Applications for the 2018 Japanese Government (MEXT) Postgraduate Scholarship are now open and application forms are available to download from the Embassy of Japan website at:
http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/mext_postgrad.html
The closing date for applications is: Thursday 1 June 2017 5pm (GMT).
This scholarship is tenable for 24 months from April 2018 or 18 months from September/October 2018, including 6 months of Japanese language education, and no prior knowledge of the Japanese language is necessary.
Research or study can be undertaken in almost any field as long as it is relevant to a grantee’s field of expertise or previous study and it is possible to be enrolled onto a Master’s/PhD course on this scholarship.
If you have any questions or would like to find out more, contact scholarship@ld.mofa.go.jp.
