Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Scholarships 2026

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. JASSO offers scholarships for qualified international students who are accepted by a Japanese university, graduate school, junior college, college of technology or specialized training college (post-secondary courses or advanced courses at specialized training colleges), under a short-term (from 8 days to 1 year) student exchange agreement or other student exchange arrangement between a Japanese school and their home higher educational institution.

• Table of Content
• About Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO)
• Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Postgraduate Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Postgraduate Scholarship
• Requirements for Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Postgraduate Scholarship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Postgraduate Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Postgraduate Scholarship

• 30,000 yen - 80,000 yen

Requirements for Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Postgraduate Scholarship 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

English proficiency: B2 level or above in the CEFR

• The applicant must be willing to cooperate with the survey on their academic career conducted by ETIC through their university or other institutions after receiving the scholarship.
• The average monthly amount of remittances (excluding entrance and tuition fees, etc.) must be less than 90,000 yen.
• If the applicant has dependents living in Japan, their annual income must be less than 5 million yen.
• The applicant must not be a recipient of a scholarship or other benefits that are restricted from being paid in conjunction with the scholarship.
• Applicants must not be receiving assistance or other support under the JASSO Support Scholarships for Study in Japan.
• The applicant must be aiming to enter a university or other higher education in the year following the year in which they receive the scholarship. (Japanese language institutions only)

Application Deadline

How to Apply

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