Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship of Embassy Recommendation is going to start its application soon around LATE APRIL.
APPLICATION OPENS SEPARATELY BY EACH JAPANESE EMBASSY/CONSULATE.
List below will be updated as the opening is officially announced.
IMPORTANT POINTS TO NOTE
- Before inquiring the Japanese Embassy/consulate, please take a moment to read the basic eligibility thoroughly.
- MEXT scholarship is one of the few opportunities covering full expense hence very competitive in nature. Usually, having a high academic performance (GPA 2.3 or above out of 3.0) is vital. (*However, the required level of academic performance depends on the Embassy of Japan where you apply for this MEXT Scholarship of Embassy Recommendation.)
- Submission of application should be done to the Embassy/consulate of Japan of your home country. DO NOT SUMBMIT TO MEXT. Application forms can be found here: College of Technology students, Specialized training college students, Undergraduate Students, and Research students.
- Enrollment types, screening procedure and deadlines for submission differs by the country, check the application detail on at the website of the Japanese Embassy/consulate of your home country.
- Previous years examination can be found here
- Some Japanese Embassy/Consulate are in charge of multiple countries. Do double check the submission address.
LIST: COUNTRIES ACCEPTING APPLICATION and application deadline (subject to change)
Click the country name linked to Japanese Embassy/Consulate in charge. updated on 23 May 2022
Benin 27 May 2022
Burkina Faso 13 June 2022
Burundi 10 June
2022
Cabo Verde 10
July 2022
Cameroon 31 May 2022
Chad 31 May 2022
Congo(RDC) 3 June 2022
Cote d'Ivoire 27 May
2022
Ethiopia 2 June 2022
Gabon 30 May
2022
Guinea 6 June 2022
Kenya 27 May 2022
Madagascar
27 May 2022
Mali 7 June
2022
Mozambique 10 June 2022
Nigeria 27 May 2022
Rwanda 17 June
2022
Senegal 10 June
2022
Seychelles
15 June 2022
South Sudan
3 June 2022
Sudan 25 May 2022
Uganda 3
June 2022
Zimbabwe 31 May 2022
College of Technology students
Benin 27 May 2022
Cabo Verde 10
July 2022
Congo(RDC) 3 June 2022
Cote d'Ivoire 27 May 2022
Equatorial Guinea 23 May 2022
Gabon 30 May
2022
Guinea 6 June 2022
Kenya 27 May 2022
Madagascar
27 May 2022
Mali 7 June
2022
Mauritius 30 June
2022
Mozambique 10 June 2022
Nigeria 27 May 2022
Rwanda 17 June 2022
Sao Tome and Principle 30 May "022
Senegal 10 June 2022
Seychelles
15 June 2022
South Africa 23
May 2022
Uganda 3 June 2022
Specialized training college students
Angola 3 June 2022
Benin 27 May 2022
Botswana
27 May 2022
Burkina Faso 13 June 2022
Burundi 10 June 2022
Cabo Verde 10
July 2022
Cameroon 31 May 2022
Central African Republic 31 May
2022
Chad 31 May 2022
Comores 27
May 2022
Congo(RDC) 3 June 2022
Cote d'Ivoire 27
May 2022
Djibouti 9 June 2022
Ethiopia 2 June
2022
Gabon 30 May 2022
Guinea 6 June 2022
Madagascar 27 May
2022
Mauritius 30 June 2022
Nigeria 27 May 2022
Rwanda 17 June
2022
Senegal 10 June
2022
Seychelles
15 June 2022
South Africa 23
May 2022
Sudan 25 May 2022
Zimbabwe 31 May 2022
Undergraduate students
Angola 3 June 2022
Benin 27 May 2022
Botswana
24 June 2022
Burkina Faso 13 June 2022
Burundi 10 Jun
2022
Cabo Verde 10
July 2022
Cameroon 31 May 2022
Central African Republic 31 May
2022
Chad 31 May 2022
Comores 27
May 2022
Congo(RDC) 3 June 2022
Cote d'Ivoire 27
May 2022
Djibouti 9 June 2022
Eswatini 23 May
2022
Ethiopia 2 June
2022
Ghana 10 June
2022
Guinea 6 June 2022
Guinea-Bissau 10 July
2022
Kenya 27 May 2022
Lesotho 23 May
2022
Liberia 10 June
2022
Madagascar
27 May 2022
Malawi 27 May 2022
Mali 7 June
2022
Mauritania 17 June 2022
Mauritius 30 June
2022
Mozambique 10
June 2022
Namibia 10 June
2022
Nigeria 27 May 2022
Rwanda 17 June 2022
Senegal 10 June
2022
Seychelles
15 June 2022
Sierra Leone 10
June 2022
Somalia 27
May 2022
South Africa 23
May 2022
South Sudan
3 June 2022
Sudan 25 May 2022
Tanzania
31 May 2022
Uganda 3
June 2022
Zambia
31 May 2022 (Deadline has been extended!!)
Zimbabwe 31 May 2022
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