Hi telete,
Here in Portugal the interview was part in English (70%) and part in Portuguese
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Hi Peppe,
What University would you like to apply for?
I sent an e-mail to a contact that I've found in the University's website andI thought it would be sent to the application department. However, I was lucky because the contact was of a Professor that is of my field of study. Since then, I've been talking with him and he put me in contact with other professors that have shown interest in my subject.
You just have to try and send an e-mail. Try to look for the contact of the department of your field of interest. But, perhaps, the division of international affairs is a good start.
Good lucky
I got the embassy recommendation!
Ahhhh I didn't think I would make it! Even if I don't actually get the scholarship, I feel accomplished.
Just out of curiosity... Once you got the embassy recommendation, what are the odds of actually being selected by the japanese government?
I haven't got the scholarship
that's ok.
good luck for you guys.
I PM-ed you Ms. Yhackey2
me neither, good luck to the ones that got pre selected, and for the ones that have another try, do your best!
I am also wondering about the budget for the FY 2013.......If anyone have any information regarding the budget of 2013, it will be very helpful if he or she can share the info in this forum.....
agus_squallido------do you have any info about the budget???
Samik
Hello everyone!
I also applied this year for undergraduate, but I only found this forum today - nice to know that there's a place like this
Thankfully I passed both the test and the interview - those two phone calls I got from the embassy were probably the happiest moments for me this year
Back then I though waiting for 3 weeks for the answer was gonna kill me, but after that I have to wait months...
Does anyone know when the final results will be announced? I was told "most likely in December" but the embassy's website says December-January... It'd be nice to know a little more than "sometime in this 2 months period". ^^ Does anyone know why it takes so much time, and what are they taking into account when choosing?
Also, do you know what are the chances to actually get the scholarship at this stage? I was only told that 3 people were selected including me, and that it is possible that all 3 of us will get it, but I guess that depends on other countries' applicants as well...
Friends,
I have got good news for you. The MEXT FY 2013 Budget Document is published:
See this link: www.mext.go.jp/component/b_menu/other/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/09/10/1325570_1.pdf
With some help of Google Translate, I found out that the no. of scholarships for foreign students has been increased and the no. is 11,006. It means an increase of 141 students as compared to 10,865 students in 2012.
If you see the link, the info is given on page 36 (last page) bearing the Japanese title: ツ坂?倪?敕ッナ?Oツ坂?伉人窶板ッナ?wツ青カ窶堙問?堙個渉ァナ?w窶ケテ?窶堙娯?ケ窶ケ窶「t
Hope that all of us who have cleared the initial screening will make it through the 2nd screening.
Thanks for the information, Samik! Woah, this forum will go crazy next month. Good luck to us all.
Cobiewankenobi, according to the information that I have obtained, the final results for Research/PhD students are generally declared in late Jan-mid Feb.......We will have to wait some more months before we can finally have a sigh of relief.....
Good luck to us all.....