(Budget for FY 2010 35.5 billion yen)
(Budget for FY 2011 34.2 billion yen)

Background and Issue

○ The New Growth Stragety (Cabinet Decision) has decided to send300,000 Japanese students and workers  abroad as well as accept 300,000 talented studensts from overseas into Japan for studying and training.

○ It is necessary to actively support sending Japanese studentsabroad as well as accepting international students.

Proposal

Objective

○Promoting Two-way Student Exchange

 Launching new project in which students with less than 3 months exchange will be supported, in order to promote two-way international exchange. With this program, both Japanese students  and international students study hard in diverse environments so  that they will be expected to play an important role in the world.

○Promoting Public Relation Abroad and Preparing Foundation forAccepting International Students

 Promoting projects such as offering information and preparing the system by which applicants can finish necessary procedure for gettinginto universities in Japan(pre-arrival admission). Scholarship, housing, and job hunting are also to be supported.

○Scholarship for Japenese students studying abroad

 Supporting promising Japanese students who will get degrees and credits abroad.

Detail of the Project

◆ Public Relation Abroad 500 million yen (-100 million yen)

  • Japan Education Fair(17 events)
  • Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU, 17 venues abroad)

◆ Preparing Foundation for Accepting International Students

31,900 million yen (-2,300 million yen)

  • Scholarship for International Students

29,300 million yen (-1,900 million yen)

1Scholarships to the Japense Government Scholarship Students

(10,656 students) 19,700 million yen (-2,000 million yen)

2Honors Scholarship for Privately Financed International Students

(11,406 students) 7,200 million yen (-700 million yen)

3Exchange Program both for Accepting International Students andSending Japense Students Abroad for Short Term (for accepting international students)

2,500 million yen(+800 million yen)

  1. for 3 months to 1 year 1,300 million yen (-300 million yen)
    scholarship for short-term students based on inter-university agreement (1,600 students)
  2. short stay (less than 3 months) 1,100 million yen (new)
    scholarship for short-stay students based on inter-university agreement (7,000 students)
  • Securing Housing 1,000 million yen (-100 million yen)

Supporting leasing housing for the university (2,600 rooms)

JASSO International Houses (15 houses)

  • Supporting Job Hunting 10 million yen (-1 million yen)

Guidance for job hunting, seminars for international students' job hunting

◆ Promoting Japanese Students Studying Abroad

1,900 million yen(+1,100 million yen)

  • Exchange Program both for Accepting International Students and Sending Japense Students Abroad for Short Term (for sending Japanesestudents)
  1. for more than 1 year 200 million yen (+20 million yen)
    scholarship for students to get degrees abroad (100 students)
  2. for 3 months to 1 year   600 million yen (+100 million yen)
    scholarship for short-term students based on inter-university agreement (760 students)
  3. short stay (less than 3 months) 1,100 million yen (new)
    scholarship for short-visit students based on inter-university agreement (7,000 students)

Goal

Through promoting student exchage programs mentioned above, we aim to achieve the goal of The New Growth Stratetgy which is to send 300,000 Japanese students and workers abroad as well as accept 300,000 talented students from overseas into Japanfor studying and training until 2020.

(Office for Student Exchange, Student Support and Exchange Division, Higher Education Bureau)