Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Programme 2023-2025 (Fully-funed)

The Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Programme 2023–2025 is now accepting applications. The Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Programme (JJ/WBGSP) is open to nationals of specific developing nations who are submitting applications to master’s degree programs in development-related fields and who have relevant professional experience as well as a history of supporting their countries’ development efforts.

JJWBGSP offers scholarships for 45 Participating Master’s Programs at 27 institutions in the United States, Europe, Africa, Oceania, and Japan, subject to funding availability, in essential development fields such economic policy management, tax policy, and infrastructure management.

Scholarship:

The JJ/WBGSP scholarship provides the recipient with the following benefits:

• Economy class air travel between your home country and the host university at the start of
  your study programme and immediately following the end of the scholarship period. In
  addition to the two-way air travel, scholars will receive a US$500 travel allowance for each
  trip;
• Tuition for your graduate programme and the cost of basic medical insurance obtained
  through the university.
• While on campus during the scholarship period, a monthly subsistence allowance to cover
  all living expenses (accommodations, food, etc., including books). The amount of the
  allowance varies depending on the host country.

Eligibility:

Applicant must

• Be a national of a World Bank member developing country
• Not hold dual citizenship of any developed country;
• Be in good health;
• Hold a Bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree earned at least 3 years prior to the Application Deadline date;
• Have 3 years or more of recent development-related work experience after earning a
  Bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree;
• Be employed in development-related work in a paid full- time position at the time of
  submitting the scholarship application. Have at least 3 years of paid development-related
  employment since earning a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent university degree) and
  acquired within the past 6 years from the date of the Application Deadline.
• 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 participating
  master’s programmes located outside of the applicant’s country of citizenship and country
  of residence listed at the time the call for scholarship applications opens. The letter of
  admission must be uploaded before submitting your application.
• 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.

Selection Criteria:

The JJ/WBGSP uses the following process to review eligible scholarship applications from developing
country nationals, with the aim of identifying the candidates with the highest potential, after completion
of their graduate studies, to impact the development of their countries.
Two qualified assessors independently review each eligible application and score the application on a
scale of 1 to 10, taking into account four main factors and the degree of cohesion among them:

• Quality of Professional Experience (30% weight)
• Quality of Professional Recommendations (30% weight)
• Quality of Commitment to your Home Country (30% weight)
• Quality of Education Background (10% weight)

The JJ/WBGSP Secretariat uses the average score of the two assessors and the following criteria to select
the finalists:

• Maintaining a reasonably wide geographical distribution of awards
• Maintaining a reasonable distribution of awards across gender
• Unusual circumstances/hardships, when assessing the employment experience and other
  aspects of an application
• Giving scholarships to those applicants who, other things being equal, have limited access to
  financial resources for graduate studies abroad

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