Malaysian Students in Japan

1.Number of Malaysian Students in Japan

There are 3 types of Malaysian Students studying in Japanese Universities and Colleges; students under the Japanese Government Scholarship, those under the Malaysian Government Scholarship, and privately funded students.
At present (as of May 1996), 2,189 Malaysian students are studying in Japan. (Table 1)

Table 1. Number of Malaysian Students in Japan

year	Japanese Government Scholarship	Malaysian Government Scholarship	Private Students	Total
1985	109	116	410	635
1986	135	227	532	896
1987	165	315	640	1,120
1988	197	355	649	1,201
1989	232	395	683	1,310
1990	254	446	844	1,544
1991	262	492	988	1,742
1992	252	572	1,110	1,934
1993	254	600	1,251	2,105
1994	270	775	1,231	2,276
1995	287	872	1,071	2,230
1996	299	1,004	886	2,189
1997	324	1,194	610	2,128
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002

2. The Japanese Government Scholarship (Monbusho Scholarship)

There are several different types of Japanese Government Scholarship, depending upon the courses Malaysian students take.
1,024 Malaysian students have been sent by this scholarship so far.
The number of Malaysian students sent to Japan on a year-by-year basis (Table 2)

Table 2. Number of Malaysian Students sent by Monbusho Scholarship
(on a year-by-year basis)

	Under - graduate	Research	Teacher Training	College of Technology	Senshu - Gakko	Total
1988	14	20	11	5	7	57
1989	15	25	11	5	8	64
1990	17	27	10	5	7	66
1991	17	27	2	5	8	59
1992	21	25	5	5	8	64
1993	22	27	6	1	4	60
1994	19	27	5	3	3	59
1995	21	27	3	1	6	58
1996	18	27	4	2	8	62
1997	18	31	3	6	9	57
1998	18	16	-	4	5	43
Total	385	431	115	62	78	1,077

3. The Malaysian Government Scholarship

Since 1983, the Malaysian Government has sent 2,410 Malaysian students under the Look East Policy.
Now 4 preparatory Education Centers exist in Malaysia where Malaysian students undergo preparatory education before going on to study in Japan; they are Ambang Asuhan Jepun of Universiti Malaya (Undergraduate Program), Pusat Persediaan Kajian Teknikal Ke Jepun of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (College of Technology Program), Japanese Matriculation Center (Yayasan Pelajaran MARA), and Look East Policy Program of Institute Teknologi MARA (Japanese Language Course).
The number of students sent under the program are as follows (Table 3).

Table 4. Number of students sent by Malaysian Government Scholarship
(on a year-by-year basis)

	Under - graduate	Under - graduate (YPM)	Medicine	Japanese Language	College of Technology	Total
1983	-	-	-	-	24	24
84	(10) 39	-	-	-	28	67
85	(10) 45	-	-	-	30	75
86	(10) 64	-	-	-	29	93
87	(10) 79	-	-	-	30	109
88	(10) 81	-	-	-	30	111
89	(10) 84	-	-	-	29	113
90	(10) 81	-	2	10	50	143
91	(10) 88	-	2	10	65	165
92	(10) 104	-	2	12	78	196
93	(10) 114	-	-	15	0	129
94	(10) 135	-	-	20	92	247
95	(10) 123	58	-	17	89	287
96	(10) 128	76	-	14	88	306
97	(10) 145	94	-	10	96	345
98	(10) 147	43	-	6	94	290
Total	(150)1,457	269	6	114	852	2,689