Monbukagakusho Scholarship for Postgraduate!!

[clockworkorange]

Hi conanf,

Regarding the study plan, what i did was plan a schedule of what i would do during my one and a half years as a research student. True, we don't have an exact timetable regarding courses so my schedule is based on my research. My scholarship is for October 2009 to April 2010 as a research student so in my plan i did a very simple timeline. Something like: October 2009 to January 2010 - Collect meteorological data..etc...

My opinion is that you have to show that you've given your research topic some thought. I think thats the thing they want to see the most. That you haven thrown some topic together in the hopes of getting the scholarship. You might not get to follow your schedule as a research student in Japan. In some cases, i think you don't even get to do much about your research topic as a research student but the main idea is to show that if you were given the chance, you have some idea how you're gonna go about your research.

I think after passing the entrance exam, then more emphasis is placed on your research because you are then a Masters student. By that time, you would have discussed with your professor regarding your research topic.

This is all based on my opinion and from what I gather from other students. Other ppl might think differently.

So hope this helps.

 

[persian]

Good morning, ‎
I posted a single thread but no reply. I'll be glad if you answer my couple ‎questions:‎

‎1-‎ In the MEXT application, if I want to apply for a degree program master or MBA: Do ‎I need to write study plan for a research too???‎
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‎2-‎ What are the good Japanese universities that have international accreditation and ‎also their master programs including the MBA are in English language?‎

Thank you all,‎

 

[kouki]

‎1-‎ In the MEXT application, if I want to apply for a degree program master or MBA: Do ‎I need to write study plan for a research too???‎
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‎2-‎ What are the good Japanese universities that have international accreditation and ‎also their master programs including the MBA are in English language?‎
Thank you all,‎

>persian
Hi, welcome to the forum. I am from engineering background so I can't answer all your question. However, I will try to answer those which I know.

Yes, in the MEXT application, ALL study field SHOULD fill in their study plan. Tell them your interested research topic, in a proposal form (that is my suggestion).

For Question 2, I would suggest you to wait longer for other replies, as currently most of them (those studying in Japan) would be very busy, because they have just started their new academic year. In the mean time, do you mind checking whether such information is available anywhere?

Good luck!

 

[BlueCheese]

I am looking for a bit of advice, for the 2 letters of recommendation, I have one person in my field (Computer Science) at my old university that would give me a good reference.

I also took some modules in Japanese of my choosing and since graduating I have been studying Japanese part time (a Saturday morning course) at another university. The course I am on now is at the university that is considered to be the best place to learn Japanese so I wanted to know whether it would be ok to use my teacher there for one of my references.

If it should be from my old university would my old Japanese teacher be acceptable as it was part of my degree?

 

[kouki]

>BlueCheese

I will try to answer on my experience. I applied for the scholarship last year, from the embassy of Japan in Malaysia.

The person-in-charge told me that any two person, whom you think can give you the best recommendation, would be acceptable for the two letters of recommendation you are going to submit.

However, I am not sure whether it is the case in UK. You should try confirming that with the embassy or consulate in UK. Good luck!

 

[mozart]

Shaun,
.......But i guess there are some (who doesn't have sufficient proficiency) who wish to try their luck and sat for that paper last year. Also there are some who stared at the paper, and decided to give up. (It doesn't affect their overall results as long as they pass the english paper).
I remembered vaguely that the passing mark was 80%. (English test)
as for GPA, I also remembered vaguely that i read somewhere, that we need at least 1st class or 2nd class upper (CGPA 3.5 and above) to apply....
)

The information about the CGPA 3.50 is not correct, it should be 3.20 above (for Malaysia,you can check from the description in PDF file under the website for Japan embassy in Msia). Maybe other countries demand 3.50 and above.

Thank you

 

[mozart]

Dear all:

Hi everyone, nice to meet you all.

I am applying this scholarship through university recommendation (Master studentship) & I was selected by the committee in Kyoto University & now being recommended to the ministry on behalf of Kyoto Univ.

May I know anyone here go through the same process as mine?

Hopefully can get some information, thank you. appreciate much

 

[Coco68]

BlueCheese and others,
we do need 2 letters of Rec.? I thought only one is needed, but the truth is I am sometimes confused by the guidelines. I got already one letter from my professor.
Anyway, is anyone taking the Japanese test as well?

 

[BlueCheese]

This is what it says in the application notes:

(8) Two letters of recommendation (on forms provided) from academic advisors or present employer (if applicable). At least one must be an academic reference. 2 sealed letters.

 

[Coco68]

I see. where did you get the application notes? I only got the application guidelines from study in Japan and it says:
(7) Recommendation from the principal or the adviser of the last university attended
(8) Recommendation from the present employer (if currently employed)

well, I think I would get second rec. letter, just in case, but I am confused.....

 

[BlueCheese]

The ones I have are from the Embassy of Japan in the UK

 

[Coco68]

Ah, thanks, I checked it out, now it makes all sense, thanks

 

[ellen joy]

how to apply scholar in Monbukagakusho Scholarship?

 

[bek]

Hello,
I applied Monbukagakusho scholarship for postgraduate, and have to sit for the English language written test this weekend. Anyone know what kind of test is this? Is it subject specific or generel English test?
I am from Malaysia by the way. Thanks in advance.

Hellp WIngmaker.

I am wondering if you can give some info about the structure of your study plan. DId you make a research plan or just wrote study plan in the chronological order?

I am about to apply for MEXT and have to submit my application soon, but confused to develop the research plan....

By the way, I am a final year undegraduate student at MEdical Uni in Uzbekistan

Thanks in advance

 

[megherdesh]

hi all,
found this forum while googling for info on monbukagakusho, looks like a lot of useful information have been gathered here for the last few years. i really appreciate all your contributions.

Does anyone know if you are ineligible to apply for the postgrad (masters) scholarship if you have already completed your masters in your home country??

thanks in advance.

 

[kouki]

>ellen joy
Find out from the embassy of Japan in your country. Please contact them for more information. We can't do much here.

>bek
You will have to confirm that with the embassy of Japan in your country. In our countries, most of us wrote some sort of proposal of a project or something. Perhaps this will help. In the proposal, we touched on title, introduction/background, objective, methodology and expected outcomes.

>megherdesh
Welcome. Try confirming with the embassy of Japan in your country. Different countries have different standards.

Why don't you apply for a Ph.D instead? It is still applicable under the MEXT Postgraduate Scholarship.

 

[jim84]

hi all,
found this forum while googling for info on monbukagakusho, looks like a lot of useful information have been gathered here for the last few years. i really appreciate all your contributions.

Does anyone know if you are ineligible to apply for the postgrad (masters) scholarship if you have already completed your masters in your home country??

thanks in advance.

hi, yea, it may be possible. I do remember someone among my classmates having 2 master's or doing a 2nd master's here.
Please read the guidelines again to see whether anything is mentioned, and the safest way is to consult your consulate/embassy who screens applicants.

On a sidenote to all other new members. Please read previous posts so as to avoid asking the same questions and wasting other members' time as everytime you post a reply/question here, a notification will be e-mailed to other members.

One suggestion for the new MEXT 2010 batch is - compile an FAQ of all questions and answers from previous posts if any of you have the time to do it. I believe it will help you guys tremendously.

 

[megherdesh]

Kouki & ooilingfan, thanks to both of you for your quick responses.
i have actually tried reading the previous posts and completed up to page 16/17 so far. it's a huge thread you know.
oolingfan, sorry if this post of mine again sets off an e-mail your way but you might get rid of these e-mails by unsubscribing from this thread, then again, we would be needing your opinion every now and then, so may be it was not such a good idea to let you know you can unsubscribe.
thanks again mates.
best regards.

 

[jim84]

Kouki & ooilingfan, thanks to both of you for your quick responses.
i have actually tried reading the previous posts and completed up to page 16/17 so far. it's a huge thread you know.
oolingfan, sorry if this post of mine again sets off an e-mail your way but you might get rid of these e-mails by unsubscribing from this thread, then again, we would be needing your opinion every now and then, so may be it was not such a good idea to let you know you can unsubscribe.
thanks again mates.
best regards.

no worries, yours is a new question. I'm actually referring to someone else.
Thank you for being thoughtful, I'm aware of being able to unsubscribe, but i promised some members here that i will stay on for a while even after starting my program in Japan.
Anyway, all the best to you.

 

[Shaun]

yo~ i received a notification to attend the written test this coming 31st May

 

[isumasama]

yo~ i received a notification to attend the written test this coming 31st May

hi
when did u received the letter? i wish i would receive one too ☝

 

[Shaun]

hi
when did u received the letter? i wish i would receive one too ☝

I received an notification email yesterday, probably i did not put mailing address in Malaysia thats why i received this email. In the email, Yin (from Japan Embassy) informed that they will send the official letter by this week.
Hope you will receive it soon.

 

[Coco68]

hey Shaun, good for you! good luck.

 

[isumasama]

oic, thanks for replying.. wish u all the best too ^^

 

[mobos]

plz help help help

Hi Arap, welcome to the thread.
I shall try my best to answer some of your questions.
First of all, I will not speculate on why you didn't get through last year, it could be 1001 possibilities. But i can comment on what's important to you.
1. GPA is important, critical or not, i'm not really sure. They do look at past results and your track record, but somehow I got the feeling they are more concerned of your future plans. I'm not sure whether they'll penalize you on GPA alone, but it's worth a try. Never try, never know, right?
2. How you submit the recommendation letter doesn't really matter. Last year we actually submitted the letter during the interview, which is not sealed (cause we need to make multiple copies of it, obviously we can't do it in a sealed envelope). As long as you have a good recommendation, it's fine.
3. Indeed, this is the most important part, you need to be as specific and as clearly as possible. However, I did badly in this part as well, hence during the 2nd submission (after passing the written test), i almost re-wrote the whole thing as per advised by the Embassy. Depends on how lenient your Embassy's committee is. They will only submit your application and documents to Tokyo in Sept/Oct so there's still time to amend if it's not well written.
4. Your employment status won't matter much. But I would advise you not to resign just to focus on applying for the scholarship. Reason no.1, the whole process takes approx. 1 year, and involves a lot of waiting time. If you have nothing else to do, it will be wasting your time, perhaps you can take up a full time japanese language course if you haven't learn it before. No.2, your scholarship is not secured yet at this point, in today's economy situation, having a job is better than nil. It will get worse, hence, JUST in case you don't get the scholarship, you still have a job. The scholarship is very competitive, you may need to try a few times. Don't risk your career. And you'll need some money when you're departing for Japan (about 2000USD), to buy your personal things and while waiting for your first stipend to be deposited. In fact, most of us only resigned after receiving confirmation or tentative confirmation of getting the scholarship (somewhere between Jan-Feb this year).
5. Getting a "verbal" consent from supervisor(s) is a very big plus!! If you read our posts, you'll see how much hardships we went through during the LoA application period.
Having a potential supervisor to advise you on your future project helps you a lot in drafting a very solid, concrete, specific, relevant and persuasive research proposal. Which will definitely help a lot during your application, especially during the interview stage, you will have a lot to discuss about and able to answer questions related to your research well.
I think that's all for now.
Most important thing now is to submit a complete application. Then pass the English written test. You may download past year questions from some of the websites (just google) and have a rough idea of how it looks like. You may need to score 80% and above on that paper to get an interview.
Good luck, and all the best ya.
p/s: there are Indonesians who got the scholarship this year. Athz being one of them but she might be busy with her work at the moment, haven't seen her posting replies lately.

hi ooilingfan i applied to the embassy and they just called me few days agooo , plz i need a direct link to previous released English test , thi will be very helpful and thanx.
mobos