Deadlines for this scholarship
An award closing is only the first of the dates that matter. After it there is the deposit that keeps your place, the unconditional offer the funder wants to see before it pays, and a last day to arrive and register. Where the funder publishes none of these, the row says so — a blank is what the official page actually says, not something we have left out.
No closing date published. This funder sets its closing date per country, or opens the call only when the cycle begins. Send us your documents and we will apply the moment your country’s window opens.
Who can apply
In scope for Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Gulf nationals only where the Japanese Embassy/Consulate-General in the country of residence runs undergraduate recruitment; JASSO publishes no country list and the local mission sets the dates.
What the award is
Japanese Government (MEXT/JASSO) fully funded scholarship for a bachelor's degree (roughly 4 years including preparatory study). Applied through the Japanese embassy/consulate in your country; embassy applications are typically submitted around April-May each year for the following year's arrival. Tuition is fully covered, round-trip airfare is paid, and the monthly stipend is about JPY 117,000 (figure as published by the host university's official MEXT page). No fixed closing date is posted for the round applying now, so deadline is left blank. Official source: https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/education-campus/procedures/scholarships/mext (checked 29 October 2026).Where these dates came from
JASSO (MEXT) states "Recruitment for those arriving in Japan next April is made between April and May of the previous year", so the round leading to April 2027 entry closed in April-May 2026 and is not a 2027 deadline - https://www.studyinjapan.go.jp/en/smap-stopj-applications-undergraduate.html (checked 30 October 2026); no exact 2028-entry date is published and the Japanese embassy pages for Pakistan/India/Bangladesh would not open for us (403), so every stage column is blank.
Deadlines move. Always confirm on the funder's own page before you book anything — the link above is where we read it.
