Joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarships

• You are a Japanese national or you are a citizen from one of the developing countries;
• You do not hold a dual citizenship of a developed country;
• You are under the age of 45 on the application deadline date;
• You hold a bachelor degree (or its equivalent university degree) earned at least three years prior to the application deadline;
• You are in good health;
• You have at least 3 years of full-time paid development-related experience since earning a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent university degree). This development-related experience was gained within the past six years from the date of the application deadline;
• You are not employed by the government of Japan or its related agencies, including local governments and the Central Bank at the time of application;
• You are not an executive director, his/her alternate, and/or staff of all types of appointments 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;
• You have not received any scholarship funds from the government of Japan to help finance a graduate degree;
• You are accepted or currently enrolled into a graduate programme focused on poverty alleviation and shared prosperity in developing countries.

Please note: the requirements mentioned above might be different for nationals of developing countries. Make sure to check the JJWBGS website down below for more information.

Applicable to:

• Nationalities: Japanese, Citizens from developing countries
• Partcipating faculties: Institute for Housing and Urban Management (IHS) and International Institute for Social Studies (ISS) 
• Level of study: Master