Programmes Offered:
Scholarships are available for all subjects offered by universities.
Course Level:
Scholarships are available for Graduate Degree Level.
Eligibility:
- Applicants must hold citizenship of, and currently reside in, Pakistan and other Asian countries.
- Age: Applicants must be under 35 years of age as of April 1, 2015, i.e. born on or after April 2, 1980.
- Academic Degree: Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent thereof.
- Field of Study: Applicants must study a subject recognized as pertinent to the support of Aichi’s manufacturing industry.
- Health: Applicants must be healthy, both mentally and physically.
- Japanese Language Ability: Applicants must have a fairly good command of the Japanese language to study and seek employment in Aichi, or have the prospect of obtaining sufficient language ability.
- Post-Scholarship Employment: Applicants must have the intention to seek employment at a company that has its headquarters or a branch office located within Aichi (whether or not work placement should fall in Japan).
- Internships: During their course of study, applicants must participate in an internship program offered by companies introduced by the Aichi Prefectural Government or another organization.
- Other Scholarships: Applicants must not be receiving scholarships or grants from any other organization, including the Japanese government and the government of their home country; Spouses of students currently receiving scholarship money from the Aichi Prefectural Government are not eligible to apply.
- Date of Arrival: Applicants must be able to come to Japan by October 2015 on a day to be designated by the Governor.
- Other Conditions: Applicants must be admitted as a research student at a university or a graduate school within Aichi from the period of October 2015 to March 2016. After arriving in Japan, applicants must enroll in the national health insurance system.
Benefit:
The Aichi Scholarship Program provides the followings:
- Living Allowance: 150,000 yen per month: This living allowance in principle will be reduced under the following circumstances: You leave Japan for more than 30 days; You take a leave of absence from school.
- Travel Expenses to Japan:
- Travel expenses to Japan- A predetermined amount of money, decided by the Governor, will be provided to each applicant to allow travel from their nearest international airport to Central Japan International Airport (economy class).
- Travel expenses from Japan- As a general rule, return airfare will not be provided.
- School Expenses: Entrance examination fees, entrance fees and tuition for both research and graduate study within certain limits as per the following list:
- Entrance examination fee (research student): ¥9,800
- Entrance fee (research student): ¥84,600
- Tuition (six months; research student): ¥178,200
- Entrance examination fee (master’s course student): ¥30,000
- Entrance fee (master’s course student): ¥282,000
- Tuition (annual; master’s course student): ¥535,800
Number of Awards:
There are up to Ten awards available
Tenure:
Six to Two years for research and masters respectively.
Application Procedure:
- Applicants must apply through graduate schools located in Aichi. Documents to be submitted by the applicant to the recommending organization:
- Application form (Form 1)
- Pledge (Form 2)
- Certificate of health (Form 3 issued within the past six (6) months)
- Proof of graduation (copy of certificate of graduation, diploma, or degree) or a certificate of student status and proof of expected graduation (if the applicant is in college)
- Academic record issued by the university from which applicant graduated
- Certified copy of passport (if the applicant does not have a passport upon application, a certified copy of the applicant’s birth certificate or a citizenship certificate will be sufficient)
- Recommendations
- Four (4) photographs
Application Deadline: 16 May 2015
Further Details:
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