Embassy of Japan began offering scholarships for Indonesian students wishing to study at Japanese universities as research students in the 2009 school year in accordance with the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship program.
Grantee Anyone who wishes to join the regular graduate course (master course, the course or doctoral graduate professional course) after studying research as a student or move from the master course or a graduate professional course doctoral course, must pass an entrance examination by interested universities.
Applicants must have the following qualifications (among others):
- Applicants must have been born on or after April 2, 1974
- Applicants must have received from their university a GPA of 3.0 or higher or must have achieved a total score of 260 or higher in 2 subjects (except the subject of “Japanese”) in the Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU).
- a minimum TOEFL score of 550 or equivalent or The Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 2 or higher.


