Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) MEXT Scholarships 2026 for undergraduate and research study in Japan (Fully Funded)

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Application Deadline: Varying by Country

Applications are actually open for the 2026 Japanese Government (MEXT) Teacher Training Scholarships. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) of Japan presents scholarships to worldwide academics who want to conduct research on college training at designated Japanese universities as Teacher Training Students underneath the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship Program as observe

Requirements

• Nationality: Applicants should have the nationality of a rustic that has diplomatic relations with Japan.
• Age: In precept, candidates should be born on or after April 2, 1990.
• Academic and Career Background: Applicants should be graduates of universities or instructor coaching colleges and have labored as academics at main/secondary academic establishments or instructor coaching colleges (excluding universities) in their home nations for a complete interval of 5 years or extra as of October 1, 2025.
• Japanese Language Ability: Applicants should be keen to study Japanese.
• Health: Applicants should submit a well being certificates in the prescribed format signed by a doctor testifying that the applicant has no bodily or psychological circumstances hindering the applicant’s study in Japan.

PERIOD OF SCHOLARSHIP

The scholarship interval is the mandatory interval for the completion of the accepting college’s coaching course, which must be between October 2025 (or the beginning month of the course) and March 2027. Even if candidates arrive in Japan in September 2025, the scholarship interval will begin in October 2025. Extension of the scholarship interval just isn’t permitted.

Scholarship Benefits

• Allowance: After arrival in Japan, 143,000 yen per 30 days will probably be paid. A supplemental regional allowance of two,000 or 3,000 yen per 30 days will probably be added to the month-to-month scholarship quantity for the grantees learning or conducting research in specifically designated areas. Due to the scenario of the Japanese Government’s price range, the quantity of cost could also be topic to vary every fiscal yr. If a grantee is absent from the college for an prolonged interval, the scholarship shall be suspended for that interval.
• Education Fees: Fees for the doorway examination, matriculation and tuition at universities are weaved.

Travel Expenses

• Transportation to Japan: MEXT stipulates the journey schedule and route, and gives an economy-class airline ticket for the flight from the worldwide airport closest to the grantee’s residence (in precept, the nation of nationality) to a world airport in Japan used on the traditional path to the accepting college.
• Transportation from Japan: Based on the application by the grantee, MEXT will present an airline ticket to grantees who shall full the coaching course on the accepting college and return to the home nation by the tip of the ultimate month of the scholarship interval.

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For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) MEXT Scholarships