1.Application Guidelines
Please see the application website here.
2.Application Status
(1) Application period November 13, 2023 (Monday) to January 12, 2024 (Friday)
(2) Total number of applications 46
3.Selection Committee
・Selection Method
A Selection Committee was established to select scholarship recipients and alternates through document screening and interviews with candidates. The selection committee consisted of university faculty, legal professionals, and so on those with extensive knowledge of refugee assistance, humanitarian assistance, and higher education.
・Interviews
– New applicants
Date and Time: February 4, 2024 (Sat) 9:30 – 16:30
Location: Venue in Minato Ward
– Continuing applicants
Date: February 21 (Wed), 2024 13:30-15:30, February 26, (Mon) 2024 18:00-19:30
Online interview
4.Selection Results
The following 12 scholarship recipients were selected as a result of the selection by the Selection Committee.
Country of origin of the scholarship recipient (individual names are not disclosed) | Gender | Academic Destination and Major (university name are not disclosed) |
Myanmar | Female | Faculty of International Studies |
Afghanistan | Female | Faculty of International Studies |
Myanmar | Male | Master’s Program (Natural Sciences) |
Turkey | Male | Master’s Program (Sociology) |
Afghanistan | Male | Faculty of Business Administration (Accounting) |
Myanmar | Male | Faculty of Engineering (Architecture) |
Syria | Male | Faculty of Science and Engineering |
Afghanistan | Female | Faculty of Economics (Accounting) |
Syria | Male | Faculty of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) |
Syria | Female | Faculty of Sociology (Psychology) |
Syria | Male | Master’s Program (Business Administration) |
Myanmar | Male | Graduate School Doctoral Program (Environmental Engineering) |
6. Support period
From the date of notification of decision until the end of March 2025 (applications can be made continuously for the following fiscal year)