Scholarships on offer for students wanting to study in Japan

Do you wish to study in Japan at some of its top technology colleges, professional training colleges or universities on scholarship? If yes then there is some good news for you as Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology is offering scholarships to international students intending to study in Japan.

As per the press release Consulate General of Japan is offering three, four and five year scholarships beginning April 2010.

At the Professional Training College three year scholarships are being offered in the following courses:

Architecture
Civil Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Electronics
Dressmaking
Hotel Management
Fashion
Infant Education
Nutrition
Photography
Secretarial Studies
Telecommunication
Tourism

Scholarships are available for four years at the College of Technology:

Architecture
Civil Engineering
Information Communication
Mechanical Engineering
Networking Engineering


Undergraduates are eligible for five year scholarship in the following courses:

Agricultural Engineering
Animal Sciences
Biotechnology
Business Administration
Civil Engineering and Architecture
Economics
Electronics
Electrical Engineering
History
Fisheries
Japanese Language
Law
Politics
Pedagogy
Sociology
Social Sciences and Humanities
Literature
Information Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Naval Architecture
Chemical Engineering
Textile Engineering
Maritime Engineering
Veterinary Medicine
Forestry
Food Sciences
Medicine and Dentistry

In order to be eligible for this scholarship applicant must have been born between 2 April 1988 and 1 April 1993 and should have completed 12 year regular course of education. The applicant will have to undergo one-year intensive course in the Japanese language. A written examination will be conducted in July 2009 at the premises of the Consulate followed by an interview. Results will be conducted in February 2010.

If you are interested you can obtain prescribed application form along with the guidelines from:

Consulate-General of Japan (Culture and Information)
12/1, Cenotaph Road,
Teynampet,
Chennai-600018