SOKENDAI International Priority Graduate Program ("SOKENDAI-PGP") is inviting applications for Japanese Government Scholarships (MEXT Scholarships) to provide outstanding international students with an opportunity to pursue doctoral degrees through our academic program.

For more details, please refer to the following links.

• International PhD Program on Data Science for Space〜Particle〜Material〜Energy Science
• Interdisciplinary PhD Program on AI and Data Science for Global Leaders

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International PhD Program on Data Science for Space〜Particle〜Material〜Energy Science

• Admission Date: October 1, 2021
• Types of Programs: five-year and three-year doctoral programs
• Number of Scholarships Available: there are eight scholarships in total: four for the five-year doctoral program and four for the three-year doctoral program.
• Program Outline
  This MEXT scholarship is offered for the special program "International PhD Program on Data Science for Space, Particle, Material, Energy Science" in SOKENDAI. The purpose of the program is to cultivate global researchers and highly skilled professionals of the next-generation, who should lead researches on physical sciences using data science (PS/DS) as well as data science toward physical sciences (DS/PS). In particular, basic as well as applied research fields of space, particle, material, and energy sciences should be emphasized in this special program. The School of Physical Science and the School of High Energy Accelerator Science of SOKENDAI will accept total of eight outstanding students for 3-year and 5-year Ph.D. programs starting in October of 2021, who are keen to study in PS/DS and DS/PS fields under the name of this program. For this program, application is open to anybody with any nationality of a country that has diplomatic relations with the Japanese government. At least 50% of the scholarship students are selected from Southeast Asian countries in this program.
• Monbukagakusho: MEXT (the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Scholarship
  The MEXT scholarship provides one round-trip airfare to Japan and a monthly stipend, in accordance with the regulations of MEXT. MEXT scholarship recipients are not expected to pay any entrance examination, admission, or tuition fees. For details of the qualifications required and scholarship benefits, please refer to the application guidelines listed below.
• Selection Details
  For details of the selection procedures for each department (including application deadlines, documents, and methods of selection), please refer to the application guidelines listed below.

School of Physical Sciences

• Department of Structural Molecular Science

  Parent Research Institution

  • Institute for Molecular Science
  • Professors

  Program and Application Period

  Three-year doctoral program

  • First round: July 2 to July 29, 2020
  • Second round: November 5 to December 2, 2020

  Five-year doctoral program

  • First round: July 30 to August 26, 2020
  • Second round: November 5 to December 2, 2020

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • CEFR Equivalency Chart
  • Application Form1
  • Application Form2
  • Field of Study and Research Plan
  • Elective registration from for Specialized Subjects for the Written Examination

• Department of Functional Molecular Science

  Parent Research Institution

  • Institute for Molecular Science
  • Professors

  Program and Application Period

  Three-year doctoral program

  • First round: July 2 to July 29, 2020
  • Second round: November 5 to December 2, 2020

  Five-year doctoral program

  • First round: July 30 to August 26, 2020
  • Second round: November 5 to December 2, 2020

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • CEFR Equivalency Chart
  • Application Form1
  • Application Form2
  • Field of Study and Research Plan
  • Elective registration from for Specialized Subjects for the Written Examination

• Department of Astronomical Science

  Parent Research Institution

  • National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
  • Professors

  Program and Application Period

  Three-year doctoral program

  • October 2021 admission: From October 12, 2020 to November 11, 2020

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2021 admission: From October 12, 2020 to November 11, 2020

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • CEFR Equivalency Chart
  • Application Form1
  • Application Form2
  • Field of Study and Research Plan

• Department of Fusion Science

  Parent Research Institution

  • National Institute for Fusion Sciences
  • Professors

  Program and Application Period

  Three-year doctoral program

  • October 2021 admission: October1, 2020

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2021 admission: October1, 2020

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • CEFR Equivalency Chart
  • Application Form1
  • Application Form2
  • Field of Study and Research Plan

• Department of Space and Astronautical Science

  Parent Research Institution

  • Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  • Professors

  Program and Application Period

  Three-year doctoral program

  • October 2021 admission: October 1 to October 31, 2020

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2021 admission: October 1 to October 31, 2020

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • CEFR Equivalency Chart
  • Application Form1
  • Application Form2
  • Field of Study and Research Plan

School of High Energy Accelerator Science

• Department of Accelerator Science

  Parent Research Institution

  • High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, KEK
  • Professors

  Program and Application Period

  Three-year doctoral program

  • October 2021 admission: December 18, 2020

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2021 admission: December 18, 2020

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • CEFR Equivalency Chart
  • Application Form1
  • Application Form2
  • Field of Study and Research Plan

• Department of Materials Structure Science

  Parent Research Institution

  • High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, KEK
  • Professors

  Program and Application Period

  Three-year doctoral program

  • October 2021 admission: December 18, 2020

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2021 admission: December 18, 2020

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • CEFR Equivalency Chart
  • Application Form1
  • Application Form2
  • Field of Study and Research Plan

• Department of Particle and Nuclear Physics

  Parent Research Institution

  • High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, KEK
  • Professors

  Program and Application Period

  Three-year doctoral program

  • October 2021 admission: December 18, 2020

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2021 admission: December 18, 2020

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • CEFR Equivalency Chart
  • Application Form1
  • Application Form2
  • Field of Study and Research Plan

Interdisciplinary PhD Program on AI and Data Science for Global Leaders

• Admission Date: October 1, 2021
• Types of Programs: five-year and three-year doctoral programs
• Number of Scholarships Available: there are eight scholarships in total: five for the five-year doctoral program and three for the three-year doctoral program.
• Program Outline
  This MEXT scholarship is offered for the special program "Interdisciplinary PhD Program on AI and Data Science for Global Leaders", which has been granted to SOKENDAI by MEXT. The program aims at developing next-generation global researchers and highly skilled professionals who should lead researches on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science (DS) as well as many scientific fields that apply AI and DS.
• Monbukagakusho: MEXT (the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Scholarship
  The MEXT scholarship provides one round-trip airfare to Japan and a monthly stipend, in accordance with the regulations of MEXT. MEXT scholarship recipients are not expected to pay any entrance examination, admission, or tuition fees. For details of the qualifications required and scholarship benefits, please refer to the application guidelines listed below.
• Selection Details
  For details of the selection procedures for each department (including application deadlines, documents, and methods of selection), please refer to the application guidelines listed below.

School of Multidisciplinary Sciences

• Department of Statistical Science

  Parent Research Institution

  • The Institute of Statistical Mathematics
  • Professors

• Department of Polar Science

  Parent Research Institution

  • National Institute of Polar Research
  • Professors

• Department of Informatics

  Parent Research Institution

  • National Institute of Informatics
  • Professors

  Program and Application Period

  Three-year doctoral program

  • October 2021 admission: November 19 to November 27, 2020

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2021 admission: November 19 to November 27, 2020

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • CEFR Equivalency Chart
  • Application Form1
  • Application Form2
  • Field of Study and Research Plan

School of Life Science

• Department of Genetics

  Parent Research Institution

  • National Institute of Genetics
  • Professors

  Program and Application Period

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2021 Admission: Noon on November 2, 2020 (JST)(to Department of Genetics)

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • CEFR Equivalency Chart

• Department of Basic Biology

  Parent Research Institution

  • National Institute for Basic Biology
  • Professors

  Program and Application Period

  Three-year doctoral program

  • October 2021 Admission: October 15, 2020 to November 11, 2020

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2021 Admission: October 15, 2020 to November 11, 2020

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • CEFR Equivalency Chart
  • Application Form1
  • Application Form2
  • Field of Study and Research Plan

• Department of Physiological Sciences

  Parent Research Institution

  • National Institute for Physiological Sciences
  • Professors

  Program and Application Period

  Three-year doctoral program (October 2021 admission)

  • First Round: June 4 to July 1, 2020
  • Second Round: November 12 to December 9, 2020

  Five-year doctoral program (October 2021 admission)

  • First Round: June 4 to July 1, 2020
  • Second Round: November 12 to December 9, 2020

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • CEFR Equivalency Chart
  • Application Form1
  • Application Form2
  • Field of Study and Research Plan