Main Scholarship Foundation List (academic year 2025)

Information on scholarships offered each year is as follows.

Scholarship / Source	Qualifications	Amount of Scholarship per month (yen)	Grant Period	Application
JEES Scholarship for the Japanese Language StudySupport	Those who passedJapanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)N1 or N2 in the previous year.	50,000	Maximum for 2 years	April
JEES International Scholarship (Study Support)	At the time of grant, students must have more than 1 year to complete the course. Srudents who registered as a regular student.	40,000 (50,000 starting in fiscal year 2026 and beyond)	Maximum for 2 years	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 Nadeshiko Fund Scholarship for International Students	・Private-expense international students	40,000 (*Starting in 2026, only regular students will be eligible.)	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 or more per year during the period of grant ・Have never been granted by CWAJ	2,000,000 / year	1 year	July〜October
Interchange Association, Japan Scholarship	・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 ・Not receiving other scholarships	[Undergraduate]100,000 [Graduate]140,000	Maximum for 2 years	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	[Undergraduate]120,000 [Graduate]150,000	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 in undergraduate course or master’s course	60,000〜80,000	1 year	October
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	110,000 or 70,000	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 emailed to students or 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 and moodle(NWU's learning system). For details, please ask at the International Students Section of the International Division.