JAPANESE GOVERNMENT (MEXT) SCHOLARSHIP FOR 2025 (TEACHER TRAINING STUDENTS)

2024/12/24
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT (MEXT) SCHOLARSHIP FOR 2025 (TEACHER TRAINING STUDENTS)
 
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan offers scholarships to international teachers who wish to conduct research on school education at designated Japanese universities as Teacher Training Students under the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship Program as follows.
The Embassy of Japan in Kuwait will accept applications for (TEACHER TRAINING STUDENTS) as below.
 
【Important Notice】
※Applicants must have Kuwaiti nationality (Holders of other citizenships may contact the Embassy of Japan in their respective countries).
※As the Embassy will be closed for the new year holiday, inquiries through the phone cannot be answered before January 5th, 2025. It is best to send inquiries to the email stated in the end of the announcement as all emails are answered.

 
All necessary information and applications forms are available through the link:
https://www.studyinjapan.go.jp/en/smap-stopj-applications-teacher.html
 
[Brief of Teacher Training Program Scholarship]
  1. Period of scholarship is from October 2025 to March 2027.
  2. Applicants' date of birth must be on or after April 2, 1990.
  3. Applicants must be graduates of universities or teacher training schools and have worked as teachers at primary/secondary educational institutions or teacher training schools (excluding universities) in their home countries for a total period of five years or more as of October 1, 2025. In-service faculty members in a higher education institutions are not eligible.
  4. Applicants must have a good command of English and willing to learn Japanese language.
  5. Applicants must assure that they return to their home country by the end of the final month of the scholarship period and resume their work as a teacher at his/her primary/secondary educational institution or teacher training school.
  6. Applicants must read the guidelines carefully and submit all the required documents by hand to the Embassy of Japan in Kuwait.
  7. Incomplete applications will NOT be considered.
  8. Late applications will NOT be considered (Any application after 03:00 P.M of the last day will NOT be accepted).
  9. Embassy will start receiving application from January 5th, 2025 (Sunday).
  10. Deadline of receiving applications is Thursday, February 6th, 2025.  The application screening result will be announced later by email/phone.
  11. Applicants who pass the application screening will have the written examination on Sunday, February 16th, 2025.  The result will be announced in a few days after the examination by email/phone.
  12. The applicant who passes the written examination will be qualified for the interview at a later date. The result will be announced in a few days after the interview by email/phone.
  13. The applicant who passes the examination and interview will be recommended to MEXT, and MEXT will conduct the second screening. The final result will be announced around July/August 2025.
 
 
Past examination samples:
https://www.studyinjapan.go.jp/en/planning/scholarship/application/examination/index.html

 
※All application guidelines are thoroughly explained. Only in case there is an inquiry regarding unmentioned or unclear points in the guidelines, please contact us.
※To submit the application documents at the Embassy of Japan, please contact us via phone or email to book an appointment.

   
Cultural Section, Embassy of Japan in the State of Kuwait