国際交流プログラム

2. 国費奨学金(大使館推薦)の申請手順 / Application procedure for the MEXT scholarship (Embassy Recommendation)

国費外国人留学生(大使館推薦)の手続きは全て、在外日本国大使館を通じて行われます。

まず初めに、在外の日本国大使館・総領事館を通じて募集し、選考します。これを大使館推薦といいます。

4月頃に、翌年の4月または10月に渡日する留学生の募集があります。

1次選考(書類審査、語学筆記試験、面接)は在外公館で行われます。

詳細については、文部科学省 国費外国人留学生制度のサイトを参照してください。 また、選考日程などについては、あなたの国の在外公館へお問合せください。
なお、大使館推薦の研究留学生で日本語能力が十分でない学生については、指導教員の判断により、日本語予備教育機関で6カ月間日本語を学ぶことができます。

 

Through the Japanese Embassies and Consulate Generals overseas, applications are accepted and the screening is conducted. Around April, the recruitment of students wishing to come to Japan in April or October of the following year is conducted. The first screening (documentary examination, written examination, and interview) is done at the Japanese Embassies and Consulate Generals overseas. After the first screening, in consultation with the MEXT’s selection committee and the university, the recipients are determined.

For more information, please refer to MEXT Website  Also, please ask the Japanese Embassies and Consulate General in your country.
Research students recommended by the embassy, but whose Japanese ability is insufficient, depending on research advisor, take a 6-month Japanese training course at the other Japanese university. After that, the student joins the graduate school of Hosei University as a research student and takes the entrance examination of the school in order to enroll in the degree program.


スケジュール / Schedule for 2025 MEXT scholarship program

 

日程 Date

内容 Procedure 

4月頃

April, 2024

各在外日本国大使館/総領事館で募集

申請書類提出
Call for applications opens at each Japanese diplomatic mission/Submission of application documents

6月頃

June, 2024

1次選考(書類審査、筆記試験、面接)
First screening (Documentary examination, Written examination, and Interview)

8月●日(●)まで

By August ●, 2024
(Scheduled to be updated in May)

受入内諾書 手続き ※「受入内諾書の申請」参照
Request a provisional acceptance to Japanese universities

*Please see “Application for the Letter of Acceptance”.

9月下旬

Around late September, 2024

配置希望大学申請書の提出

Submission a Placement Preference Application Form

10
October, 2024

2次選考・大学配置
Second screening (Conducted by MEXT and the university placement)

翌年1月から2
February, 2025

採否結果・大学配置結果通知
Notification of results of selection and university placement

4月または10
April, 2025 or
October, 2025

渡日
Arrival in Japan