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JAPANESE GOVERNMENT (MONBUKAGAKUSHO: MEXT) SCHOLARSHIP FOR 2013
(TEACHER TRAINING STUDENTS)
　The MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology) offers scholarships to foreign students who wish to conduct research on school education at Japanese universities under the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship Program for 2013 as follows:

1．QUALIFICATIONS
(1)　Nationality：Applicants must have the nationality of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan. An applicant who has Japanese nationality at the time of application is not eligible. Selection is conducted at facilities such as the Japanese Embassy/Consulate General (hereinafter “Japanese legation”) located in the country of the applicant’s nationality. (This shall not necessarily beapplied in cases where one embassy covers multiple nations.)
(2)　Age： Applicants must be born on or after April 2, 1978.
(3)　Academic Background： Applicants must be graduate of universities or teacher training schools and have worked as teachers at elementary or secondary educational institutions or teacher training schools in their home countries for at least five years in total,as of April 1, 2013. (In-service university faculty members are not eligible.)
(4)　Japanese Language Ability：Applicants must be willing to learn Japanese and receive research guidance in Japanese. Applicants must also have the ability to do research in Japanese and adapt to living in Japan.
(5)　Health： Applicants must be free from any mental or physical disability that would bean impediment to the pursuit of study.
(6)　Arrival in Japan： Applicants must definitely be able to arrive in Japan within two weeks counted from the starting day of the study course set by the university in Japan　(usually October) and the period set by the accepting university. (If the applicant arrives in Japan before the designated period for any reason, their expenses for travel toJapan will not be covered by the government. And, if the applicant cannot arrive in Japan during the designated period, the applicant must resign.)
(7)　Visa acquisition： Applicants must acquire “College Student” (ryugaku) visas before entering Japan. They then enter Japan with the “College Student” (ryugaku) residence status. Moreover, in exceptional cases when successful applicants havebeen residing in Japan before their acceptance under a status other than “College Student” and are to change their visa status within Japan, they must acquire a “College Student” visa by the end of the month prior to the month in which they are scheduled to start receiving the scholarship. Furthermore, note that those who change their visa status to something other than “College Student” afterarriving in Japan will also lose their qualifications to be Japanese Government Scholarship recipients from the date when they change their visa status.
(8)　Miscellaneous: Scholarship recipients must return to their home country right after the end of the scholarship period, and be able to apply the results of their research on school education in Japan to their teaching after they return totheir home country as well by becoming reinstated after they return to their home country.
(9)　Any applicant who meets any or all of the following conditions is not eligible. If identified after the start of the scholarship period, the applicant will be required to withdraw from the scholarship.
a. Those who currently qualify as military personnel or military civilian employees.
b. Those whocan not arrive in Japan during the period designated by the university.
c. Applicants who have been awarded a Japanese Government Scholarship in the past will not be selected as recipients unless at least three years have passed since the first of the month following the final receipt of the previous scholarship, as of October 1, 2013.
d. Recipients of scholarships from other institutions...