NEWS

October 31, 2024  update
The application for the 2025 scholarship program has been closed. NEW
August 1, 2024  update
Applications for the 2025 scholarship are now being accepted (deadline is October 31).
July 1, 2024  update
“2025 Scholarship Application Guidelines” and “Application Form for Scholarships 2025” have been released.
June 11, 2024  update
New Directors, Auditors and Councilors were assigned by the Board of Councilors.

Introduction

INPEX SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION (the Foundation) was established as nonprofit organization in Japan in March 1981 in order to promote mutual understanding, friendship and goodwill between Indonesia and Japan through an exchange of students by means of scholarship awards.

Commencing in 2022, the FOUNDATION is expanding its focus to include Australia and United Arab Emirates (UAE). Scholarships will be offered to promising Indonesian, Australian and UAE students who wish to study a Postgraduate University course in Japan.

General Information

Name INPEX SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
Date of Foundation March 26, 1981
Address 34th floor, Akasaka Biz Tower, Akasaka 5-3-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Donated Fund Jp¥861,742,900
President Director Toshiaki Kitamura

Characteristics

We select our Scholarship Students from applicants while they are still residing in the home country. Many other Japanese scholarship foundations, conversely, choose their students from the applicants who are already living or studying in Japan.

Our Foundation assists a successful candidate to obtain a student visa while he/she is still in the home country and assists to secure lodgings when he/she arrives in Japan.

Our Scholarship covers a fixed monthly amount for living expenses, commuting pass to and from the place of study, and admission and tuition expenses for Japanese language schools and Japanese universities.
Foreign students probably know that an increasing number of graduate schools in Japan are providing classes in English language, however, the importance of studying Japanese language should not be ignored. Therefore, the Foundation encourages and supports our scholarship students to study Japanese language.

For Japanese Scholarship Students, our Foundation has, since its inception, consistently assisted the students with their studies exclusively in Indonesia. From 2023, in addition to Indonesia, the students want to study in Australia or the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will also be eligible for scholarships.

Overview

Details of the Scholarship Program is given in our “2025 Scholarship Application Guidelines for Indonesian” , “2025 Scholarship Application Guidelines for Australian” , “2025 Scholarship Application Guidelines for UAE” and “Application Form for Scholarships” .

Summary is as follows:

For Indonesian Scholarship Students

Requirement for Application Indonesian national, living in Indonesia/ age less than 30/ 16 or more years of school education/ have a SARJANA Degree in natural science from a prestigious Indonesian university with GPA 3.00 or more/ aiming to study and research natural science in a master’s program of university in Japan.
Number of Scholarship Students maximum Three(3).
Scholarship to be paid by Foundation – All school expenses to be paid to the university in Japan (entrance examination fee/ entrance fee/ tuition fee/ etc.).
– Monthly award Yen.160,000.-
– Commuter pass expenses in Japan.
– Air ticket (Indonesia-Japan round trip, economy class), one time only.
Duration of Award payment maximum 2 years 8 months.

For Australian Scholarship Students

Requirement for Application Australian national/ age less than 30/ 16 or more years of school education/ Undergraduate Degree form an Australian university with GPA 3 or more (GPA 5 or more on a scale of 7) / aiming to study and Natural Science or Cultural Science or Social Science in a master’s program of university in Japan.
Number of Scholarship Students maximum Two(2).
Scholarship to be paid by Foundation – All school expenses to be paid to the university in Japan (entrance examination fee/ entrance fee/ tuition fee/ etc.).
– Monthly award Yen.160,000.-
– Commuter pass expenses in Japan.
– Air ticket (Australia-Japan round trip, economy class), one time only.
Duration of Award payment maximum 2 years 8 months.

For UAE Scholarship Students

Requirement for Application UAE national/ age less than 30/ 16 or more years of school education/ Undergraduate Degree form a university in the UAE with GPA 3.00 or more/ aiming to study and Natural Science or Cultural Science or Social Science in a master’s program of university in Japan.
Number of Scholarship Students maximum Two(2).
Scholarship to be paid by Foundation – All school expenses to be paid to the university in Japan (entrance examination fee/ entrance fee/ tuition fee/ etc.).
– Monthly award Yen.160,000.-
– Commuter pass expenses in Japan.
– Air ticket (UAE-Japan round trip, economy class), one time only.
Duration of Award payment maximum 2 years 8 months.

For Japanese Scholarship Students

Requirement for Application Japanese national/ age less than 35/ have a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in a prestigious university in Japan/ aiming to study and research a course of cultual science, social science or natural science in Indonesia or in Australia or in UAE.
Number of Scholarship Students few students, research in Indonesia
few students, research in Australia
few students, research in UAE
Scholarship to be paid by Foundation – Monthly award Yen 150,000.-
– Air ticket, Japan-Indonesia (or Australia, or UAE), economy class, one time only.
Duration of Award payment maximum 2 years.

Guidelines & Applicantion Form

Schedule for Accepting Scholarship Students

Schedule for  Accepting Scholarship Students Schedule for  Accepting Scholarship Students