2024 - INPEX Foundation Scholarship

Status: Closed

Applications open: 27/07/2023
Applications close: 31/10/2023

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About this scholarship
Description/Applicant information

Disclaimer - This scholarship is made available and administered by INPEX Foundation and is not affiliated with Curtin.  You should contact INPEX for up to date information about the scholarship, and to apply.

An information session will be held Wednesday 9 August 2023 and will be delivered in person and online. For further details, please visit the UniHub website: https://unihub.curtin.edu.au/students/?s=event&ss=is&mode=form&id=f5302e141260bd1cdc5ddc1ea69496bc

Student type

• Current Students

Faculty

• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Science & Engineering
  • Science courses
  • Engineering courses
  • Western Australian School of Mines (WASM)

Course type

• Postgraduate coursework

Specifically for

• Curtin students wanting to study overseas

Citizenship

• Australian Citizen

Scholarship base

• Need Based
• Merit Based

Value

The schoalrship awarded includes the below:

• School expenses to be paid to the university such as entrance examination fee, entrance fee, tuition fee, etc. will be covered by the Scholarship. 
  
• Monthly payment of Yen 160,000 is given to each student to cover living expenses, including lodging expenses, medical expenses, transportation fee, internet access fee, books, etc. 
  • Commuter pass expenses are seperately covered by the Scholarship.
• Return air ticket (economy class from any major Australian capital city to Tokyo, Japan) will be covered by the Scholarship. All other expenses necessary for travelling such as passport acquisition fee, visa fee for entering Japan, etc. are to be covered by the students. 
• A scholarship is awarded for a total period of up to two years and eight months. 
  • The payment of the award will commence from the date mentioned in the notification of acceptance, and will end on the date 30 days after the day of completion of study or research, the date leaving Japan or the expiration of 2 years and 8 months, whichever occurs first. 
  • In case the date of commencement or termination of the scholarship award is in the middle of the month, full amount will be given if the balance of days is more than half month, and half amount if the balance of days is less than half month.

Scholarship Details
Maximum number awarded

2

Eligible courses

Those who have the aim to study and research a course of Natural Science or Cultural Science or Social Science in a Master’s program at a Japanese university

Eligibility criteria

All of the following conditions must be satisfied.  

• Those who have the nationality of the Commonwealth of Australia and are less than 30 years of age at the time of the submission of the application, and have an Undergraduate Degree from an Australian university with at least 16 years of school education and tertiary education, or equivalent academic background. 
• Those who have the aim to study and research a course of Natural Science or Cultural Science or Social Science in a Master’s program at a Japanese university, and were permitted or are expected to be permitted to enter the university.  
• Those who have excellent results of their studies at a university (cumulative GPA of undergraduate: more than 3 on a scale of 4 or more than 5 on a scale of 7).  
• Those who have been permitted to receive the scholarship of the FOUNDATION by their belonging institutes, universities or companies. 
• Those who have interest in the friendly relations between the Commonwealth of Australia and Japan and are prepared to contribute to the promotion of such relations.
• Those who had not or have not been awarded similar scholarships in Japan for the Program.

Application process

The application process is listed briefly below with more details in the attatched document:  "Announcement_of_Scholarships_2024_for_Australian_EA05"

• Applicants must complete the attatched form (APPLICATION FORM FOR SCHOLARSHIPS 2024.pdf), and email to the following address, along with a photograph (standard graphics format such as jpg, pdf, gif) taken within the last six months, shoulders and above without a hat: [email protected]
• Applicants must bring or send (by registered mail) other required application documents, with the description of “APPLICATION FOR SCHOLARSHIPS” on the envelope to the below address:
  INPEX Ichthys Pty Ltd 
  Level 22, 100 St Georges Terrace, 
  Perth, WA 6000, Australia
• Regarding the above, the following application documents must also be submitted:
  • Printed fixed forms (APPLICATION FORM FOR SCHOLARSHIPS 2024.pdf ) with signature on the last page.
  • Academic record issued by the university attended. 
  • Letter of Recommendation (LOR)
    • Confidential letter addressed to the FOUNDATION from either the president or the advisory professor at the graduated university, and/or from the present employer (if currently employed).
  • Certificate of Graduation - Graduation certificate issued by the university attended. 
  • Letter of Acceptance (LOA) - Confidential letter addressed to the FOUNDATION from the advisory professor at the Japanese university which an applicant wishes to enter. 
  • Personal History and Personal Data (Curriculum Vitae) 
  • Health certificate issued by Medical Doctor to confirm ability to pursue the Program. 
  • Certificate of Japanese language proficiency (JLPT), if any. 
    

The deadline for application is 31st October 2023. The email and the documents received with the postmark of the above date are also valid for application and accepted by the FOUNDATION. 

All documents received with the application form will not be returned to the applicants.

Enquiries

For further information please contact INPEX directly via the below:

Tel : +81-3-5572-0602 Fax : +81-3-5572-0603 
Web : https://www.inpex-s.com/en/

Useful Information

• Announcement of Scholarships 2024 for Australian EA05.pdf

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