Courses: All subjects
Level: Undergraduate, Graduate (Masters, PhD, Research) Degree
Provider: Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation
For Which Country: Japan
Scholarship Description: The Rotary Yoneyama Scholarship for Applicants Residing Abroad, or “Overseas Application Scholarship” for short, is carried out as a special program to support overseas students in the most-difficult first years of their enrolment in Japanese universities and graduate schools. Japanese language ability is not evaluated in the application-screening process.
After you pass, however, Yoneyama scholars are expected to make an effort to communicate in Japanese so as to widen their periphery of exchange. Persons who have held a Yoneyama scholarship in the past are not eligible for this scholarship.
Eligibility: The eligibility requirements:
- Have already chosen the university or graduate school s/he will apply for
- Be in the process of applying for admission
- For the subject university to have a system for issuing “pre-arrival admission approval(*).”
* “Pre-arrival admission approval” is a system whereby applicants to Japanese universities and graduate schools are allowed to take the entrance examination and apply for admission while in their countries without having to come to Japan to do so.
If the applicants come to Japan to have the entrance examination (e.g., to take a written exam or interview), they must return to their residing country to apply for the scholarship.
Selection Criteria: Basically made by document review (When deemed necessary the district selection committee may interview the applicant, either by going to his/her country, over Skype, or by phone.)
Eligible groups: Citizens of ALL countries, EXCEPT Japan
Participating Institutions: All approved Japanese Universities or Graduate Schools.
Only the applicants who will enroll in the universities located in the below-listed areas are eligible. Those in other areas are not eligible:
Toyama Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, Osaka Metropolitan Area, Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Kanagawa Prefecture except for Yokohama and Kawasaki city
Hokkaido (i.e. Abashiri, Asahikawa, Kitami, Kushiro, Nayoro, Obihiro, Wakkanai)，Tochigi Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture
Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture
Aichi Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Aomori Prefecture
Yokohama and Kawasaki City in Kanagawa Prefecture, Fukui Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, Kyoto Metropolitan Area, Nara Prefecture
*See the list of universities that issue “pre-arrival admission approval” at the website of Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO). This list is provided for reference. However, non-listed universities also issue pre-arrival admission approval.
Recent years have seen an increase in the number of Japanese universities that carry out a program of “pre-arrival admission approval,” under which overseas students can submit application documents, take entrance examinations, and receive admission acceptance/non-acceptance notice without coming to Japan.
The “Overseas Application Scholarship” is carried out through linkage with universities that enroll overseas students through the pre-arrival admission system.
Fields of study: All courses available at the participating universities
Number of awards: Fifteen (15) applicants are scheduled to be selected yearly
Sponsorship duration: For April 2014 enrolment:
- Undergraduates: Two years from April 2014 through March 2016
- Graduate students: Two years from April 2014 through March 2016
- Research students: One year from April 2014 through March 2015, with a possible extension of another year for those who wish to go on to earn a degree.
For October (September) 2014 enrolment:
- Undergraduates: Two years from October (September) 2014 through September (August) 2016
- Graduate students: Two years from October (September) 2014 through September (August) 2016
- Research students: One year from October (September) 2014 through September (August) 2015 with a possible extension of another year for those who wish to go on to earn a degree.
Scholarship benefits: Scholarship Amounts are:
- Undergraduates: 100,000 yen per month
- Master’s students: 140,000 yen per month
- Doctoral students: 140,000 yen per month
- Research students (undergraduate, master’s and doctoral research students): 100,000 yen per month
Only for the first year of the scholarship, a supplemental of 400,000 yen is provided upon arrival in Japan.
Method of Application: Applicants have to find out and apply to a Japanese university or graduate school by themselves before they apply for this scholarship. And they are requested to submit the copy of the application for admission for the university / graduate school.
Only the applicants who will enroll in the universities / graduate schools located in the above-listed areas (see “Participating Institutions” above) are eligible. Those in other areas are not eligible.
Scroll down to “Application Guide and Prescribed Forms” on the official website (link to it is below) to download the Application Guide, Application for Scholarship form and other application documents.
After filling out the forms, email them as attached documents to the Foundation at the following address: scholars@rotary-yoneyama.or.jp. Please note the following:
- Save these files with your own name, written in English.
e.g.) In case of 「Margaret（First name） King（Family name）」,place your own name before the name of document. 「Margaret King_Application for Scholarship.pdf」 - An applicant number will be provided to you by return email. Please use it if you submit additional documents or make inquiries.
DEADLINES: The application deadline is 16 October 2013 1:00P.M. Japan time for both April and October 2014 Enrollment. Application documents must arrive by the date.
The deadlines for submitting a copy of the Pre-arrival Admission Approval Certificate to the Foundation are as follows:
- For April 2014 enrolment: By the end of January 2014
- For October 2014: By the end of June 2014
PLEASE NOTE: Notification of selection results is made by e-mail at the following times: For April enrolment – Beginning of February 2014; AND For fall enrolment – End of July 2014.
Yoneyama scholars are to arrive in Japan prior to the month of their admission. Irrespective of the reason, if they do not arrive in Japan by the month that their scholarship will begin to be paid, they will lose their eligibility.
If you have any inquiries, please feel free to contact the providers by e-mail or fax at: Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation; E-mail: scholars@rotary-yoneyama.or.jp; FAX: +81-3-3578-8281.
Application Deadline: 16 October 2013
Open for International Students: Yes
