Yokohama National University Master and Doctoral Course MEXT Scholarships 2021, Japan

by Samrach · Published November 7, 2020 · Updated November 9, 2020

Deadline for applications: December 20, 2020

Qualifications to this Program

An applicant must fulfill the following qualifications;

Doctoral Course

An applicant willing to admit in the Doctor course must have following academic requirements: An applicant should have outstanding academic records in undergraduate as well as Master degree, and shows robust research potential An applicant should normally possesses a four-year bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree. Proof of an applicant’s English proficiency (An official score of TOEFL, IELTS or equivalent)

Master Course

An applicant willing to admit in the Master course must have following academic requirements: An applicant should have outstanding academic records in undergraduate An applicant should normally possesses a four-year bachelor’s degree. Proof of an applicant’s English proficiency (An official score of TOEFL, IELTS or equivalent)

For both the Master course and the Doctor course, an applicant should be in good mental and physical health.

Admission with MEXT Scholarship (University Recommendation under the Special Program)

Two MEXT scholarships for the master’s course and five for the doctoral course are going to be allocated every year to “Civil and Development” program. Four MEXT scholarships for the doctoral course are allocated every year to “Civil and ICT/IoT” program. The candidates who wish to receive the MEXT scholarship allocated to this program can only apply for October enrollment.

Click each program below for more details:

“Civil and Development” program
“Civil and ICT/IoT” program

Qualifications for MEXT scholarship prioritized allocated to this program

1) have the nationality of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan
2) Be 34 years of age or younger as of April 1, 2021
3) Be able to arrive in Japan before 2021 Fall semester will begin.

Required Documents

For the application for October 2021 enrollment, applicants must submit the following documents by both E-mail and Postal-mail, considering the COVID-19 situation.

PDF copies of the following documents (1, 2 &3) must reach the correspondence E-mail address no later than December 20th, 2020.

All the original documents (1, 2, 3 & 4) also shall arrive at the correspondence address by Postal-mail (including Fedex and DHL etc.) no later than January 15, 2021.

1) Completed Application Form (including “Field of interest in detail and study plan at Yokohama National University”)
Application Form PDF Word
2) Official transcript(s) For the Doctoral Course, official transcripts showing the applicant’s academic performance from both an undergraduate and a master’s course. For the Master course, an official transcript showing the applicant’s academic performance from an undergraduate course.
3)Proof of an applicant’s English proficiency (an official score of TOEFL or IELETS or equivalent).
4)Two confidential Recommendation Letters in the specific form Each letter should be in a sealed envelope with the signature of the recommender over the flap of the envelope and should be sent to the correspondence address directly.
Recommendation Letter Form PDF Word

NOTE: * The application period may be shortened due to an unpredictable situation. Please prepare the required documents as early as possible. Correspondence Address E-mail Address igsi.admi***ynu.ac.jp 　(Please replace *** with @)

*Please attach the PDF copies of application documents(1, 2 &3) . Due: December 20th, 2020

*Please do not attach anything unnecessary.

Admission with MEXT Scholarship (Embassy Recommendation)

MEXT Scholarship is also offered through Japanese Embassy in the applicant’s home country on a competitive basis, which is not restricted to Yokohama National University. A person who has an interest in can contact with Japanese Embassy in his/her home country. The preliminary examination is conducted at the local Japanese Embassy. Please contact the local embassy in an applicant’s home country. The entry term may be April or October depending on the decision made by the Japanese government.

Application Procedure

Application for the following fiscal year (April, October) is open around April, and the primary screening (documentary examination, written test and interview) is conducted between May and June by the local Japanese embassies. Those who passed the primary screening would be able to apply for issuing the “Letter of Provisional Acceptance” from the universities they wish to study at. The universities judge whether the candidates are worth accepting or not, from their application documents. The candidates who successfully obtained the letter of acceptance are recommended to MEXT by the local Japanese embassy through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in September. MEXT then conducts a secondary screening and selects scholarship grantees among those applicants who have found recipient universities. For Chinese nationals who have passed the screening conducted by the Japanese Embassy in China, the application schedule is the same as the one described above. For more information, please refer to this website.

When a candidate passes the primary screening and wishes to study in this program, please contact professors in this program and ask him/her to judge whether the candidates are worth accepting or not. If the professor judges the candidate is worth accepting, the university will issue “Letter of Provisional Acceptance”. For more information about how to apply for the “Letter of Provisional Acceptance”, please refer to this website. Outline of MEXT scholarship For information about MEXT scholarship, such as the scholarship stipend, please visit this website. Go to the Top Page 3. Admission with MEXT (University Recommendation, General) Scholarship University Recommendation is a type of selection that students are recommended to MEXT by the Japanese university which will accept you as a research student. If you wish to be recommended and study in this program, please first contact one professor whom you wish to be supervised. If the professor will agree to supervise the candidate, necessary documents must be submitted to the International Admissions Office until around mid-January through the academic advisor. (Application documents directly submitted by the applicant will not be accepted.) Selected candidates are recommended to MEXT from the university in mid-February. MEXT then conducts a screening and selects those applicants as scholarship grantees at the end of May.

The deadline and more detail information are on this website.

Source / More information: Official Website.