Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program



Brief description:


The Joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) sponsors students from developing countries to pursue one of the preferred and partner masters programs at participating Universities around the world.
JJ/WBGSP scholars must commit to returning home to their country upon graduation in order to use their enhanced knowledge and skills towards their community’s, country’s, or region’s development.

Host Institutions/Programs of study:

Preferred master’s programs and Partner master’s programs associated with this scholarship.

Target group:


Developing country nationals

Scholarship value/inclusions/duration:

The scholarship is fully funded and provides the following benefits for the recipient only: tuition for the graduate program, monthly subsistence allowance, economy class air travel, and basic medical insurance. See the complete list of benefits at this link.
Please note all JJ/WBGSP partner and preferred masters programs are 2 years or less and the scholarship covers the duration of the program.

Eligibility:



The applicant must meet the following eligibility criteria:
  • Be a national of a World Bank member country eligible to borrow.
  • Not be a dual citizen of any developed country.
  •  Be under the age of 45 on the Application Deadline date.
  • Not be an Executive Director, his/her alternate, and/or staff of all types of appointments of the World Bank Group.
  • Hold a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent university degree) earned before 2013.
  •  Have at least 3 years of development-related experience since earning a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent university degree) and within the past six years from the date of the Application Deadline.
  • Have been accepted unconditionally (except for funding) to enroll in the upcoming academic year in one of the JJ/WBGSP preferred university master’s programs listed on the JJ/WBGSP website, and located outside of the applicant’s country of citizenship and country of residence.
  • Be in good health, with respect to the capacity to be a productive scholar on a continuous full-time basis for the duration of the master’s program, as certified by a medical doctor less than 3 months before the start of the master’s program.
  • Not received any scholarship funding to earn a Graduate degree or its equivalent from any other sources funded by the government of Japan.

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