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MEXT Professional Training Scholarship

 

The Professional Training College (Vocational School) Student Scholarships offer high school graduates the opportunity to receive professional training in Japan in a variety of vocations.


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QUALIFICATIONS: (for 2010 Scholarship)

  1. AGE: Applicants must have been born between April 2, 1988 and April 1, 1993.
  2. ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS:Applicants must have completed 12-year-school education or finished high school education.
  3. LANGUAGE: Applicants must learn the Japanese Language and receive Vocational school education in the Japanese language.

FIELDS OF STUDY

(1) Civil Engineering (2) Architecture (3) Electrical Engineering (4) Electronics (5) Telecommunication (6) Nutrition (7) Infant Education (8) Secretarial Studies (9) Hotel Management (10) Tourism (11) Fashion, Dress making (12) Design (13) Photography (14) Other fields of study

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

June 26, 2009

 

EXAMINATION AND INTERVIEW:

will be conducted at the Consulate-General of Japan in Nashville on July 10, 2009 (Date To Be Confirmed).

 

ARRIVAL IN JAPAN:

April, 2010

 

SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITS:

  • ALLOWANCE: Under the fiscal 2009 budget, each grantee will be provided monthly with 125,000 yen.(subject to change, however, depending upon the annual budget of each year.)
  • Term: Three years.
  • TRANSPORTATION: Grantees will be supplied with an economy-class air ticket to and from Japan.
  • SCHOOL FEES: Entrance examination, matriculation and tuition fees at universities will be exempted.
  • ACCOMMODATIONS: Grantees shall reside either at one of the Foreign Students Houses operated by Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) or at a dormitory arranged by the Japanese language school at which the grantees are enrolled.
  • MEDICAL TREATMENT: Students may receive subvention for part of the medical expenses in Japan.

     

PLEASE NOTE:

  1. The specific award amounts of each scholarship listed above are current as of April 2009. These details are subject to change.
  2. Although applicants may request a specific host institution in any of the above scholarships, official host institution assignments are made by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science & Technology. The Ministry's decision in this regard will be considered final.
  3. For inquiries or to request an application, please feel free to contact the MEXT Coordinator at (615) 340-4300 (x172) or send an email. (Click here)