JAPANESE GOVERNMENT (MONBUKAGAKUSHO:MEXT) SCHOLARSHIP FOR 2018

(Research Students and Undergraduate Students)

 

　　The Government of Japan (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: MEXT) offers scholarships to international students who wish to study at universities in Japan as research students or undergraduate students, in the framework of the Scholarship Program for 2018. The applications should be submitted to the Embassy of Japan in Georgia no later than Friday, June 5 (Mon.), 2017.

  The Program Guidelines and the list of necessary documents for application are shown below. Please read carefully the Program Guideline. Any application missing any of the necessary documents will be automatically disqualified.

All the application documents will be examined by the Embassy. The applicants selected for the short list will be invited to take written examinations later. The subjects for written examinations are as indicated on the Program Guideline.

 

1. RESEARCH STUDENTS

(a) Program Guideline [Japanese] [English]

(b) Documents necessary for application

	Original	Copy
1. Application [prescribed form]	3
2. Placement preference form [prescribed form]	1
3. Research Program [prescribed form]	1	2
Photograph (4.5×3.5 cm, taken within the past six months, upper body, full-faced, uncapped. Write your name and nationality on the reverse and paste it onto the application form.)	4
4. Academic transcript of each academic year of the last university attended (issued by the university attended)	1	2
5. Graduation certificate or degree certificate of the last university attended (or an attested document certifying that the applicant will graduate from the school, where applicable)	1	2
6-1. Recommendation from the principal or the adviser of the last university attended [prescribed form]	1	2
6-2. Recommendation from the present employer (if currently employed) [prescribed form]	1	2
7. Medical certificate [prescribed form]	1	2
8. Abstracts of theses	1	2
9. Photograph showing applicant's own works of art or a recorded tape of musical performance (only for those majoring in fine arts or music)	1	2

Note 1: These documents must be written in either Japanese or English. Documents written in any other language must be attached with Japanese or English translation.

Note 2: Please number the documents from 1. to 9. in the right upper corner.

 

2. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

(a) Program Guideline　[Japanese] [English]

(b)  Documents necessary for application

	Original	Copy
1. Application [prescribed form]	2
2. Placement preference form (only for applicants for direct placement) [prescribed form]	1
Photographs (4.5 x 3.5 cm, Upper body, Full-faced, Uncapped) taken within the past 6 months (name and nationality should be written on the reverse; photo to be pasted onto the application documents)	3
3. Academic transcript for the past 3 years	1	1
4. Recommendation from the principal or the adviser of the last school attended [prescribed form]	1	1
5. Graduation certificate of the last school attended (or certificate of expected graduation for an applicant due to graduate)	1	1
6. Certificate of enrollment (for an applicant currently enrolled in a university)	1	1
7. Medical certificate [prescribed form]	1	1

Note 1 : These documents must be written in Japanese or English. Document written in any other language must be attached with Japanese or English translation.

Note 2 : Please number the documents (1. through 8.) in the right upper corner.

Note 3 : The 'Certificate of results of the United National Examinations' issued in Georgia is NOT considered as equivalent to the 'Certificate of passage of university entrance qualification examination' described in the Program Guideline.