Masters Degree
Deadline: 12 Apr 2018 (annual)
Study in: selected Countries
Course starts AY 2018-2019
Brief description:
The Joint
Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) is open to
women and men from developing countries with relevant professional
experience and a history of supporting their countries’ development
efforts who are applying to a master degree program in a
development-related topic.
JJWBGSP offers scholarships for over 200 Preferred Programs (.xlsx 49 KB) spanning a wide array of development topics and for 14 Partner Programs (.xlsx
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development, including economic policy management, tax policy, and
infrastructure management.
A JJWBGSP scholarship provides tuition, a monthly living stipend, round-trip airfare, health insurance, and travel allowance.
Please note all JJ/WBGSP scholarships cover the duration of the graduate program or two years, whichever is less.
The applicant must meet the following eligibility criteria:
• Be a national of a World Bank member developing country;
• Not hold dual citizenship of a developed country;
• Be in good health;
• Hold a Bachelor (or equivalent) degree earned at least 3 years prior to the Application Deadline date;
• Have 3 years or more of recent development-related experience after earning a Bachelor (or equivalent) degree;
• Be employed in
development-related work in a paid full- time position at the time of
submitting the scholarship application. The only exception to this
criterion is for developing country nationals from a country that will
be on the updated list of Fragile and Conflict States provided to
applicants in the Application Guidelines for each call for scholarships.
• On or before the
Scholarship Application Deadline date, be admitted unconditionally
(except for funding) for the upcoming academic year to at least one of
the JJ/WBGSP preferred university master’s programs and located outside
of the applicant’s country of citizenship and country of residence
listed at the time the call for scholarship applications open.
• Not be an
Executive Director, his/her alternate, and/or staff of any type of
appointment of the World Bank Group or a close relative of the
aforementioned by blood or adoption with the term “close relative”
defined as: Mother, Father, Sister, Half-sister, Brother, Half-brother,
Son, Daughter, Aunt, Uncle, Niece, or Nephew.
For scholarships to one of the preferred master’s programs,
you must first apply and be unconditionally accepted for admissions to
one or more of the Preferred Program(s) to be considered for a JJ/WBGSP
scholarship. To apply, you must follow the 2018 JJ/WBGSP Application Guidelines. The call for applications is open from 22 February to 12 April 2018.
For scholarships to one of the partner master’s programs,
you must apply for admission to one or more of the Partner Masters
Degree Program(s). After reviewing submitted applications, each Partner
Master Degree Program will identify a short list of eligible candidates
who will then be invited by the JJ/WBGSP Secretariat to apply for a
JJ/WBGSP scholarship. Inquiries on how to submit an admissions
application to a partner program should be submitted to the respective
university.
It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.
click here to apply