Scholarships and Studying in Japan

The Japanese government provides governmental scholarships under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) to qualified Singapore citizens.








The Asian Youth Fellowship Program (AYP) is a scholarship programme that aims at nurturing human networking among ASEAN countries, Bangladesh and Japan. The AYF preparatory course that the scholarship holder will go through before entering Japanese Graduate School as a Monbukagakusho scholar is offered by The Japan Foundation. The AYF programme is open to university graduates in the region who wish to contribute to regional cooperation after obtaining a Master and/or Ph.D.