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Admission with MEXT Scholarship (University Recommendation under the Special Program) for the Department of Mechanical Engineering , Materials Science, and Ocean Engineering Applicants



The Department of Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, and Ocean Engineering of the Graduate School of Engineering Science is recruiting international students who want to enroll in Doctoral or Master's Program in October 2023 through the MEXT* Scholarship (Research Student by University Recommendation under the Special Program).

International students enrolled in this special program belong to the PED** program and emphasize an internship while studying.The objective of the program is to develop key players who will advance both heavy industry of the new era in Japan and countries with rapid growth recently.

*MEXT: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan, (Monbukagakusho)

**PED(Pi-type Engineering Degree) Program : Practical education is offered in a combination of modules, each of which systematically integrates a studio (laboratory courses, exercises, and training related directly to manufacturing and conducted in a small team) with related lecture courses.In master's programs, studio deliverables are mainly used to prepare portfolios in place of a master's thesis.

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Research Students (University Recommendation) Updated on 19 and 21 December, 2022



We are pleased to inform you that Yokohama National University (YNU) will be accepting applications for the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship 2023 (Research Student by University Recommendation [General]) from those who wish to enroll in our graduate school in October 2023. The number of students we can recommend to MEXT is 3.



The selection of recommended candidates will be conducted by document screening. Students who are selected as MEXT Scholarship students are exempt from the entrance and tuition fees, and are provided with airline ticket for the international flight (to and from Japan,) as well as monthly scholarships, according to the course of study, from the MEXT. (In order to enroll in the master's course or doctoral course as a degree-seeking regular student, the candidate must take and pass the entrance examination conducted in each graduate school separately after the results of the screening from MEXT (scheduled for June 2023) before or after his/her arrival in Japan in October 2023.)



We would like to request your kind cooperation in announcing this opportunity to your students who are scheduled to graduate your university by September 2023, please.



The application guidelines and other necessary documents can be downloaded from the website below.






Note: The Application deadline is Sunday, 29 January 2023.



Also, we believe that the website “Why Study at YNU?” below will provide you with the advantages of choosing our university:




If you have any inquiries, please feel free to contact us. Thank you for your continuous support and kind cooperation.

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