Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship for Graduates (University Recommendation (SGU))

Eligibility

• Applicants must have demonstrated excellent academic achievement with a grade point average of 2.30 (out of 3.00) or above in the last-attended degree program and meet certain criteria.
• Applicants must have the nationality of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan. In principle, individuals who have Japanese nationality at the time of application are not eligible. However, persons with dual nationality who hold Japanese nationality and whose place of residence at the time of application is outside Japan are eligible to apply as long as they choose the nationality of the other country and renounce Japanese nationality before the date of their arrival in Japan.
• Applicants, in principle, must be 34 years old or younger as of April 1 of the first year of the MEXT Scholarship period.
• Applicants must be a graduate of a Japanese university or have academic ability equal or superior to that of a Japanese university graduate.
• The field must be the one in which the applicant majored at university, or a related field, and be one in which the applicant will be able to do research at Science Tokyo.
• Applicants must possess proficiency in the English language and satisfy the conditions.
• Applicants must be determined by Science Tokyo to be physically and mentally able to pursue their course of studies in Japan.
• Applicants must be able to leave for and arrive in Japan within two weeks of the start date of the third quarter, which is late September or early October, of the academic year. 

Scholarship requirements