2014 Yoshida Scholarship Foundation Grant for Foreign Students (YKK Leaders 21) to study in Japan

Eligibility

A candidate must fulfill all of the following requirements.

・ The candidate must be a national of a country within the scope of the Scholarship Grant.

・The candidate must be a graduate of a university in a country within the scope of the Scholarship Grant (which

need not be located in the same country as the country of nationality) or have hi gher academic qualifications.

・ The candidate must be seeking to enroll in a master’s course (with a standard course term of two years for which

a master’s degree is awarded to those who complete the course, including the first two (2) years of a doctoral course) or the last three (3) years of a doctoral course (with a standard course term of three years for which a doctoral degree is awarded to those who complete the course) or be transferred in the third year of an integrated doctoral course

(with a standard course term of five years for which a doctoral degree is awarded to those who complete the course) at the graduate school of the Japanese university in autumn 2014 or spring 2015.

・The candidate must specialize in the field of natural science in the Japanese university.

・The candidate must not have arrived in Japan yet at thetime of filing an application to YSF. If the candidate wishes to enroll in autumn, he/she must have lived in a country within the scope of the Scholarship Grant for one year or more on an ongoing basis as of April 1, 2014. If the candidate wishes to enroll in spring, he/she must have lived in a country within the scope of the Scholarship Grant for one year or more on an ongoing basis as of October 1, 2014.

・ A candidate seeking to enroll in a master’s course must be no more than 30 years old and a candidate seeking to

enroll in the last three (3) years of a doctoral course must be no more than 35 years old as of April 1, 2014.