Japanese — Exams & Pathways

MEXT Scholarship

The Japanese government scholarship for international students — covers tuition, a stipend and travel.

MEXT is the scholarship from Japan's Ministry of Education that funds international students for undergraduate, graduate and research study, usually covering tuition, a monthly stipend and airfare. Indians apply via the Embassy route or the University Recommendation route.

Many MEXT programmes are English-taught, so N5–N4 Japanese is enough for daily life; Japanese-taught tracks need closer to N2. A funded place comes with a six-month language prep period in Japan.

What level / visa it maps to

N5–N4 for English-taught + daily life; N2 for Japanese-taught programmes.

We'll be straight with you about the level and timeline your goal actually needs — then get you there.

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