Scholarships for Undergraduate Students in Japan on a University Exchange Programme

Most New Zealand Universities have formal exchange agreements with Japanese universities under which undergraduate students spend up to a year in Japan and have their study credited to their New Zealand qualification. This is an increasingly expensive exercise for New Zealand students and the scholarships available from Japan are less and less accessible.

The Sasakawa Exchange in Japan scholarships are for students travelling to Japan under one of these formal agreements, who have not been awarded a JASSO (formerly AIEJ) or similar scholarship.

There will be two rounds annually to accommodate the different, most common, departure dates of April and October. The size of the scholarship awarded to successful applicants will depend on the strength of their application, the length of their exchange and the level of other funding they have secured.

Applications close 28 February for Round 1 (departure in April) and 31 August for Round 2 (departure in October).

See below for reports and photos from current or past exchange students, including some useful tips for future exchangees.

• Aaron Gale (Victoria University, Wellington) at Doshisha University, Kyoto, 2010
• Mengxiao (Mina) Hu (University of Auckland) at Tokyo University, 2009 - 2010
• Ruby Chen (University of Auckland) at Keio University, Tokyo. 2009 - 2010
• Matthew Young (Victoria University, Wellington) at Meiji Gakuin, 2009
• Ben Sang (Auckland University) at Jouchi (Sophia) University, 2009
• Emily Lay (Auckland University) at Waseda University, 2009
• Haeyoon Cho (Auckland University) at Kyoto University, 2008
• Joyce Chiang (University of Waikato) at Senshu University, 2008
• Maggie Lam on exchange at at Akita International University (AIU), 2008
• Aaron Lassey (AUT) on exchange at Waseda University, 2008
• James Barker on exchange at Kanda University of International Studies, Chiba, 2008
  
• Helena Hu at Kanda University 2007-2008
• Merita Wi-Kaitaia at ICU, Tokyo 2007-2008
• Emma Voerman at Hirosaki University, 2007
• Jenny Chang (AUT) at Hirosaki University, 2007
• Megan McBride (University of Waikato) to Kansai Gaidai in Osaka, 2007
• Joseph Ellison, (AUT) at Kanda Gaigo Daigaku in Chiba, 2006
• Sean Adams, (Massey University) at Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, 2006
• Kaleb Uri-ke, (Canterbury University) at Bunkyo University, Saitama, 2006
• Philip Bruce (University of Waikato) at Kansai Gaidai, Osaka, 2006
• Hiwi Ashby (AUT) at Waseda University, 2006
• Jenny Wan (University of Waikato) at Kansai Gaidai 2006/2007
• Joyce Hung (Auckland University) at Hiroshima University, 2006
• Takeshi Kominami (Victoria University of Wellington) at Osaka University of Foreign Studies 2006-07

Click here for an application form.