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

• Admission Date: October 1, 2020
• 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
  TBA
• 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

  • October 2020 admission: December 18, 2019 to January 6,2020

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2020 admission: December 18, 2019 to January 6,2020

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • 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

  • October 2020 admission: December 18, 2019 to January 6,2020

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2020 admission: December 18, 2019 to January 6,2020

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • 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 2020 admission: December 18, 2019 to January 6, 2020

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2020 admission: December 18, 2019 to January 6, 2020

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • 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 2020 admission: December 18, 2019 to January 14, 2020

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2020 admission: December 18, 2019 to January 14, 2020

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • 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 2020 admission: December 18, 2019 to January 14, 2020

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2020 admission: December 18, 2019 to January 14, 2020

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • 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 2020 admission: December 19, 2019 to January 14, 2020

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2020 admission: December 19, 2019 to January 14, 2020

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • 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 2020 admission: December 19, 2019 to January 14, 2020

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2020 admission: December 19, 2019 to January 14, 2020

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • 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 2020 admission: December 19, 2019 to January 14, 2020

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2020 admission: December 19 ,2019 to January 14, 2020

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • 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, 2020
• 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 2020 admission: November 21 to November 29, 2019

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2020 admission: November 21 to November 29, 2019

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • AppendixAbout-Mext-GPA
  • 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

  Three-year doctoral program

  • October 2020 Admission: Noon on November 5, 2019 (JST)(to department of Genetics)

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline

• Department of Basic Biology

  Parent Research Institution

  • National Institute for Basic Biology
  • Professors

  Program and Application Period

  Three-year doctoral program

  • October 2020 Admission: October 11, 2019 to November 7,2019

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2020 Admission: October 11, 2019 to November 7,2019

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklist
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • 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 2020 admission)

  • First Round: June 7 to July 4, 2019
  • Second Round: November 8 to December 5, 2019

  Five-year doctoral program (October 2020 admission)

  • First Round: June 7 to July 4, 2019
  • Second Round: November 8 to December 5, 2019

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • Checklists
  • appendix) About Mext GPA
  • Application Form1
  • Application Form2
  • Field of Study and Research Plan