Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship of Embassy Recommendation is now open for 2023.
Application Deadline: Varies (see below)
Type: Undergraduate, Masters, PhD, Training
Eligibility: Before inquiring the Japanese Embassy/consulate, please take a moment to read the basic eligibilty thoroughly.
Eligible Countries & Deadlines:
College of Technology Scholarship
- Benin 27 May 2022
- Burkina Faso 13 June 2022
- Burundi 10 June 2022
- Cabo Verde 10 July 2022
- Cameroon 31 May 2022
- Chad 31 May 2022
- Congo(RDC) 3 June 2022
- Cote d’Ivoire 27 May 2022
- Ethiopia 2 June 2022
- Gabon 30 May 2022
- Guinea 6 June 2022
- Kenya 27 May 2022
- Madagascar 27 May 2022
- Mali 7 June 2022
- Nigeria 27 May 2022
- Rwanda Not yet announced
- Senegal 10 June 2022
- Seychelles 15 June 2022
- South Sudan 3 June 2022
- Sudan 25 May 2022
- Uganda 3 June 2022
- Zimbabwe 31 May 2022
Specialized Training Scholarships
- Benin 27 May 2022
- Cabo Verde 10 July 2022
- Congo(RDC) 3 June 2022
- Cote d’Ivoire 27 May 2022
- Equatorial Guinea 23 May 2022
- Gabon 30 May 2022
- Guinea 6 June 2022
- Kenya 27 May 2022
- Madagascar 27 May 2022
- Mali 7 June 2022
- Mauritius 30 June 2022
- Mozambique Not yet announced
- Nigeria 27 May 2022
- Rwanda Not yet announced
- Sao Tome and Principle 30 May 2022
- Senegal 10 June 2022
- Seychelles 15 June 2022
- South Africa 23 May 2022
- Uganda 3 June 2022
Undergraduate
- Angola 3 June 2022
- Benin 27 May 2022
- Botswana 27 May 2022
- Burkina Faso 13 June 2022
- Burundi 10 June 2022
- Cabo Verde 10 July 2022
- Cameroon 31 May 2022
- Central African Republic 31 May 2022
- Chad 31 May 2022
- Comores 27 May 2022
- Congo(RDC) 3 June 2022
- Cote d’Ivoire 27 May 2022
- Djibouti 9 June 2022
- Ethiopia 2 June 2022
- Gabon 30 May 2022
- Guinea 6 June 2022
- Kenya 27 May 2022
- Madagascar 27 May 2022
- Mauritius 30 June 2022
- Namibia 10 June 2022
- Nigeria 27 May 2022
- Rwanda Not yet announced
- Senegal 10 June 2022
- Seychelles 15 June 2022
- South Africa 23 May 2022
- Sudan 25 May 2022
- Zimbabwe 31 May 2022
Research Scholarship: Masters & Doctoral
- Angola 3 June 2022
- Benin 27 May 2022
- Botswana 24 June 2022
- Burkina Faso 13 June 2022
- Burundi 10 Jun 2022
- Cabo Verde 10 July 2022
- Cameroon 31 May 2022
- Central African Republic 31 May 2022
- Chad 31 May 2022
- Comores 27 May 2022
- Congo(RDC) 3 June 2022
- Cote d’Ivoire 27 May 2022
- Djibouti 9 June 2022
- Eswatini 23 May 2022
- Ethiopia 2 June 2022
- Gabon 23 May 2022
- Gambia 10 July 2022
- Ghana 10 June 2022
- Guinea 6 June 2022
- Guinea-Bissau 10 July 2022
- Kenya 27 May 2022
- Lesotho 23 May 2022
- Liberia 10 June 2022
- Madagascar 27 May 2022
- Malawi 27 May 2022
- Mali 7 June 2022
- Mauritania 17 June 2022
- Mauritius 30 June 2022
- Mozambique 10 June 2022
- Namibia 10 June 2022
- Nigeria 27 May 2022
- Rwanda Not yet announced
- Senegal 10 June 2022
- Seychelles 15 June 2022
- Sierra Leone 10 June 2022
- Somalia 27 May 2022
- South Africa 23 May 2022
- South Sudan 3 June 2022
- Sudan 25 May 2022
- Tanzania 31 May 2022
- Uganda 3 June 2022
- Zambia 20 May 2022
- Zimbabwe 31 May 2022
To be Taken at (Country): Japan
Number of Awards: Numerous
Value of Award: MEXT scholarship is one of the few opportunities covering full expense hence very competitive in nature. Being eligible and having a high academic performance (GPA 2.3 or above out of 3.0) is vital.
How to Apply:
- Submission of application should be done to the Embassy/consulate of Japan of your home country. DO NOT SUMBMIT TO MEXT. Application forms can be found here: College of Technology students, Specialized training college students, Undergraduate Students, and Research students.
- Enrollment types, screening procedure and deadlines for submission differs by the country, check the application detail on at the website of the Japanese Embassy/consulate of your home country.
- Previous years examination can be found here
- It is important to go through all application requirements in the Award Webpage (see Link below) before applying.
- GOODLUCK
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