Are you interested in learning the Japanese language? Although there are many other learning resources you can find online such as Duolingo, Minato JP, etc., learning in a classroom environment can make you become more motivated and encourages participation. So here are places you can study Japanese in Brunei!
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In my previous post, I explained about the MEXT Scholarship, but just in case you want to know more about it, I’ll explain it here! Of course, the very full details are already explained on the Japan Study website so please definitely check that out first. Ever since I received the scholarship, I get quite a lot of questions so I am going to attempt to answer those questions here as well. Please note that I will only be answering questions related to graduate/research students as I am not familiar with other levels.
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Here, I will share my experiences and the processes I went through before and after I got the scholarship to study in Japan. I have been granted MEXT Scholarship 2023 (otherwise known as Monbukagakusho, or Japanese Government Scholarship) to study at Sophia University, so I decided to create this post to help other applicants who are also interested in studying in Japan, or maybe perhaps use this as a guideline. Hopefully, it can also help future applicants to avoid mistakes and know what to expect.
*Disclaimer: This post is by far have no mean to cause any offense to anyone. I am simply just sharing my experiences and what I’ve been through. My intention is to help future applicants, and also to give some insights about the MEXT Scholarship. At the same time I hope many Bruneians are encouraged to apply and study in Japan! Please let me know if I should take down this post if there are misinformations. By all means, this is just my experience, and it might not be the same case as everyone around the world since I am applying from Brunei.
In case you have never heard about MEXT Scholarship, it is a full-ride scholarship offered by Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) to international students who wish to study in Japanese universities. The scholarship includes a monthly stipend allowance of around BND$1,500 or JPY¥144,000 for postgraduates, education fees, and traveling expenses (return economy-class airline ticket). So to say, it is a prestigious scholarship with a lot of benefits. You may refer to the previous application guidelines and get access to the application documents from MEXT’s website here. Always check with your embassy for the updated application documents as the link I provided was from MEXT 2023. This is the website link to the Embassy of Japan in Brunei.
I applied as a “Research Student” (Master’s Degree at a Graduate School) via the Embassy Recommendation track, so I will only be explaining it in this post. There are also different types of scholarships under MEXT, and you can check them out here. So before I start, below is the process of application and the selection chart when applying for the scholarship – which I extracted from the application guidelines.
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