The World Bank Group has launched the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) to support citizens of certain 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.
Subject to available funding, JJWBGSP offers scholarships for 26 Participating Programs at universities in US, Europe, Africa, Oceania and Japan in key areas of development, including economic policy management, tax policy, and infrastructure management.
Benefits
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 program 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 program 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 Criteria
The applicant must meet the following eligibility criteria:
Be a national of a World Bank member country.
Not be a dual citizen of any developed country.
On or after the date of the call for scholarship applications opens, not be an Executive Director, his/her alternate, and/or staff of any type of appointment (including temporary and consultant) of the World Bank Group (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Development Association, International Finance Corporation, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, and International Center for Settlements of Investment Disputes), or not be 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.
Hold a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent university degree) earned at least three years before the date of the Application Deadline.
Have at least three years of paid development-related employment since earning a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent university degree) and acquired within the past six years from the date of the Application Deadline.
The only exception to this criterion is for developing country nationals from a country that is on the list of Fragile and Conflict States.
On or before the Scholarship Application Deadline date, have been admitted unconditionally (except for funding) for the upcoming academic year to at least one of the JJ/WBGSP Participating Programs and located outside of the applicant’s country of citizenship and country of residence.
Note:
It is up to the Applicant to determine if she/he is eligible given her/his circumstances. The JJ/WBGSP Secretariat will not make that determination for you.
Individuals currently studying in a JJ/WBGSP Participating Program are NOT eligible to receive a JJ/WBGSP scholarship.
Deadline: May 27, 2022
For more information, visit World Bank Group.
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