SOKENDAI will shift from the current six schools system to the system of twenty programs under the Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies in April 2023.
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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.

• Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Information Science and Life Science for Leading Researchers on Data Science

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Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Information Science and Life Science for Leading Researchers on Data Science

• Admission Date: October 1, 2023
• Types of Programs: five-year doctoral program
• Number of Scholarships Available: there are eight scholarships.
• Program Outline
  This MEXT scholarship is offered for the special program "Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Information Science and Life Science for Leading Researchers on Data Science", which has been granted to SOKENDAI by MEXT. This program aims at developing next-generation global researchers and highly skilled professionals who are capable of leading researches on data science as well as other scientific fields to which data science approaches can be applied.
  For this program, application is open to anybody who has any nationality of a county that has diplomatic relations with Japanese government. However, based on the strategy by Japanese government on accepting foreign students to gain from the advancements of other countries, around 40% of the positions are targeted for applicants from South-East 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.

The Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies

• Informatics program

  Parent Research Institution

  • National Institute of Informatics
  • Professors

  Program and Application Period

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2023 admission: November 17 to November 30, 2022

  Guidelines and Forms

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

• Statistical Science program

  Parent Research Institution

  • The Institute of Statistical Mathematics
  • Professors

• Polar Science program

  Parent Research Institution

  • National Institute of Polar Research
  • Professors

• Basic Biology program

  Parent Research Institution

  • National Institute for Basic Biology
  • Professors

  Program and Application Period

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2023 Admission: October 6 to November 2, 2022

  Guidelines and Forms

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

• Physiological Sciences program

  Parent Research Institution

  • National Institute for Physiological Sciences
  • Professors

  Program and Application Period

  Five-year doctoral program (October 2023 admission)

  • First Round: September 1 to September 28, 2022
  • Second Round: November 17 to December 14, 2022

  Guidelines and Forms

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

  • Genetics program

    Parent Research Institution

    • National Institute of Genetics
    • Professors

    Program and Application Period

    Five-year doctoral program

    • October 2023 Admission: Noon on November 7, 2022 (JST)(to Department of Genetics)

    Guidelines and Forms

    • Application Guideline
    • CEFR Equivalency Chart

• Genetics program

  Parent Research Institution

  • National Institute of Genetics
  • Professors

  Program and Application Period

  Five-year doctoral program

  • October 2023 Admission: Noon on November 7, 2022 (JST)(to Department of Genetics)

  Guidelines and Forms

  • Application Guideline
  • CEFR Equivalency Chart