Sato International Scholarship Foundation (SISF)

The Sato International Scholarship Foundation awarding scholarship for the students who are enrolled in a Japanese undergraduate or graduate program. Applications are now open for the April, 2010 session. Scholarship. There are two types of scholarship:

1. Scholarship for Self-Supporting Students
2. Scholarship for Short-Term Exchange Students.

Are you from the following Countries?

Students from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Srilanka, Thailand, East Timor or Vietnam can apply for this scholarship.

Scholarship for Self-Supporting Students

If you are residing in Japan and already enrolled in or accepted to a legitimate program in any Japanese university; you can apply for this scholarship through the students’ office of your university.

Amount of Scholarship

Undergraduate students : 120,000 yen/month

Graduate students:  180,000 yen/month（ plus additional support to cover cost for attending conferences ）

Duration of Scholarship

2 years

Number of Scholarships

Scholarships will be given to around 25 students.

Eligibility

You must be a citizen from the countries mentioned above, you are not holding Japanese citizenship and already enrolled in a Japanese undergraduate or graduate institution, under the jurisdiction of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

You have to also fulfill the following requirements:

1. You don’t receive any sort of scholarship or funding from other parties.

2. You are holding legal residence status as a college student.

3. You have interest in promoting international understanding and friendship, and is able to attend SISF meetings (meetings are held 6 times/year).

4. You don’t have a parent employed in Japan.

5.  You don’t hold a doctorate degree.

6. You are enrolled in a program with more than 1 year left until graduation/completion (from April 2009). This restriction does not apply to doctorate program.

Selection Process

A screening committee will be working on selection process

1.    Review of application form and documents
2.    Selected students will be interviewed.

Scholarship for Short-Term Exchange Students

This scholarship is provided to students who are recommended by those designated universities that have secured an agreement of recommendation with the Sato International Scholarship Foundation.  Scholarship as well as travel fee to Japan is provided to those students from the aforesaid countries who will study in Japan on a short term based on the agreement among universities for study exchange.

Amount of Scholarship

100,000 yen/month

Duration of Scholarship

6 months to 10 months. Scholarship will be terminated upon completion of the program.

Designated Universities （as of September 2009）

The University of Electro-Communications

University of Tokyo

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Tokyo Institute of Technology

University of Tsukuba

J.F. Oberlin University

Rikkyo University

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