Scholarships

Scholarships

Scholarships

This is a list of the major scholarships for privately financed international students. Scholarships are granted based on the student’s academic record and financial situation. Some scholarships require diplomas, and academic transcripts from your university. Your faculty or graduate school can provide you with more information on how to apply.

Japanese Government Scholarship

Prospective international students may choose to first apply for a Japanese government scholarship through the Japanese embassy in their respective countries prior to arrival in Japan. This is a long process and competition is keen. For more information, check with the Japanese Embassy in your country for dates.

Check below for more details:
https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/koutou/ryugaku/06032818.htm

List of Scholarships

Kagawa University International Foundation has several scholarships (￥30,000 or ￥48,000 monthly for about fifteen students)  while a range of scholarships are offered by private foundations. Students however, need to be proficient in the Japanese language to stand a chance at winning a scholarship.

  1. Kagawa University support fund

  2. Kagawa University Foundation for the Advancement of Medical Studies

  3. Memorial Fund for the 20th Anniversary of the Opening of a New Course at the Faculty of Medicine

  4. Takamatsu International Association Scholarship for Privately Financed International Students

  5. JASSO Student Exchange Support Program (Scholarship for Short-term Study in Japan)
    https://www.jasso.go.jp/en/study_j/scholarships/short_term.html

  6. Monbukagakusho Honors Scholarship for Privately Financed International Students
    https://www.jasso.go.jp/en/study_j/scholarships/shoureihi/index.html

  7. Japan Educational Exchanges and Services　(JEES) General Scholarship
    http://www.jees.or.jp/foundation/g-scholarship.htm

  8. Kuraoka Scholarship
    http://www.kuraoka-scholarship.com/

  9. DoCoMo International Student Scholarship
    https://www.jpss.jp/ja/scholarship/762/

  10. Sato Yo International Scholarship Foundation
    http://sisf.or.jp/en/

  11. The Korean Scholarship Foundation
    http://www.korean-s-f.or.jp/index.html

  12. The Fujii International Scholarship Foundation
    http://www.fujii-zaidan.or.jp/

  13. Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation Inc.
    http://www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp/english/

  14. Mitsubishi Corporation International Student Scholarship
    https://www.mitsubishicorp.com/jp/en/

  15. Heiwa Nakajima Foundation Scholarship for Foreign Students in Japan
    http://www.hnf.jp/shogaku/english/

  16. Kawashima Shoji Memorial Scholarship

  17. Iwatani International Students Scholarship
    http://www.iwatani-foundation.or.jp/

  18. SGH Foundation
    https://www.sgh-foundation.or.jp/

  19. Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association Scholarship
    https://www.koryu.or.jp/business/scholarship/

Scholarships