Special graduate program [Infrastructure]
Admission
The program can accept students in two semesters, April or October enrollment. Students can admit with Japanese government scholarship (MEXT scholarship) or other scholarship or their private funding. Normally, there are six major methods of being admitted into the program.
They are:
- Admission with MEXT* (University Recommendation under the Special Program) Scholarship
- Admission with MEXT (Embassy Recommendation) Scholarship
- Admission with MEXT (University Recommendation, General) Scholarship
- Admission with JICA’s Scholarship (JDS, ABE Initiative, PEACE, JICA-FRIENDSHIP Project, etc.)
- Admission with candidate’s home country’s scholarship (Chinese Government Graduate Student Overseas Study Program, Indonesia government LPDP, other countries’ government scholarship)
- Admission with private funding for International Students
*MEXT: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan, Monbukagakusho
Necessary procedures to apply for admission for both master's or doctoral degree programs are as follows:
Other than this program, the Faculty of Urban Innovation offers Infrastructure Management Program (IMP), which is an all-English master program funded by the World Bank. For more information about IMP, please visit this website.
https://www.urban.ynu.ac.jp/english/all-english-program/imp/
1. Admission with MEXT Scholarship (University Recommendation under the Special Program)
Please visit the website below:
2. Admission with MEXT Scholarship (Embassy Recommendation)
MEXT Scholarship is also offered through the Japanese Embassy in the applicant's home country on a competitive basis, which is not restricted to Yokohama National University. A person who has an interest in can contact with Japanese Embassy in his/her home country.
For more information, please refer to this website:
https://global.ynu.ac.jp/en/admissions/mext_research-embassy/
3. Admission with MEXT (University Recommendation, General) Scholarship
University Recommendation is a type of selection that students are recommended to MEXT by the Japanese university which will accept you as a research student.
For more information, please refer to this website:
https://global.ynu.ac.jp/en/admissions/mext_research-university/
4. Admission with JICA’s Scholarship (ex. JDS, ABE Initiative, PEACE, JICA-FRIENDSHIP, JICA SDGs Global Initiatives, etc.)
JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) is providing various opportunities to study in the master and the doctor course in Japan. If a candidate wishes to study in this program with JICA’s scholarship, he/she must apply to the JICA’s program and select Yokohama National University as a university to wish to study at. The followings are the major JICA programs from which we have accepted students. For more detailed information, please refer to each program’s website.
The Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS)
Philippines, Uzbekistan: https://jds-scholarship.org/
Master's Degree and Internship Program of African Business Education Initiative for Youth (ABE Initiative)
Project for the Promotion and Enhancement of the Afghan Capacity for Effective Development (PEACE)
JICA-FRIENDSHIP Scholarship Program
JICA SDGs Global Initiatives
5. Admission with candidate’s home country’s scholarship (Chinese Government Graduate Student Overseas Study Program, Indonesia government LPDP, other countries’ government scholarship)
For the Chinese Government Graduate Student Overseas Study Program(国家建設高水平大学公派研究生項目：高水平), please refer to this website.
https://global.ynu.ac.jp/en/admissions/csc/
For other countries’ government scholarships, please select a professor whom you wish to be advised from the faculty list, and consult with the professor by sending an applicant's curriculum vitae, transcripts and certificates of previous degrees, study plan, and financial recourses. The prospective academic advisor will guide the procedure to be followed after evaluating the documents.
6. Admission with Private Funding for International Students
The International students can admit to both the master and the doctor course with their private funding or scholarship sources other than MEXT and JICA. The international student must select a professor whom you wish to be advised from the faculty list and consult with the professor by sending an applicant's curriculum vitae, transcripts and certificates of previous degrees, study plan, and financial recourses. The prospective academic advisor will guide the procedure to be followed after evaluating the documents. For more information, please refer to this website.
https://www.urban.ynu.ac.jp/english/prospective-students/index.html