by Scholarship Institution and 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.
Scholarship value/inclusions/duration:
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.
Host Institutions/Programs of study:
JJWBGSP offers scholarships for Participating Programs at universities in the U.S., Europe, Africa, Oceania, and Japan.
Benefiting Countries For the Scholarship Program
Developing country nationals of World Bank Member Countries.
Who is Qualified to Apply For The Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) 2022
To have a JJ/WBGSP application reviewed, applicants must fulfill the following two requirements:
Meet Eligibility Criteria: The applicant must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Be a national of a World Bank member country listed in Annex 1 of theseGuidelines.
- 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 noted in Annex 3.
- In these exceptional cases, we do take into consideration the limited employment opportunities in those countries listed in Annex 3.
- 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 master’s Programs listed on the JJ/WBGSP website and located outside of the applicant’s country of citizenship and country of residence.
You are not Eligible to Apply if you:-
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.
Application instructions :
a. Two recommendation letters, submitted online, from people who have direct
knowledge of the applicant’s professional work experience.
One completed Application Form (which includes an applicant’s agreement to
conditions stated on the Signature Page of the Application Form) that is written in either in English or the language of their master’s degree program.
(For example, a completed Application Form written in French by an applicant who is seeking a scholarship to attend a preferred university in the United Kingdom will not be reviewed).
Among other information, completing the Application Form includes uploading
scanned copies of:
(i) Documentation that proves the applicant meets the eligibility requirement
with regard to the number of years of recent development-related work.
(See FAQs for details regarding the extent and type of documentation
required to be uploaded).
(ii) The applicant’s Bachelor’s degree diploma, and if applicable, also the diploma
of the applicant’s most advanced graduate degree. (Do not include a
transcript, or upload a transcript as a substitute for diploma).
(iii) C.V. using the format provided in Annex 4 and written in English or the
language of the master’s degree program for which the applicant is seeking
JJWBGSP funding. If the work was not paid, do not include it in your CV.
Instead, you can create a category “Volunteer Work” in your CV and list
under that heading unpaid internships or other unpaid work.
(iv)unconditional (except for financing) Letter of Admission for the upcoming
academic year to the JJ/WBGSP participating master’s program:
- Which is among those listed on the JJ/WBGSP website;
- For which the applicant is seeking JJWBGSP funding; and
- That is located outside of the applicant’s country of citizenship and
country of residence.
(See Annex 5 for greater clarity with regard to what is meant by
“unconditional”.)
Application Deadline For the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP)
From 17 January 2022 to 28 February 2022 at noon Washington time
JJWBGSP Participating Programs accepting applications under Window #1
Application Window #2 (Second Batch)
From 29 March 2022 to 27 May 2022 at noon Washington time
JJWBGSP Participating Programs accepting applications under Window #2
It is important to visit the Application Guidelines official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.
Deadline:
28 Feb/27 May 2022 (annual), Study in Selected Countries.
