Deadline: 29 February 2024
Registration is now open for the Japan/World Bank Joint Graduate Scholarship Programme 2024 . The JJ/WBGSP is open to citizens of certain developing countries with relevant professional experience and a track record of supporting their country's development efforts who are applying for a master's programme in a development-related topic.
Subject to available funding, the JJ/WBGSP offers scholarships for 52 participating master's programmes at 27 universities in the USA, Europe, Africa, Oceania and Japan in key areas of development, including economic policy management, fiscal policy and infrastructure management.
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Scholarships
The grant offers the beneficiary the following benefits:
- Air travel in economy class between your home country and the host university at the beginning of your study program and immediately after the end of the scholarship period. In addition to round-trip airfare, scholarship recipients will receive a travel allowance of US$$ 500 for each trip;
- Tuition fees for your postgraduate programme and the cost of basic medical insurance obtained by the university.
- While on campus during the scholarship period, a monthly living allowance to cover all living expenses (accommodation, food, etc., including books). The amount of the allowance varies depending on the host country.
Please note that all JJ/WBGSP scholarships cover the duration of the postgraduate programme or two years, whichever is shorter.
Eligibility
- Be a citizen of a developing country that is a member of the World Bank. list ;
- Do not hold dual citizenship of any developed country;
- Be in good health;
- Hold a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) obtained at least 3 years before the application deadline;
- To be employed in development-related work in a paid, full-time position at the time of submitting the scholarship application. To have at least 3 years of paid development-related employment since obtaining a bachelor's degree (or equivalent university degree) and acquired within the last 6 years from the application deadline.
- By the deadline for applying for a scholarship, be unconditionally admitted (except for funding) for the next academic year to at least one of the following master's programmes participating in the JJ/WBGSP located outside the applicant's country of citizenship and country of residence listed at the time the call for scholarship applications opens. The admission letter must be uploaded before sending the scholarship application.
- Not be an Executive Director, his/her deputy and/or an employee of any kind 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.
- Individuals who have already received a JJ/WBGSP scholarship but turned it down, or who have already received a JJ/WBGSP scholarship but did not graduate, are not eligible to apply again.
Selection process
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The JJ/WBGSP uses the following process to analyse eligible scholarship applications from citizens of developing countries, with the aim of identifying candidates with the greatest potential, after completing their postgraduate studies, to impact the development of their countries.
Two qualified reviewers independently analyze each eligible application and rate it on a scale of 1 to 10, taking into account four main factors and the degree of cohesion between them:
- Quality of Professional Experience (weight 30%)
- Quality of Professional Recommendations (weight 30%)
- Quality of Commitment to your Country of Origin (weight of 30%)
- Background to Education Quality (weight 10%)
The JJ/WBGSP Secretariat uses the average score of the two evaluators and the following criteria to select the finalists:
- Maintain a reasonably wide geographical distribution of premiums
- Maintain a reasonable distribution of prizes between genders
- Unusual circumstances/difficulties when assessing professional experience and other aspects of an application;
- Award scholarships to candidates who, on equal terms, have limited access to financial resources for postgraduate studies abroad.
Application
Read enrolment guidelines before starting your enrolment.
