Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Scholarships 2025

This program offers scholarships to privately financed international students enrolled in universities, graduate schools, junior colleges, colleges of technology, post-secondary courses at specialized training colleges and educational institutions with preparatory courses for entering Japanese universities, as well as Japanese language institutions in Japan (hereinafter collectively referred to as "universities, etc."). To apply, such students must be outstanding in both academic achievement and character, while encountering financial difficulties in pursuing their studies.

• Table of Content
• About Japanese Government
• Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Scholarships
• Requirements for Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Scholarships Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Scholarships

Requirements for Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Scholarships Qualification

• The applicant must be enrolled as a regular student in a Japanese graduate school or have an undergraduate degree or higher and be enrolled as a research student in order to conduct research activities at the graduate level.
• The applicant must be enrolled as a regular student at a university, junior college, college of technology, or post-secondary courses at specialized training college in Japan.
• The applicant must be enrolled as a regular student in a major course or a special course for international students established by a Japanese university, junior college, or college of technology.
• The applicant must be enrolled as a regular student at an educational institution that offers preparatory courses for admission to a Japanese university.
• The applicant must be enrolled in a Japanese language educational institution with the aim of entering a Japanese university, graduate school, junior college, college of technology, or post-secondary courses at specialized training college.

Application requirements:

• Applicants must earn grade point averages at least of 2.30 for the previous year, and are expected to maintain this level of performance during the period of the scholarship.
• The applicant must meet the following language standards in Japanese or English. (* Excluding special courses for international students, preparatory courses, and Japanese language institutions.)

Japanese language proficiency: Pass the JLPT N2 level or higher, score 200 or higher on the EJU Japanese as a Foreign Language (Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, and Listening-Reading Comprehension), or score at least at the level of language proficiency otherwise recognized by JASSO

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit JASSO Scholarships webpage