Main Scholarship Foundation List (academic year 2023)

Information on scholarships offered each year is as follows.

Scholarship / Source	Qualifications	Amount of Scholarship per month (yen)	Grant Period	Application
JEES Scholarship (for those who wish to become Japanese teacher)	丒Those who passed Japanese Language Teaching Competency Test in the previous year. 丒Regular undergraduate or graduate course students who wish to become a Japanese teacher.	50,000	6 months	May
The Korean Scholarship Foundation	丒Private-expense international students who are Korean nationals registered in regular undergraduate or graduate courses	[Undergraduate]25,000 [Master]40,000 [Doctoral]70,000	1 year	February乣April
The Japan Student Services Organization Honors Scholarship for Privately-Financed International Students	丒Private-expense International students who are receiving a monthly allowance of less than 90,000 [Undergraduate] 丒Undergraduate students who registered as a regular student at the time of April. [Graduate] 丒Students registered as a regular graduate student or Research Student as of April.	[Undergraduate]48,000 [Graduate]48,000	1 year	April
Nara Women乫s University Nadeshiko Fund Scholarship for International Students	丒Private-expense international students	40,000	1 year	April
CWAJ Graduate Scholarship for Non-Japanese Women to Study in Japan	丒Regular graduate students with a certain level of English ability 丒Not receiving other scholarships of 1,500,000 yen per year or more during the period of grant 丒Have never been granted by CWAJ	2,000,000 / year	1 year	July乣October
Interchange Association, Japan Scholarship	丒Private-expense students from Taiwan 丒Registered or accepted as a regular graduate student as of April 1 in the grant year. 丒Under 35 years old at the time of grant	[Master]144,000 [Doctoral]145,000 (For additional stipend for designated area, tuition and travel expense for returning home)	1~3 years. It depends on which year of the course you are in when you are registered.	August乣October
Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation	丒At the time of grant, students must be: -3rd or 4th year of undergraduate course -1st or 2nd year of master乫s course -2nd or 3rd year of doctoral course 丒Under 45 years old 丒Have never been granted by Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation -2nd or 3rd year of doctoral course	[Undergraduate]100,000 [Graduate]140,000	2 year	August乣September
Heiwa Nakajima Foundation	丒At the time of application, students must be registered in undergraduate or graduate courses 丒At the time of grant, students must be registered or accepted in undergraduate or graduate courses as a regular student 丒Not receiving other scholarships of 30,000 yen or more per month	[Undergraduate]120,000 [Graduate]150,000	1 year	August乣September
Sahokai Scholarship	丒Private-expense international students from Southeast Asian countries* 丒Registered for 1 year or more in undergraduate course or graduate course in Nara Women乫s University *After third year of undergraduate course 丒Have never received Sahokai Scholarship *Southeast Asian countries include Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines and East Timor	100,000 / year(one-off)	丂	October
NITORI International Scholarship Foundation	At the time of grant, students must be in undergraduate course or master乫s course	50,000	1 year	October
Kyoritsu International Foundation Scholarship	丒Private-expense international students from Asia except for Japan 丒At the time of grant, students must have more than 1 year to complete the course	100,000 or 60,000	1 year	November乣December
Iwatani International Scholarship	丒Private-expense internatonal students from East or Southeast Asian countries* 丒Registered or accepted in master乫s or doctoral courses 丒Graduate 3rd year of doctoral course and still enrolled for degree 丒Major in a field of natural sciences 丒Under 30 years old for master乫s students, and 35 for doctoral students at in April of grant year *East or Southeast Asian countries include China, Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam	150,000	Maximum for 2years	November乣December
SGH Foundation Scholarship	丒Private-expense international students from Southeast Asian countries* At the time of grant, students must be; -3rd year undergraduate students -1st year master乫s students - Under 27 years old for undergraduate students and 35 for graduate students (as of April 1) -Enrolled at the university as of April *Southeast Asian countries include Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia	120,000	2 years	February

仛 Other Scholarships
Announcements for scholarships are emailed to students or posted on the bulletin board outside the International Division. We recommend that international students check them on a regular basis. Occasionaly, we send scholarship information via email. For details, please ask at the International Students Section of the International Division.