Eastern Asia, capital Tokyo

Scholarships to Study in Japan (2027) for International Students

Japan runs a mostly Japanese-taught higher education system built around one main April intake, alongside a growing number of English-taught bachelor's and master's programmes that admit international students in September or October instead. National and public universities charge the same tuition to every nationality, commonly JPY 535,800 a year plus a JPY 282,000 admission fee, though this project verified that a few leading universities now charge more. International students need a Certificate of Eligibility before applying for a student visa, and can work up to 28 hours a week alongside their studies.

Last verified 7 September 2026. Sources

Public tuition, per year

¥535,800 to ¥642,960

international students

Living cost, per month

¥104,000 to ¥158,000

typical range

Work during study

28 h

per week

Post study work

1 yr

after graduation

Intakes

Spring, Fall

main application cycles

The Japanese government's MEXT (Monbukagakusho) scholarship is the largest national scheme, running since 1954 across several categories including undergraduate, research student and Young Leaders Program places, applied for either through a Japanese embassy or consulate abroad or through a host university. JASSO, the Japan Student Services Organization, separately administers the Monbukagakusho Honors Scholarship for privately financed international students and exchange scholarships tied to specific inter-university agreements. Individual universities also run their own tuition waivers and stipends, and local governments and private foundations fund smaller, often region or field specific, scholarships; none of these are designed to cover a student's full costs on their own, so most students combine one or more of them with personal or family funding.

MEXT Scholarship: Embassy Recommendation

Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), through Japanese embassies and consulates, study in Japan , Bachelor, Master, Phd, Diploma, Other

Full
Tuition exemption and round-trip airfare for every category, plus a monthly stipend of JPY 117,000 to JPY 145,000 for research students and teacher training students, and JPY 242,000 a month for undergraduate students (the college of technology stipend was not stated on the page read)
Recruitment, screening and deadlines are set by the Japanese embassy or consulate in each applicant's own country rather than by one worldwide date. Applicants should check with their own country's Japanese embassy, such as the Embassy of Japan in Dhaka for Bangladeshi applicants, for that year's schedule.

Sources, checked 7 September 2026