Japanese Government (Monbusho) Scholarship for 2000
Japanese Studies

The Monbusho (Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Government of Japan) offers scholarship to foreign students who wish to pursue Japanese Studies. This program offers students an intensive course of the Japanese language and introduction to Japanese studies in various aspects.

The deadline for this year has already passed.

QUALIFICATIONS

  1. Nationality: Applicants must be nationals of the Republic of Kazakhstan or the Kyrgyz Republic.
  2. Age: Applicants must be at least eighteen years and less than thirty years of age as of 1 September 2000 (i.e. born between 2 September 1970 and 1 September 1982).
  3. Academic Background:
    1. Applicants must be enrolled as undergraduate students in a university outside Japan at the time when they come to Japan and must be enrolled in the home institution at the time when they return to their home countries.
    2. Applicants must be students who are studying the Japanese language, culture or a closely related field as a major at their university. A student who is a major in one of these fields may also apply, but he/she must indicate this on the application form.
  4. Japanese Language: Applicants must have good knowledge of the Japanese language.
  5. Health: Applicants must have no infectious diseases. In view of expected psychological burden due to cultural and environmental changes, mental as well as physical health is an essential prerequisite.
  6. Arrival in Japan: Applicants must be able to leave for and arrive in Japan by the date appointed by the Monbusho, in early September or early October 2000.
  • Military personnel and military civilian employees registered on the active list are excluded.
  • The grants may be cancelled if grantees fail to arrive in Japan by the appointed date.
  • An applicant who was once awarded a Japanese Government Scholarship will not be selected as a grantee.
  • The applicant cannot apply for the Japanese Studies Program offered by the Monbusho and the Short-term Student Exchange Promotion Program offered by the Association of International Education, Japan (AIEJ) at the same time.
  • Students majoring in the fields other than Japanese language or Japanese culture who wish to study various aspects of Japan (engineering, economy, agriculture, architecture, art, etc.) as part of their major studies should apply to the AIEJ for admission to the Short-term Student Exchange Promotion Program.

TERM OF SCHOLARSHIP

A grantee can receive an allowance for a year or less, starting from September or October 2000, for a period necessary to complete his/her course.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Application forms and other necessary documents should be submitted to the Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Kazakhstan by 17:00, 24 March 2000.

Application forms and more information can be obtained from:

The Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Kazakhstan
41 Kazybek bi St., Almaty, Kazakhstan
tel: +7(3272)608600, fax: +7(3272)608601

Telephone numbers are changed as below starting from 1 June 2000.
tel: +7(3272)980600, fax: +7(3272)980601

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