Global GatewaysResearch Students (University Recommendation)
University Recommendation is a system through which our university nominates candidates to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).For research students applying through university recommendation, there are three categories: the General Category, the Special Program Category, and the “Strengthening the Network Functions for Promoting Study in Japan” Category, which is limited to students from the North Africa and Middle East regions.
General Category/Strengthening the Network Functions for Promoting Study in Japan Category
If you wish to be recommended under the “General” category, please contact the Student Affairs Division of your respective graduate school. Each graduate school will handle the recruitment and selection process to determine the candidates to be recommended by the university. Those selected as candidates will be recommended by the university to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), which will select the final recipients in mid-June (tentative). (Therefore, even if you are recommended by the university, there is no guarantee that you will be selected.) The departure for Japan is normally scheduled for the end of September.Special Program
For “Special Program” category, each of the following programs accepts applications and conduct the screening respectively. See the admission schedule and selection method on the website of the program, and contact them directly for any inquiries. The selected candidates are recommended to MEXT from the university, and MEXT conducts a screening and selects scholarship grantees at the end of June (tentative). The grantees normally arrive in Japan in the end of September.●The Graduate School of Law
An interdisciplinary education program of law and politic-al science to address “Cultural Conflict” from the perspective of Mobility, Memory, and Machine
●The Graduate School of Dental Science
MENA Oral Health Leadership Development and Sustainable Exchange Program: Kyushu University Global Dental Education Initiative
●The Graduate School of Engineering
International Course for Sustainable Environmental Engineering
●The Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences
Intellectual Exchange and Innovation Program (IEI Program)
※The Graduate School of Engineering and the Graduate School of Biological Resources and Environmental Sciences plan to submit applications for new programs for students entering in October 2027, and the results of these applications are expected to be announced around November.