What Scholarship Recipients Say:

"Funding: Full research scholarship support (tuition support and the standard MEXT benefits, including a monthly stipend and support for travel/visa/accommodation as applicable through the scholarship route). The important part for me was that it covered the core costs and allowed me to focus on research."

MEXT (Monbukagakusho) Research Student Scholarship Research in Clinical Neuroscience (MEXT Research Student)

— Lubanda (Luyando) Hamweendo

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"I identified supervisors whose research aligned with my interests and read their recent papers thoroughly. I wrote a clear research proposal and a strong statement of purpose showing why Japan and Kyoto University were the right fit. I prepared and gathered supporting documents early: transcripts, recommendation letters, a polished CV, and any required certificates."

MEXT (Monbukagakusho) Research Student Scholarship Research in Clinical Neuroscience (MEXT Research Student)

— Lubanda (Luyando) Hamweendo

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"My time at Kyoto University has been intellectually stimulating. The research environment is rigorous, with regular meetings, strong mentorship, and multidisciplinary collaboration. Supervisors and lab members have been supportive; the international student office provides practical help with visa, housing, orientation, and every other thing that I needed to do."

MEXT (Monbukagakusho) Research Student Scholarship Research in Clinical Neuroscience (MEXT Research Student)

— Lubanda (Luyando) Hamweendo

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Kyoto University Scholarship Recipients

Lubanda (Luyando) Hamweendo

Research in Clinical Neuroscience

Zambia

MEXT Scholarship

Lubanda (Luyando) Hamweendo from Zambia is a mental health clinician and researcher currently pursuing research in clinical neuroscience at Kyoto University, Japan, under the MEXT (Monbukagakusho) Research Student Scholarship. With over five years of clinical experience and contributions to Zambia’s first national mental health treatment guidelines, he stood out for his leadership, clinical insight, and research proposal on the long-term use of neuroleptics in children. The MEXT Scholarship provides full funding, including tuition, stipend, and travel support, enabling him to focus entirely on his research.

Read his story to discover how he secured this fully funded MEXT Research Student Scholarship.

About the Author: Hyun Lee

Hi! I am Hyun, and I am the founder at Global Scholarships. I've received a full-tuition scholarship at Birmingham-Southern College and a $1,000 Burger King Scholarship for my undergraduate degree and was offered a fully funded scholarship consisting of tuition, living stipend, and health insurance for computer science Ph.D. program at North Carolina State University. You can read more about my scholarship journey here. If you are interested, you can follow me on Linkedin where I regularly write about scholarships.