World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program – Fully Funded

For the World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program 2024–2025, people can send in their applications. This is the start of the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) 2024 for students from developing countries around the world. There is a scholarship called the Joint Japan/World Bank Scholarship that will pay for your entire master’s degree at a well-known university. The students will go to the best colleges in the US, Europe, Africa, Oceania, and Japan. People from developing countries, both men and women, can apply.

The World Bank Scholarship offers 26 Preferred Programs for people who want to get their Master’s degree. The grant will pay for everything. The award lasts for two years.

Details of World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program

Offered by:	World Bank
Degree level:	Masters Degree
Scholarship coverage:	Fully Funded
Eligible nationality:	All Nationalities
Award country:	United States, Europe, Japan
Last Date:	24 May 2024

Financial Benefits

People from other countries can get a full scholarship through the World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program 2024–25 to finish their education in the US, Europe, Africa, Oceania, or Japan. Here are the specifics:

• Complete Tuition Fee
• Medical Coverage
• Take an economy-class flight from your home country to the local university. Plus an extra $500 for each trip.
• A monthly subsistence allowance to cover all of your living costs, like food, shelter, books, and other things.

The JJ/WBGSP scholarship does not cover

• The cost of applying for a VISA
• Costs of bringing and/or taking care of a scholar’s family;
• studies or training outside of school hours;
• Lessons that don’t count toward the minimum number of credits needed for the graduate degree;
• The graduate school does not offer language training;
• Extra trips during the study program;
• costs for things like study, extracurricular activities, field trips, workshops or seminars, internships, or buying school supplies like computers.
• Fee for a resident pass.

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About Joint Japan World Bank Scholarship

• Graduate scholarships from the World Bank are offered in more than 26 different fields of study.
• There are more than 33 universities in the US, Europe, Africa, Oceania, and Japan. You will go to school at one of the Partner Universities in the US, Europe, Africa, Oceania, or Japan.
• The scholarship will last for two years.

Available Fields of Study & Universities

Under the Joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program 2024–25, you can study a lot of different things. The link below takes you to a list of universities and fields. List of Universities & Fields of Study (Click Here).

Eligible Countries

Developing countries are eligible. Check Full List Click Here for List of Eligible Countries.

Eligibility Criteria

This is one of the main requirements for the World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program 2024–25.

• You must be a citizen of a poor country on this list that is a World Bank member.
• Do not have citizenship in two or more developed countries.
• Be in good health
• You must have gotten a Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent at least three years before the application deadline.
• Have at least three years of recent work experience in development after getting a Bachelor’s degree or a similar degree.
• Be working full-time in a job related to development at the time you send in your grant application. The only people who don’t have to follow this rule are developing country citizens from a country that is on the updated list of Fragile and Conflict States that is given to applicants in the Application Guidelines for each grant call.
• Before the scholarship application deadline, the applicant must be accepted into at least one of the JJ/WBGSP preferred university master’s programs for the next academic year, even if they don’t get funding. These programs must be located outside of the applicant’s home country and country of citizenship at the time the scholarship application opens. Before you send in your application, you must upload the letter of acceptance. Go to “How to Apply” for more information.
• Not work for the World Bank Group as an Executive Director, his or her alternate, or staff member of any kind. Also, they can’t be related to any of those people by blood or adoption. A “close relative” is someone who is a mother, father, sister, half-sister, brother, half-brother, son, daughter, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew.

Selection Process for World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program:

The JJ/WBGSP follows this process to look over scholarship applications from people from developing countries that are qualified. The goal is to find the applicants who have the most potential to help their countries develop after they finish their graduate studies.

Two qualified assessors look over each eligible entry on their own and give it a score between 1 and 10 based on four main factors and how well they fit together:

• Quality of Professional Experience (30% weight)
• Quality of Professional Recommendations (30% weight)
• Quality of Commitment to your Home Country (30% weight)
• Quality of Education Background (10% weight)

To choose the winners, the JJ/WBGSP Secretariat looks at the average score of the two judges along with the following factors:

How to Apply for World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program?

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Conclusion:

The World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program for 2024–2025 is a great chance for students from developing countries to get master’s degrees at well-known colleges around the world. The program pays for the students’ education, medical care, travel, and gives them a monthly stipend to live on. Those who want to apply must meet certain requirements and follow the steps given by the program.

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