Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) (2024)

What you get

Full tuition and fees, a monthly living stipend, round-trip air tickets and travel allowance.

Type of award

Full fee waiver and maintenance award

Funding type

Partnership

Eligibility

To be nominated for the scholarship, offer holders must have an unconditional offer for one of the following Masters at Sussex:

• Climate Change, Development and Policy
• Environment, Development and Policy
• Food and Development
• Migration and Global Development

To be eligible for the scholarship, the World Bank require applicants to:

• Be a national of one of the eligible countries as set out by the World Bank
• Not hold dual citizenship of a developed country
• Hold a Bachelors (or equivalent) degree earned at least 3 years prior to application deadline
• 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 (for guidance for applicants from Fragile and Conflict States please see Annex 3 of the Application Guidelines)
• Not be an Executive Director, his/her alternate, and/or staff of any type 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
• Be employed in development-related work in a paid full-time position at the time of submitting the scholarship application
• 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 participating master’s program

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.

Further application guidelines are available on the JJ/WBGSP website.

Number of scholarships available

1

Deadline

How to apply

Eligible offer holders can submit a request to be nominated by the University of Sussex to the World Bank. 

Please note, this is not an application to the scheme. The University will use the information submitted here to shortlist nominees to apply for the scholarship. Shortlisted appliants will be sent the formal application form in March 2024.

Sponsors

Established in 1987 with funding from the Government of Japan, the World Bank Joint Japan Graduate Scholarship Program has helped create an international community of highly trained professionals working in economic and social development through financing of graduate and postgraduate studies.

The World Bank administers the Scholarship Programs through the Learning Leadership and Innovation (LLI). Policy guidance for the Program is provided by a Steering Committee comprised of three Executive Directors and five managers of the Bank. A Secretariat for day-to-day administration is maintained within LLI.

Contact us

scholarships@sussex.ac.uk

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Timetable

Nomination applications are open between 1st February and 24th March 2024. Offer holders can rcomplete the 'Expression of Interest' form on this page. 

Eligible, shortlisted offer holders will be contacted by the Scholarships Office in March and invited to submit a formal application.

Nominated offer holders will be able to apply directly to the World Bank between 25th March and 24th May 2024.

World Bank selected scholars will be notified during June 2024.

Terms and conditions

Eligibility criteria are set by the Joint Japan/World Bank administration, not the University of Sussex. As limited number of nominations are available, the University may close applications earlier than the published deadline.