Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)

Who can apply · Science graduates with a bachelor's or master's degree (or finishing one before enrolment) who want a fully funded, English-taught PhD in Japan. OIST says its funding applies regardless of nationality, so Tunisian applicants compete on the same terms as everyone else.

Full tuition + research assistantship from about 2.6 million JPY a year · OIST covers full tuition and pays a research assistantship of approximately 2.6 million yen a year (taxable) in the first year, rising with academic progress to about 3.6 million yen. Conference and educational travel is budgeted separately, and students have Gakkensai accident and liability insurance.

Deadline · 15 November 2026, 23:59 Japan time (JST, UTC+9) — Admissions Workshop 2027 round