Yoshida Scholarship Foundation
September 09, 2015
Eligible fields Natural Sciences
Type of fellowship Master or Doctoral Studies. Yoshida Scholarship Foundation was established for the purpose of developing human resources that are beneficial to society by providing financial support to gifted students based on the initiative of YKK Group founder Tadao Yoshida.
Target group Scholarship is open for students (male/female) of : Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, East Timor, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, Armenia, Yemen, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Georgia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia.
Age limit None
Host info Japanese Universities
Duration Max: 2 years [Master’s ], 3 years [PhD]
Number of awards given each year 1 student per designated university
Eligible costs
• living expenses
• graduate school fees
• family allowance (only if applicable) > if the fellow lives with his/her spouse during the term of scholarship and the spouse has no income. Travel expenses to and from Japan are not paid for the spouse.
• round-trip travel home country-Japan (only for the fellow)
Non eligible costs
• visa application costs
• travel fare for the family
Amounts Living expenses: $ 1,700/month (200,000 JPY) + University fees max: $ 21,000 (2,500,000 JPY)
