72 students receive prestigious Monbukagakusho scholarship

The Jakarta Post | Tue, 03/31/2009 10:11 PM

As many as 72 students are set to leave for Japan on Wednesday after having been awarded the prestigious multi-discipline Monbukagakusho from the Japanese Ministry for Education, Science and Technology, kompas.com reported.

Forty eight of them will be following graduate studies, four will partake in the undergraduate program while the remaining 20 are on diploma programs.

Apart from receiving a tuition fee waive, students would receive a monthly allowance and a return ticket.

According to kompas.com, there are 1,791 Indonesian students currently studying in Japan, 690 of which are being paid for by the Japanese government.

Next year's scholarship application will be open to public after April this year. (amr)