THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP

Description:

The International Graduate Program for non-Japanese students was launched in 1999, offering advanced professional training leading to the degrees of Master of Engineering and Doctor of Engineering. Students will have the unique opportunity of taking a degree from the University of Tokyo with lectures and research conducted completely in English. Applicants who have exceptional academic records will be awarded Monbu-Kagakusho scholarship for the whole period of graduate program.

The program is formed by the following 5 departments out of 19 departments in the School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo.

  - Mechanical Engineering
  - Electrical Engineering and Information Systems
  - Materials Engineering
  - Aeronautics and Astronautics
  - Chemical System Engineering

Tuition and Fees

Entrance Fee

  - 282,000 yen (as of 2012)

Annual Tuition

   - 535,800 yen (Master) (as of 2012)
   - 520,800 yen (Doctor) (as of 2012)

Students awarded the MEXT scholarships are exempt from the above fees.
The MEXT Scholarship will not be offered to students who are already receiving grants from other sources.If you apply for the Japanese Government’s MEXT Scholarship by obtaining the recommendation of the Japanese Embassy in your country, you will not be eligible to enroll in this program. Instead, you will have to initially enroll as a research student and then later take an entrance examination to be admitted to the graduate courses. MEM Students who are not awarded MEXT Scholarships are called self-supporting students: they are responsible for their own fees and living expenses.

Deadline: 30 November 2012

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