GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP FOR JAPANESE WOMEN TO STUDY ABROAD (SA)
4 Scholarships, ¥3.0 Million each
The SA Program supports graduate study at English-speaking universities and research institutions abroad for women who are nationals or special permanent residents of Japan.
Eligibility Requirements
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Applicants must be women who are nationals or special permanent
residents of Japan, living in Japan from the time of application
until the end of March 2009. Individuals currently
studying or living abroad are ineligible. All CWAJ scholarship applicants are required to be living in Japan at the time of their application. We regret, therefore, that we are unable to accept any applications from outside Japan. |
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Applicants must have graduated with a degree from a Japanese university (4 year course) by the end of March 2009. |
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Applicants must submit a TOEFL score of at least 570 (CBT 230, IBT 88) if applying for a graduate degree in the natural sciences, math, medicine or engineering, and 600 (CBT 250, IBT 98) if applying for a degree in any other field. The TOEFL must have been taken after October 1, 2006. Instead of a TOEFL score, applicants may submit an IELTS score, taken after October 1, 2006, of at least 6.5 if applying for a graduate degree in the natural sciences, math, medicine or engineering, and 7.0 if applying for a degree in any other field. |
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Applicants must be accepted in a graduate degree program at an accredited, English-speaking university or research institution abroad by April 10, 2009 for the 2009-2010 academic year and start within the year 2009. |
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Applicants who have studied abroad at the college level in an English-speaking institution for more than a total of two (2) academic years are ineligible. |
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Holders of scholarships greater than ¥1.0 million from any other scholarship foundation or from company scholarship programs (kigyo ryugaku) are ineligible. Financial aid and awards from the university where the applicant will study will be taken under consideration for exception from this limitation. |
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Former recipients of CWAJ awards and members of CWAJ are ineligible. |
Obtaining the Application
Application forms are available only from the CWAJ website. The forms are in PDF format. You need Acrobat Reader 5 to read and print the downloaded forms. If you do not have the reader installed on your computer, you can download it free of charge by clicking here.
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Download the SA Scholarship Application Form
Submitting
the Application
-Application submission by e-mail is NOT acceptable.
-All applications must be in writing and in English.
-Do not send by
yubin kakitome
(registered mail) or
takkyubin.
-PERIOD OF ACCEPTANCE:
Applications must be postmarked on or between
Monday,
September 1 and
Wednesday, September 24,
2008.
-Completed applications
must be mailed to the address below:
CWAJ SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
SA PROGRAM
CWAJ Center
2-24-13-1202 Kami-Osaki,
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021
-Incomplete or late applications will not be considered. Extra documents will be disregarded.
-No documents will be returned.
Interviews and Selection
Interviews of the finalists will be held in Tokyo. Candidates should
plan to be available during the month when interviews are being held
and will be notified at least two weeks in advance if they have been
selected for an interview. The interview will be conducted in
English. Applicants will be notified of the results in writing.
CWAJ reserves the right to make its own selections and does not
enter into any discussion of its decisions.
For more information about the scholarship program, please send your inquiry in English or Japanese only to scholarship@cwaj.org