Scholarships in Japan for International Students

Scholarships for study in Japan, taken from each program’s official page.

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Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship — Afghanistan Intake — Embassy of Japan in Afghanistan / MEXT · Japan · Deadline 31 May 2027
Honjo International Scholarship Foundation Scholarships – Japan — Honjo International Scholarship Foundation · Japan
Master and Ph.D. Scholarships for Urban and Environmental Studies at the University of Tokyo, Japan — Asian Development Bank (ADB) · Tokyo
MEXT University Recommendation (UR) Scholarships at Ritsumeikan APU, Japan 2026 — Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) · Japan
Honjo Foundation Scholarship for International Students in Japan — Honjo International Scholarship Foundation · Japan

Scholarship program guides

Scholarship deadlines calendar 2026–2027

Chevening Scholarships — United Kingdom
DAAD Scholarships — Germany
Fulbright Foreign Student Program — United States
MEXT Japanese Government Scholarship — Japan
Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters — Europe
Stipendium Hungaricum — Hungary
Türkiye Bursları (Türkiye Scholarships) — Türkiye
Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) — South Korea
Commonwealth Master’s Scholarships — United Kingdom
Australia Awards Scholarships — Australia
Swedish Institute Scholarship for Global Professionals — Sweden
Gates Cambridge Scholarship — United Kingdom
France Excellence Eiffel Scholarship — France
Knight-Hennessy Scholars — United States
Rhodes Scholarship — United Kingdom
Schwarzman Scholars — China
Clarendon Scholarships (Oxford) — United Kingdom
Manaaki New Zealand Scholarships — New Zealand
Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship — Partner universities worldwide
NL Scholarship (Holland Scholarship) — Netherlands

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