A scholarship is a form of financial aid awarded to students for further education . Generally, scholarships are awarded based on a set of criteria such as academic merit, diversity and inclusion , athletic skill, and financial need, research experience or specific professional experience.
5-640: The Monbukagakusho Scholarship ( 文部科学省奨学金 , Monbukagakushō Shōgakukin ) , formerly known as Monbusho Scholarship that supports foreign students, is an academic scholarship offered by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ( Monbu-kagaku-shō , or MEXT), and is selected on the recommendation of the Japanese Embassy/Consulate General , University, or Authority. Over 65,000 students from approximately 160 countries and regions around
10-678: A 'full-ride', covering all tuition, accommodation, housing and others. Some prestigious, highly competitive scholarships are well-known even outside the academic community, such as Fulbright Scholarship and the Rhodes Scholarships at the graduate level, and the Robertson , Morehead-Cain and Jefferson Scholarships at the undergraduate level. While the terms scholarship and grant are frequently used interchangeably, they are distinctly different. Where grants are offered based exclusively on financial need, scholarships may have
15-399: A large number of students are enrolled by embassy recommendation. Each half of the contingent undergoes a one-year preparatory program at either Osaka University or Tokyo University of Foreign Studies before entering a 4-year undergraduate program at one of 87 Japanese national universities . Scholarship Scholarship criteria usually reflect the values and goals of the donor of
20-450: The award, and while scholarship recipients are not required to repay scholarships, the awards may require that the recipient continue to meet certain requirements during their period of support, such as maintaining a minimum grade point average or engaging in a certain activity (e.g., playing on a school sports team for athletic scholarship holders). Scholarships also range in generosity; some cover partial tuition , while others offer
25-577: The world have studied in Japan under this Scholarship program which was established in 1954. There are seven types of Japanese government-sponsored scholarships available under the Japanese Government Scholarship program: those for research students, teacher training students, undergraduate university students, Japanese studies students, college of technology students, special training students and YLP students. Every year
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