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World Bank Scholarship Program, 2024-2025

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 LEVEL : Masters
 FUNDING : Fully Funded
 OPEN TO : Specific countries
STATUS : 67 Days left

Application for the 2024-2025 Japan and World Bank Scholarship Program for Developing Countries is now open. The Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) is open to citizens of developing countries with relevant professional experience and a history of supporting their countries’ development efforts who are applying for a Master’s degree program in a development-related topic.

Subject to available funding, JJWBGSP offers scholarships for 52 Participating Programs at universities in U.S., Europe, Africa, Oceania and Japan in key areas of development, including economic policy management, tax policy, and infrastructure management.

After earning their degree, developing countries scholars commit to return to their home country to use their new skills and contribute to their countries social and economic development. Only those who applied (or are applying) and get admitted to one of these 52 programs are eligible to apply for a JJWBGSP Scholarship in 2024.

Program Details

  • Host institution: Partner universities. Please check the full list below
  • Fields of study: Eligible Master Degree. Please check the full list below
  • Number of awards: Not specified.
  • Duration: Applicants program duration.
  • Target group: Open for candidates of eligible countries. Please check the Please check the full list below.

World Bank Scholarship Program Benefits

The Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship will provide selected applicants 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;
  • 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.

Eligible Countries for the World Bank Scholarship

The 2024 Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) is open for the citizens of the following countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo Rep., Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt Arab Rep., Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo,

Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St Lucia, St Vincent, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen, Republic of Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Japan and World Bank Scholarship Eligible Programs

*** Below is the complete list of JJWBGSP Participating Programs accepting applications under Window #1.

  1. University of Birmingham : MSc Conflict, State Building and Development
  2. University of Wisconsin-Madison : Educational Policy Studies
  3. University of California-Berkeley : Master of Development Practice
  4. Johns Hopkins : Master of Public Health

*** The following is the list of JJWBGSP Participating Programs accepting applications under Window #2.

  1. Australian National University
  2. Erasmus University Rotterdam-IHS
  3. Harvard University — Kennedy School of Government : Master of Public Administration in International Development
  4. IHE Delft Institute
  5. Keio University : Master in Taxation Policy and Management
  6. London School of Economics
  7. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) : Tax Course of the Public Finance Program
  8. Saitama University : International Graduate Program on Civil and Environmental Engineering
  9. SOAS University of London : MSc International Finance and Development
  10. Stanford University : Master in International Policy
  11. Université Clermont-Auvergne – FERDI : Master in Economic Policy Management
  12. University of Hong Kong : Master of Urban Design (MUD)
  13. University of Leeds
  14. University of Oxford
  15. University of Sussex
  16. University of Tokyo
  17. University of Tsukuba : Master’s Program in Economic and Public Policy
  18. Yokohama National University : Infrastructure Management Program (IMP)|Institute of Urban Innovation, Yokohama National University (ynu.ac.jp).

*** Below is the complete list of JJWBGSP Participating Programs accepting applications under Special Application Procedure. For these program, candidates must contact the hosting institution for detailed information on application process.

  1. Brandeis University, The Heller School for Social Policy and management
  2. Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs
  3. KIT-Vrije Universiteit : MS in Public Health and Health Equity.
    Application : please consult directly with KIT at [email protected] on how to apply for the JJ/WBGSP scholarship to study the MPH-HE
  4. Williams College : Master of Art in Policy Economics.
    Application : please consult directly with Williams College on how to jointly apply for the MA in Policy Economics and the JJWBGSP scholarship.

World Bank Scholarship Program Eligibility

To be considered for the Joint Japan/World Bank Scholarship (JJ/WBGSP), applicants must:

  1. Be a national of a World Bank member developing country (check the list above);
  2. Not hold dual citizenship of any developed country;
  3. Be in good health;
  4. Hold a Bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree earned at least 3 years prior to the Application Deadline date;
  5. 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. The only exception to this criterion is for developing country nationals from a country that is on the list of Fragile and Conflict States;
  6. 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 preferred university master’s programs located outside the applicant’s country of citizenship and country of residence. The letter of admission must be uploaded before submitting your application.
  7. Not be an Executive Director, his/her alternate, and/or staff of any 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.

Note : Individuals who have previously been offered a JJ/WBGSP scholarship but declined it, or have previously received a JJ/WBGSP scholarship but did not graduate, are not eligible to apply again. All eligibility criteria are strictly adhered to. No exceptions are made.

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How to Apply for the World Bank Scholarship Program

Interested candidates who would like to apply for this world bank scholarship program need to click on the “Apply” button below and follow the given instructions to submit their applications. Applicants should first submit their application for admission to one of the eligible programs at their chosen university.

Note : If you are not admitted to one of these 52 programs, you are not eligible to apply for a JJWBGSP Scholarship in 2024.

Application Window#1

From January 15, 2024 to February 29, 2024 at noon Washington time. Please click here to see the JJWBGSP Participating Programs accepting applications under Window #1.

Application Window #2

From March 25, 2024 to May 24, 2024 at noon Washington time. Please click here to see the JJWBGSP Participating Programs accepting applications under Window #2.

Note : Do not submit a JJ/WBGSP Scholarship Application until you have uploaded an unconditional letter of acceptance from a participating master’s degree program. You are, however, allowed to draft the application beforehand. Do not use a mobile phone to apply. You should use a desktop / laptop computer.

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7 Comments

  1. I am interested in a scholarship program for LLM as a holder of LLB and a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice in Uganda

  2. Thank you very much for this great opportunity that you have given us to applied to your organisation for this kind of great opportunity to study in one of your program, I’m a Liberian, I will be waiting to heard from you people as soon as possible.

  3. Merci beaucoup c’est vraiment très gentil de nous donner une opportunité d’aller étudier à l’étranger à travers cette bourse de la banque mondiale

  4. Thank you very much, World Bank Scholarship, for allowing us to Apply to study in other to develop our courtesy. that gives us a chance to study in one of your programs.

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