Call for applications – opportunity for Syrian refugees to study a Master’s degree at a Japanese University

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Through the Japanese Initiative for the Future of Syrian Refugees (JISR), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is welcoming applications for post graduate studies in Japan for the academic year 2024-2025.

🔍To be considered, applicants must meet the following requirements:

• Be Syrian living in Lebanon and known to UNHCR,
• Hold a bachelor’s degree or be in the final year of an undergraduate program,
• Be between 22 and 39 years of age,
• Be proficient in English (written and oral communication).

📅 Deadline for submission of applications: 10 March 2024.

📌For more detailed information on eligibility criteria, how to apply, required documents, and available Japanese universities and research fields, click this link.

📩Apply now for this exciting opportunity!

Attention: Candidates are invited to submit their files in secured ‘drop boxes’ at UNHCR reception centers all over Lebanon. Youth residing in the south of Lebanon who are unable to reach the UNHCR office in Tyre, may instead submit their application at the UNHCR reception center in Mount Lebanon.

For trusted sources of information on services and assistance in Lebanon, please check the main page of the UNHCR Help Lebanon website.