Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship (Embassy Recommendation)

Eligibility

• Applicants must have the nationality of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan. In principle, individuals who have Japanese nationality at the time of application are not eligible. However, persons with dual nationality who hold Japanese nationality and whose place of residence at the time of application is outside Japan are eligible to apply as long as they choose the nationality of the other country and renounce Japanese nationality before the date of their arrival in Japan.
• Applicants must be a graduate of a Japanese university or have academic ability equal or superior to that of a Japanese university graduate.
• The field must be the one in which the applicant majored at university, or a related field, and be one in which the applicant will be able to do research at Tokyo Tech.

Applicants must possess proficiency in either the English or Japanese language and satisfy one of the following conditions:

• Have obtained an English language proficiency test score that is equivalent to CEFR level B2 or higher or have passed N2 or N1 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT).
• Have completed or expect to complete the required curriculum at an institution where all instruction was in English or Japanese and which satisfies the qualifications for enrollment in a master’s or doctoral program at Tokyo Tech
• Have been determined by Tokyo Tech to possess a level of proficiency in either English or Japanese 

Scholarship requirements