The Government of Japan is offering two-year scholarships to Maltese graduate students who wish to study at Japanese Universities as research students under the Japanese Government Scholarship Program for the academic years 2020-2022 (April 2020 - March 2022), in various subjects within the field of Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Subjects must be one of those available at Japanese Universities. Applicants must prepare the dossier listed in item 9 (Application procedure) of the Application guidelines. The above documentation can be downloaded by the candidates here.
Applicants must be willing to learn the Japanese language, interested in Japan and enthusiastic about deepening his/her understanding of Japan after arriving and capable of engaging in study and research while adapting himself/herself to life in Japan. Applicants are also required to contact a professor of the Japanese university where they wish to study and obtain a letter of acceptance.
Further information is available from the Scholarships Section, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion, Valletta or the Ministry’s Website.
All the applications should be submitted to the Embassy of Japan in Italy, with all the requested documents. A copy of all documentation must be submitted by hand or by registered post or online to the Scholarships Section at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion, Malta.
The deadline to submit all documentation is by not later than noon of Friday 14 June 2019.
Applications from Government and Parastatal employees and from the Private Sector will not be considered unless recommended by their Head of Department/Employer respectively.
Late applications will not be considered.