MEXT Scholarship for Postgraduate 2011: General Discussions.

Well, it actually says that if you've been in Japan on a MEXT scholarship before (not just any scholarship or a JASSO one, but the MEXT scholarship), they won't award you the scholarship this time around, especially as research students or grad students.

"(9) Scholarships will not be awarded in the following cases:
1: The Applicant is an active member of the military or a civilian employed by the military
2: The Applicant is unable to travel to Japan within the dates set by the receiving university
3: The Applicant was a grantee of a Japanese Government Scholarship in the past will not be selected unless he/she has had at least three years of research or teaching experience after completion of the first scholarship. This exclusion will not apply to a research-student applicant, who (i) as a foreign student in Japan received training in the Japanese language and/or Japanese culture at a university and graduated from it, or who (ii) was a foreign student in Japan under the Japan-Korea Joint Science and Engineering Students Exchange Program. [...]"
 
My professor message to me, yesterday:

"Almeid4,

I have SKYPE in my office and if you want to talk for free and see me you can send me a mail and Skype address and we can talk as long as you please.
Don't worry about the scholarship!!

See you soon,
XXXXX."

I love my professor *_________*" He always giving me a lot of hopes, he turns everything in a 'so esay thing'!!
Today is november 22nd. Our answer is so near now... Just one more month, guys!
We'll stay togheter in Japan!! Let's be positive ::):
 
FiFo said:
I did, and...meh
They said that the staff kept on changing and new information might be lost in between
However, he told me to email him all my concerns and he will reply by tomorrow
Although the guy was so helpful, but I didn't expect an instant reply... :eek:
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Anyway good luck,
I wish they tell you good news.👍
 
hi everybody:-)
this is my first messege here
this waiting is really killing me ..i hope that we all will hear the good news soon:-)
 
akaitsume1 said:
Well, it actually says that if you've been in Japan on a MEXT scholarship before (not just any scholarship or a JASSO one, but the MEXT scholarship), they won't award you the scholarship this time around, especially as research students or grad students.

"(9) Scholarships will not be awarded in the following cases:
1: The Applicant is an active member of the military or a civilian employed by the military
2: The Applicant is unable to travel to Japan within the dates set by the receiving university
3: The Applicant was a grantee of a Japanese Government Scholarship in the past will not be selected unless he/she has had at least three years of research or teaching experience after completion of the first scholarship. This exclusion will not apply to a research-student applicant, who (i) as a foreign student in Japan received training in the Japanese language and/or Japanese culture at a university and graduated from it, or who (ii) was a foreign student in Japan under the Japan-Korea Joint Science and Engineering Students Exchange Program. [...]"
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Although this is true, but I know of at least 2 people that had a PHD scholarship directly after finishing a Masters scholarship
Is there an extension for this scholarship?

Almeid4 said:
My professor message to me, yesterday:
"Almeid4,
I have SKYPE in my office and if you want to talk for free and see me you can send me a mail and Skype address and we can talk as long as you please.
Don't worry about the scholarship!!
See you soon,
XXXXX."
I love my professor *_________*" He always giving me a lot of hopes, he turns everything in a 'so esay thing'!!
Today is november 22nd. Our answer is so near now... Just one more month, guys!
We'll stay togheter in Japan!! Let's be positive ::):
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My advice is that you keep up the good relation with the professor
In case that you don't get the Monbukagakusho, he can help you with another scholarship 👍
 
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If you find information about percent of "substitue nominees" who finally got the scholarship in the past, then I will calculate the hypothetical reduce for this year.
 
Fifo: If you're already here on the scholarship, yes, it's easy to extend it to cover your next program. I was here as a research student and had to extend the scholarship to cover my Master's. If I decided to continue on into a PhD (I won't), I could extend it again. If I finished up and went home, however, I couldn't apply for the scholarship again and receive it.

Same goes for anyone who used MEXT for Japanese Studies or Undergraduate or any of the other ones. If you've already been here on a government scholarship, finished the program, and gone home, you can't get another one unless you've taught/researched for 3 years, etc.
 
akaitsume1 said:
Fifo: If you're already here on the scholarship, yes, it's easy to extend it to cover your next program. I was here as a research student and had to extend the scholarship to cover my Master's. If I decided to continue on into a PhD (I won't), I could extend it again. If I finished up and went home, however, I couldn't apply for the scholarship again and receive it.

Same goes for anyone who used MEXT for Japanese Studies or Undergraduate or any of the other ones. If you've already been here on a government scholarship, finished the program, and gone home, you can't get another one unless you've taught/researched for 3 years, etc.
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Thank you for the helpful info
For me, I'll try to extend the scholarship until I finish the PHD, that's if I could get the scholarship 😌
 
akaitsume1 said:
Fifo: If you're already here on the scholarship, yes, it's easy to extend it to cover your next program. I was here as a research student and had to extend the scholarship to cover my Master's. If I decided to continue on into a PhD (I won't), I could extend it again. If I finished up and went home, however, I couldn't apply for the scholarship again and receive it.

Same goes for anyone who used MEXT for Japanese Studies or Undergraduate or any of the other ones. If you've already been here on a government scholarship, finished the program, and gone home, you can't get another one unless you've taught/researched for 3 years, etc.
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No, it says the Japanese Studies (nikkensei) scholarship is an exception. I have friends who were nikkensei first and then went again with the post-graduate scholarship in less than 2 years.
 
akaitsume1 said:
Fifo: If you're already here on the scholarship, yes, it's easy to extend it to cover your next program. I was here as a research student and had to extend the scholarship to cover my Master's. If I decided to continue on into a PhD (I won't), I could extend it again. If I finished up and went home, however, I couldn't apply for the scholarship again and receive it.

Same goes for anyone who used MEXT for Japanese Studies or Undergraduate or any of the other ones. If you've already been here on a government scholarship, finished the program, and gone home, you can't get another one unless you've taught/researched for 3 years, etc.
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I got an information from my friend who is currently an undergraduate mext student about a cut in the number of approved application for extending the scholarship from undergraduate to master. The number seems to be cut into half of it was before.
I don't know if this also applies to the extension of master to phd.
 
Hi everyone!
As I know, you shouldn't worry about reduction of scholarship :)
First: The high peak of economical crisis of Japan was in 2008. Therefore, the number of people getting the scholarship in this year won't be less than in 2008.
Second: Japanese government wants to increase foreign students especially in developing countries
 
True. But that was years ago. A lot has changed, and the budget cuts and quota reduction is real...
 
kaminary said:
True. But that was years ago. A lot has changed, and the budget cuts and quota reduction is real...
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Yes, budget reduction is already established. About two out of each ten passed the primary screenin will be rejected at the secondary screening. But which two?? we can't guess. But the last in the embassy ranking will be more liable for rejection.
I wish this won't happen, they better apply this role of reduction on the next years. They gave us hope and now they want to return it back.
Oh my GOD, help us.
 
Calm down! :) What you have said above is just rumor. You know, if any sudden changes happen, they will announce for applicants since they have nothing to hide. As far as I concern, quota is constant but monthly stipend will lessen :)
 
fullhouse2 said:
Calm down! :) What you have said above is just rumor. You know, if any sudden changes happen, they will announce for applicants since they have nothing to hide. As far as I concern, quota is constant but monthly stipend will lessen :)
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This is not a rumour. It is clearly written on the budget plan sheet at MEXT's website. Clear, with the exact numbers of reduction, both for the people and for the amount of money. Go and read.
 
Peter, many of us do not speak Japanese language. Could you put information you mentioned here for all of us?

Thanks in advance.
 
In a previous thread Flidar pointed out this webpage
予算・決算、年次報告、税制：文部科学省

flidar said:
...The part of MEXT budget plan for higher education in 2011 can be downloaded here at http://www.mext.go.jp/component/b_menu/other/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2010/09/01/1297091_10.pdf
Unfortunately, it's in Japanese and they don't seem to have English version. The part of Budget allocated for MEXT students and the number can be found at the lower part of page 5 and the upper part of the last page as well. Even if you don't know Japanese, you should be able to glance at the numbers. And 国費外国人留学生 in Japanese means the MEXT scholarship students in English. And 億円 means 0.1 billion JPY, while 人 is the a number refering to people. And 平成２３年 at the front of the page means the year 2011.
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I can't find where to download the file from the website, just thanks to Flidar's direct link we can see the pdf.
 
ykk: Maybe they have changed the budget plan for 2011, and hidden the previous one from the website?
Embassies e-mailed us with information about significant decrease, but this pdf sais about "only" 11 percent reduce. I don't have any idea what's going on.
 
ohayo everyone here:-),i'm new here,i wanna apply for 2011 -2012 ,please will you help me out i'm intermediate in english
my question is ,in japan,do they teach in english or in japanese ?:?
arigatooooo🙂
 
ykk said:
In a previous thread Flidar pointed out this webpage
I can't find where to download the file from the website, just thanks to Flidar's direct link we can see the pdf.
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Hola YKK,como esta usted? por favor hermana,necesito mas informaciones sobre la escolaridad,por ejemplo,cual son los mètodos para obtener la escolaridad? y cual es el idioma de estudios en japon, es eso en ingles? :?
quiero aplicar el proximo marso si DIOS quiere,es por eso que debo preparar ahora :sorry:
gracias ,muchisimas gracias:-)
saludos
 
Hi karinkitoka, in my country, Mext says that applicants will learn Japanese about 6 months and all courses are taught by Japanese.
 

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