Main Scholarship Foundation List (academic year 2022)

Information on scholarships offered each year is as follows.

Scholarship / Source Qualifications Amount of Scholarship
per month (yen)
Grant Period Application
JEES Scholarship
・Those students who score more than 170 on the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (N1 grade) the previous July or December. (A minimum score of 100 is required for those who do not speak Chinese or Korean as their native language)
・Regular undergraduate or graduate courses student who wish to become a Japanese teacher.
50,000 Maximum 2 year February〜April
The Korean Scholarship Foundation
・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〜April
The Japan Student Services Organization Honors Scholarship for Privately-Financed International Students
・Private-expense International students who are receiving a monthly allowance of less than 90,000
[Undergraduate]
・Undergraduate students who registered as a regular student at the time of April.
[Graduate]
・Students registered as a regular graduate student or Research Student as of April.
[Undergraduate]48,000
[Graduate]48,000
1 year April
Nara Women’s University NadeshikoFund Scholarship for International Students
・Private-expense international students 40,000 1 year April
CWAJ Graduate Scholarship for Non-Japanese Women to Study in Japan
・Regular graduate students with a certain level of English ability
・Not receiving other scholarships of 1,500,000 yen per year or more during the period of grant
・Have never been granted by CWAJ
2,000,000 / year 1 year July〜October
Interchange Association, Japan Scholarship
・Private-expense students from Taiwan
・Registered or accepted as a regular graduate student as of April 1 in the grant year.
・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〜October
Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation
・At the time of grant, students must be:
-3rd or 4th year of undergraduate course
-1st or 2nd year of master’s course
-2nd or 3rd year of doctoral course
・Under 45 years old
・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〜September
Heiwa Nakajima Foundation
・At the time of application, students must be registered in undergraduate or graduate courses
・At the time of grant, students must be registered or accepted in undergraduate or graduate courses as a regular student
・Not receiving other scholarships of 30,000 yen or more per month
100,000 1 year August〜September
Sahokai Scholarship
・Private-expense international students from Southeast Asian countries*
・Registered for 1 year or more in undergraduate course or graduate course in Nara Women’s University *After third year of undergraduate course
・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)   October
NITORI International Scholarship Foundation
At the time of grant, students must be:
-1st ,2nd, 3rd or 4th year of undergraduate course
-1st or 2nd year of master’s course
Maximum 80,000 1 year All year
Kyoritsu International Foundation Scholarship
・Private-expense international students from Asia except for Japan
・At the time of grant, students must have more than 1 year to complete the course
100,000 or 60,000 1 year November〜December
Iwatani International Scholarship
・Private-expense internatonal students from East or Southeast Asian countries*
・Registered or accepted in master’s or doctoral courses
・Graduate 3rd year of doctoral course and still enrolled for degree
・Major in a field of natural sciences
・Under 30 years old for master’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〜December
SGH Foundation Scholarship
・Private-expense international students from Southeast Asian countries*
At the time of grant, students must be;
-3rd year undergraduate students
-1st year master’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

★ Other Scholarships
Announcements for scholarships are 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.