Japanese language or culture

College of technology students must meet the following requirements:

Be older than 16 and younger than 25
Have completed education comparable to Japanese high schoo; (minimun 11 years from primary)

Special training college students must meet the following requirements:

Be older than 16 and younger than 25
Have completed 12 years of schooling or education comparable to Japanese high school

Young Leaders' Program (YLP) students must meet the following requirments:

Must be a public administrator, with 3-5 years work experience
Be from a participating country
Must be a university graduate

Recommendations

Every year a large number of students are enrolled by embassy recommendation. Each half of the contingent undergoes a 1-year preparatory program at either Osaka University or Tokyo University of Foreign Studies before entering a 4-year undergraduate program at one of 87 Japanese national universities.

Embassy recommendation

Scholarship recipients are recruited and initially screened by a Japanese embassy (or consulate). Recruitment of research students, undergraduate students, college of technology students, and special training college students for the next fiscal year (April, October) is made between March and May. The initial screening is made at the embassy between June and August. The embassy then recommends the selected candidates to the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by September. Recruitment of teacher training students and Japanese studies students for the next fiscal year is made between December and the following February. Screening is conducted between mid-February and March. Selected candidates are recommended to the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the end of April.

University recommendation

Research students and Japanese studies students who will be studying in Japan as an exchange student can be screened by the Japanese university involved as a candidate for a Japanese Government Scholarship. The university directly recommends the selected candidates to the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Research students and Japanese studies students recommended by a university for study in Japan as government-sponsored scholarship recipients arrive in Japan in October. Universities recommend candidates to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology by mid-April.

Domestic Selection

Privately financed, full-time postgraduate foreign students, prospective postgraduate students, and full-time, prospective fourth-year undergraduate university students (prospective sixth-year students in the case of medical schools) are granted domestic selection scholarships that begin in April. Recruitment is conducted through national, public and private universities with the exception of junior colleges. Universities carefully screen academically and individually excellent students and recommend them by mid-December as government-sponsored scholarship candidates to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

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 The {{nihongo|'''Monbukagakusho Scholarship'''|文部科学省奨学金|Monbukagakushō Shōgakukin}}, formerly known as Monbusho Scholarship, is a prestigious academic [[scholarship]] offered by the Japanese [[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology]] (''Monbu-kagaku-shō'', or MEXT).
 To date, some 65,000 students from approximately 160 countries and regions around the world have studied in [[Japan]] under the Japanese Government  Scholarship program established in 1954.
 == Scholarship types ==
+There are seven types of Japanese government-sponsored scholarships available under the Japanese Government Scholarship program: those for research students, teacher training students, [[undergraduate]] university students, Japanese studies students, college of technology students, special training students and YLP students.
+'''Research students''' must meet the following requirements to apply for a Graduate Degree Program (masters and doctorates):
-There are seven types of Japanese government-sponsored scholarships available under the Japanese Government (Monbu-kagaku-shō) Scholarship program: those for research students, teacher training students, [[undergraduate]] university students, Japanese studies students, college of technology students, special training students and YLP students.
+# Be younger than 35
+# Have a graduate degree or 16 years of schooling
-'''Research students''':
-You must be under 35 years of age and a college graduate (includes prospective graduates). Or you must have completed 16 years of schooling. This programs allows the recipients to apply for a Graduate Degree Program (Masters and/or PhD) given that they passed their assigned University's entrance examination.
-'''Teacher training students''':
-You must be under 35 years of age and a graduate of a college or teacher training college. You must have at least five years of active experience as a teacher in a primary, secondary or teacher training college in your country. (Please note that college and university teachers currently in active service are not considered for this scholarship).
-'''Undergraduate university students''':
+'''Teacher training students''' must meet the following requirements:
+# Be younger than 35
-You must be at least 17 and under 25 years of age and have completed 12 years of school education or have completed courses in a school comparable to a high school (includes prospective graduates).
+# Be a graduate of a teacher training college
+# Have at least five years of experience from a primary school, secondary school or teacher training college
+'''Undergraduate university students''' must meet the following requirements:
-Every year a large number of students are enrolled by embassy recommendation (''see below''). Each half of the contingent undergoes a 1-year preparatory program at either [[Osaka University|Osaka University Center for Japanese language and culture]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cjlc.osaka-u.ac.jp/ |title=Osaka University Center for Japanese language and culture}}</ref> or [[Tokyo University of Foreign Studies]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tufs.ac.jp/ |title=Tokyo University of Foreign Studies}}</ref> before entering a 4-year undergraduate program at one of 87 [[Japanese national universities]].
+# Be older than 16 and younger than 25
+# Have completed 12 years of schooling or courses from a Japanese high school equivalent
-'''Japanese studies students''':
+'''Japanese studies students''' must meet the following requirements:
+# Be older than 17 and younger than 31
-Applicants must be from 18 to 30 years old. Applicants must be enrolled as undergraduate students in faculties or schools which major in Japanese language or Japanese culture in a university outside Japan at the time when they come to Japan and must be enrolled in the home institution at the time when they return to their home countries. Students majoring in the fields other than Japanese language or Japanese culture who wish to study various aspects of Japan ( engineering, economy, agriculture, architecture, art, etc.) as part of their major studies should apply to the JASSO (Japan Student Services Organization) for admission to the Short-term Student Exchange Promotion Program.
+# Be enrolled as an undergraduate, majoring in Japanese language or culture
-'''College of technology students''':
+'''College of technology students''' must meet the following requirements:
+# Be older than 16 and younger than 25
-You must be at least 17 and under 25 years of age and have completed school education comparable to a high school (a minimum of 11 years beginning in primary school) education (includes prospective graduates).
+# Have completed education comparable to Japanese high schoo; (minimun 11 years from primary)
-'''Special training college students''':
+'''Special training college students''' must meet the following requirements:
+# Be older than 16 and younger than 25
-You must be at least 17 and under 25 years of age and have completed 12 years of schooling or have completed school education comparable to a Japanese high school (includes prospective graduates).
+# Have completed 12 years of schooling or education comparable to Japanese high school
-'''Young Leaders' Program (YLP) students''':
+'''Young Leaders' Program (YLP) students''' must meet the following requirments:
+# Must be a public administrator, with 3-5 years work experience
-Applicants must be young public administrators and so on, from Asian and other countries participating in the YLP who are expected to play active roles as future national leaders in their respective countries. The participants must be university or college graduates, who have at least 3–5 years' work experiences in public administration or enterprises and so on(*). The screening of the participants is based on recommendations of the recommending authorities.
+# Be from a participating country
+# Must be a university graduate
-===Recommendations===
+==Recommendations==
+Every year a large number of students are enrolled by [[embassy]] recommendation. Each half of the contingent undergoes a 1-year preparatory program at either [[Osaka University]] or [[Tokyo University of Foreign Studies]] before entering a 4-year undergraduate program at one of 87 [[Japanese national universities]].
+===Embassy recommendation===
-'''[[Embassy]] recommendation''': In this type of scholarship, scholarship recipients are recruited and initially screened by a Japanese embassy (or consulate general, depending on the country). Research student, Undergraduate student, College of technology student, and Special training college student recruitment for the next fiscal year (April, October) is made between March and May. The initial screening (documentary examination, written test and interview) is made at the embassy between June and August. The embassy then recommends the selected candidates to the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the beginning of September.
-Teacher training and Japanese studies student recruitment for the next fiscal year (for those arriving in Japan in October) is made between December of the previous year and the following February. Screening is conducted between mid-February and March. Selected candidates are recommended to the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by end of April.
+Scholarship recipients are recruited and initially screened by a Japanese embassy (or consulate). Recruitment of research students, undergraduate students, college of technology students, and special training college students for the next fiscal year (April, October) is made between March and May. The initial screening is made at the embassy between June and August. The embassy then recommends the selected candidates to the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by September. Recruitment of teacher training students and Japanese studies students for the next fiscal year is made between December and the following February. Screening is conducted between mid-February and March. Selected candidates are recommended to the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the end of April.
+===University recommendation===
-'''University recommendation''': Research students and Japanese studies students who will be studying in Japan as an exchange student based on inter-university student exchange agreements can be screened through the national, public or private Japanese university involved as a candidate for a Japanese Government Scholarship. The university directly recommends the selected candidates to the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
-Research students recommended by a university for study in Japan as government-sponsored scholarship recipients basically arrive in Japan in October.
+Research students and Japanese studies students who will be studying in Japan as an exchange student can be screened by the Japanese university involved as a candidate for a Japanese Government Scholarship. The university directly recommends the selected candidates to the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Research students and Japanese studies students recommended by a university for study in Japan as government-sponsored scholarship recipients arrive in Japan in October. Universities recommend candidates to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology by mid-April.
-Japanese studies students basically arrive in Japan in October according to the university program. Universities recommend candidates to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology by mid-April.
+===Domestic Selection===
-'''Domestic Selection''': Privately financed, full-time postgraduate foreign students, prospective postgraduate students, and full-time, prospective fourth-year undergraduate university students (prospective sixth-year students in the case of medical schools, etc.) are granted domestic selection scholarships that begin in April. Recruitment is conducted through national, public and private universities with the exception of junior colleges.
-Universities carefully screen academically and individually excellent students and recommend them by mid-December as government-sponsored scholarship candidates to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
+Privately financed, full-time postgraduate foreign students, prospective postgraduate students, and full-time, prospective fourth-year undergraduate university students (prospective sixth-year students in the case of medical schools) are granted domestic selection scholarships that begin in April. Recruitment is conducted through national, public and private universities with the exception of junior colleges. Universities carefully screen academically and individually excellent students and recommend them by mid-December as government-sponsored scholarship candidates to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
 ==References==
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+<references />
-* ''Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary'' Kenkyusha Limited, Tokyo 1991, {{ISBN|4-7674-2015-6}}
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