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Monbukagakusho Scholarship for Postgraduate!!

:haihai:congrats to everyone. seems like most of u got the scholarship.
i'm going to apply for the 2009 mext scholarship.
i have some problem filing up the form.... hope someone can help me out.
i wonder what should i write on the 'study program in japan' field?
is it the proposal u all have mentioned before?
good luck and all the best to those who r leaving for japan... ganbate
 
i havent received any flight detail yet! really starting to get worried here!!
 
please do NOT WORRY sarubobo !

you know ? i got my flight schedule and the air fare ticket. however, the second grantee here in algeria who is supposed to go in april too; has not received any yet. the embassy says they're still looking for the best itinerary.
because my destination (nagoya) is different from his (tokyo) .
but anyway, don not worry, it is coming
 
I would like to seek some advices regarding the cash that we are supposed to bring along to Japan.

In the "Life and Study in Japan" book, it was stated to bring along USD1,500. Are we supposed to bring USD1,500 in cash or we could just bring some in cash while the remaining in travellers cheque / bankdraf etc? It would not be safe to travel with so much hard cash right?

I wonder can the rental and deposit fees for the dormitory rooms be paid a few days after we moved in so that the cheque we brought along could be bank in and cleared into our saving account before we withdraw it for payment?

Hope to get some advices from the people who would be going there soon.
 
Of course you can bring travelers check and cash (dollar, euro, iene,...). Actually, I prefered to buy Iene, so I don't have to exchange it afterwards.

About the rental and deposit fees I really dont know, but I think you should pay them as long as you arrive. So, I would advice you to bring those costs in cash.
 
Anybody landing on Narita? I also receive my flight details but only Friday I'll be able to take the plain tickets. I'm living in 1 April. The longest flight ever took by me. About 20 hours of flight so I guess i have enough time to learn some more Kangi.

@I believe is better to bring some cash money for the immediate necessities including deposit for the room .
 
Hey guys,
first of all congrats to those leaving for japan!!

i'm from malaysia and applying for the 2009 scholarship.
i wanted to ask about the application form. especially regarding the study program in japan.it mentioned in my guidelines that the FIELD OF STUDY in the application form must be filled in by referring to the example given in the guideline.

however, the guideline just mentions under the field of study:

Humanities and Social Sciences: Literature...
Natural Sciences: Engineering.....

my question is: does that mean i just write down engineering? (since i want to pursue a masters in that)

i was under the impression that u had to describe the research work you've done and all that.

i would really appreciate it if someone could help me out with this.

i called the embassy but all the person there could tell me was to read the form. i thought it couldn't hurt to ask here.

one more question regarding the study program:
i'm actually interested in doing research that doesn't have much of a connection with what i've done in the past. would that weigh heavily in the selection process?
i suppose they're gonna compare the previous research you've done and what you're proposing.

neway, thanks to anyone helping!!!!
 
Akita, I'll be landing on Narita on wednesday at about 5 PM.
I'm going crazy preparing for the trip! two suitcases WILL NOT be enough for all the things I need to take with me!
 
To Clockworkorange,

About the FIELD OF STUDY, you will have to describe the research you intend to do in Japan, a study project with Title, Filed, Abstracts, Introduction, Objectives, Methodology and Bibliography (that's how I did. You can change it, of course). As the blank space was too small, I write it down in another piece of paper and attached to the application form.

I don't think it will have much weigh in the selection program (I'm graduated in Communications, but I'll start a master's degree in Information Science), but can be a little too hard to find a professor to guide you.
 

For field of study, you should write down exactly what type of engineering you want to pursue your master's degree in. Mechanical, electrical, aerospace, chemical, etc.

You don't necessarily have to describe any research you've done in the past, but you should have a reasonably clear research proposal, I guess. The only place where you describe research you've done in the past is submission of abstracts of theses or publications... and I suppose it might come up in your recommendation letters, though that's beyond your control.

And, your previous research doesn't necessarily need to be exactly like what you're proposing. But your undergraduate major should be reasonably related to what you want to study. If you want to do engineering, you should have done something in math, science, or engineering as an undergrad. I think that's about all they ask.

Hope that helps!
 
To saulo and dblbstrd,
Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions!!! Grin.

at least now i'm a little clearer on how to fill up the application form. my main fear was that i'd be rejected on the basis of not filling up the form correctly.
 
I am applying for that scholarship too.

I called the embassy, and the person in charge told me that I should fill in the study program as in a title proposal.

I think for the area of study, if I am in your case, I would write Engineering (your major). Hope this will help. Keep in touch!
 
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Hi clockworkorange and everyone, it's been a while..

Clock:
This forum helped me out on that issue, I think it's on page 3 that there's some info on that... Tonikaku, I can tell you what I did using that and some information I found using google (note: I used no more than the space given -1/2page for field of study and 1 for study program, in MS PMincho 7.5).

Field of Study
Major specification and breif description.
Competences the major fosters.
Advantages of studying it in Japan/University(ies) you aim to enter.
Career options you will have by graduating.
Relevant Courses of the desired major.
State-of-the-art of the feild (what has traditionally been done, what needs to be explored in the future?).

Study Program
Note: Google translates "研究計画：詳細かつ具体に記入すること" (in front of study program in the form) to "Research project: Enter in detail and concretely"... thought you should know ) --> I filled this out as if I was presenting a research project at any university.
on with the topics I covered, this time phrased in questions.
-What do you want to do (background, objectives)?
-Why is it important?
-How do you plan to do it?
-Why would you want to do it in Japan/aimed university(ies)?

If you want to say something about your major but don't know for sure, use information posted in university(ies)'s website or ask google-san. (Example: for career paths, most universities say what past graduates have accomplished, you can also query in google "career options in sustainable development")

Everyone:
Something relevant to mention and that I also wanted to announce is that with this application I got a "university recommendation"!! That made me really happy because it's an alternate way for being presented to MEXT (no tests, no interviews!). However, I am kind of lost because all the info that is posted on the Interet refers to the "embassy recommendation". The uni in kyoto told me MEXT would make the definitive decision in June and that, if positive, I'll go to Japan in september.. Does somebody knows about this type of recommendation, like how are the chances of getting the scholarship in this situation?

I even called the embassy and they said this path was new in my country and that they didn't know specific information about it ☝ ...

I would appreciate if somebody comments about this.. clock, if you have any questions about filling out the application I would gladly help you with my experience.

cheers!
nazo
 
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Monbusho student

Hello everyone. I have a scholarship from Monbusho since April last year 2007 for two years but the problem I am in Tokyo University and the entrance exam in my faculty is only in February, there is no entrance in October and I did the entrance exam in last February 2008 but they didn't accept me and they said I have no other chance to try to enter master because next April will be more than two years and that means my scholarship will stop by the end of March next year 2009. Please any one had an experience like this situation, tell me it might help me.
 
HI all, just register to this forum.. ^^.. I am also applying for the MEXT 2009.. but I guess i've already disqualified coz i didnt realized till the day I posted the form,, that I need to send them the certified transcript.. T^T.. btw what does that means... certified transcript.. are they gonna accept a photocopy?

p/s: congrats to all the receiver *\(^o^)/* (especially to a friend, arshana ^^)
 
I think certified transcript refers to the grades of your undergraduate studies, issued by the university's administration (records). I don't think it's supposed to be a photocopy, but maybe you can talk with them and see if you can attach an official copy to your application.
 
hey everybody!!!!

Thanks, nazo, for the help. it was detailed - a great guideline for me in my application.

Thank you so much!!!!

To isumasama, I can't say for sure...but I'm gonna send a photocopied transcript that has been verified by my university. This means that someone from my university (from the Exams Unit) stamped "certified true copy" on it and signed it. I called the embassy and they said that the important thing is that the person who stamps, signs and verifies has to make sure that the university's name is included in the stamp.

I hope that helps.
 
I supposed you should photocopy your transcript and get it 'certified true copy' from your university. That's what I know.
 
oh.. tq. Today is already saturday, and the application closed yesterday. I might wait till monday to ask whether i could re-send them my transcript T^T.. May I know how long does it takes before they call you for interview? or Do they inform you if u're not selected for the interview?
 
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Hi Alabsinatheer,
Sorry to hear about that, that is the downside of enrolling in top universities such as Todai and Kyodai. I know of two people in Kyodai who had the same problem as you, one of them had to switch faculty and one just left Japan last week unfortunately.

I was just wondering, would you be able to make it in time for February 2009's entrance exam? If not, I guess your best bet would be to switch to another faculty which doesn't require entrance exam or another safer option although easier said than done would be just to change university. You have to discuss this with your sensei to get a clearer picture of the whole thing.

Good luck in your next step.
 
Hey, everyone!!!!!

First of all, I'd like to say thanks to everyone here in the forum that helped me out. In filling up the application form, i used the advice here as my guideline and I've sent my application to the embassy. Its a huge relief!!!!

Now i know that nothing can be done about it since i've send it but i was wondering how long usually ppl would write regarding the study program. I took the advice here and maybe i got too carried away but I had 3 additional pages attached to the application form just to explain the study program. I just wanted to know what the average length is. ...i really did try to prune and summarize.

one more question:

Did most of u guys here learn japanese before taking the japanese examination?

I don't know much about japanese...i've bought "teach yourself japanese" books and know hiragana but thats about it. I've downloaded the past year questions and i can't even answer the easiest paper. Though I've called the embassy and they say they take into account the fact that most ppl in my country dun speak japanese, i'd still like to know if there's anyone out there who had absolutely no Japanese language skills and still got the scholarship. That would be a huge encouragement for me.

Thanks for all ur help!!!!!
 
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