MEXT 2020 Undergraduate Scholarship for Bangladeshi Students in Japan
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Monbukagakusho /MEXT) of the Government of Japan offers scholarships to foreign students who wish to study at Japanese universities and schools. Only Bangladeshi citizens can apply for these programs through the Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh.
1. DEFINITION OF “UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS”:
Those who are enrolled in an undergraduate course at a university, or who are receiving preparatory education in the Japanese language and other subjects prior to placement at the university.
2. FIELDS OF STUDY:
Those who apply for an undergraduate student must choose a “Field of Study (“Social Sciences and Humanities” or “Natural Sciences”), “Course”, and “Major(s)” from the below table. Applicants may enter a first, second, and third choice.
3. DIRECT PLACEMENT:
(1) Applicants who have sufficient Japanese language proficiency may choose to enroll directly in their university without taking the preparatory education course. For cases where the undergraduate course of a university does not require Japanese language proficiency at the time of enrollment and allows applicants to enroll without going through the preparatory education, applicants may directly enroll in the said undergraduate course. (These cases are called “direct placement”.) In such cases, enrollment may be either from the spring term (grantees arrive in Japan in April 2020, and start from the spring term) or from the autumn term (grantees arrive in Japan in September or October 2020, and start from the autumn term), depending on the university’s academic calendar.
(2) The decision on universities for placement of applicants who desire direct placement shall be made by MEXT in consultation with the relevant university. The university will examine the applicant’s academic achievement (academic grades in high school, etc.), and determine whether the applicant has adequate language skills for taking an undergraduate course in either Japanese or English by a language proficiency test score (such as the
Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) for Japanese). In addition, some universities may conduct interviews with applicants or other examinations.
(3) The period of consultation for direct placement will be from after the Second Screening to January 31, 2020. The results of the direct placement vary according to the consultation results and the period when the results are finalized as follows.
① The accepting university has confirmed the applicant’s acceptance during the consultation period: The applicant will enroll in the accepting university under direct placement.
② The university has rejected the applicant’s acceptance during the consultation period: The applicant will be required to enroll in the preparatory educational institution.
③ The accepting university has confirmed the applicant’s acceptance after the end of the consultation period: The applicant will enroll in the accepting university under direct placement.
④ The university has rejected the applicant’s acceptance after the end of the consultation period: The applicant has to withdraw from the scholarship selection
Selection Process:
- Application Submission: To the Ministry of Education, Bangladesh
- Documents Review
- Examination (Japanese, English, Mathematics and Science*): June 22
*Only for applicants who choose Natural Science field - 1st screening notification: July
- Acceptance notification: January 2020
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Benefits
- Allowance: 117,000 yen per month;
- Education Fees: Fees for the entrance examination, matriculation, and tuition at universities will be paid by MEXT.
- Transportation to Japan.
Eligibilities
- Applicants must have the nationality of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan;
- Must be born on or after April 2, 1995;
- Applicants who have completed 12 years of schooling in countries other than Japan;
- Applicants must be willing to learn Japanese;
- Applicants must submit a health certificate in the prescribed format signed by a physician attesting that the applicant has no physical or mental conditions hindering the applicant’s study in Japan.
- Applicants must be able to arrive in Japan between April 1, 2020, and April 7,
2020. - Visit official link for more details.
Application Process
Applicants must submit the following documents to the Japanese diplomatic mission in the country also education ministry of Bangladesh by the designated deadline. The submitted documents will not be returned.
- Application Form;
- Direct Placement Preference Form;
- Academic transcript(s) for all school years of school/university attended;
- Certificate(s) of graduation of school/university attended;
- Recommendation letter from either principal or teacher of the last school attended;
- Medical certificate;
- Certificate of enrollment;
- Certificate of university enrollment qualification examination;
- Certificate of language proficiency.
- These documents must be written in Japanese or English, or translation in either of these languages should be attached.
- The applicants must submit two application packets: one is a complete set of original documents and the other is a complete set of their copies. Write the document number in the table above in the upper right-hand corner of the first page for all the documents.
Applicants must submit the following documents according to his/her academic background:
(a) Applicants who are attending an upper secondary school: a certificate of prospective graduation from the upper secondary school;
(b) Applicants who have already graduated from an upper secondary school: a certificate of
graduation from the upper secondary school;
(c) Applicants who are attending a university: a certificate of graduation from the upper secondary school (in addition, they must submit a ⑦certificate of enrollment.);
(d) Applicants who have already graduated from a university: certificates of graduation from both the upper secondary school and the university.
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Application Deadline: May 22, 2019
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