Apply! Scholarships At University of Tsukuba In Japan

University of Tsukuba offers a range of different University of Tsukuba Masters Scholarships Program for international students to help cover tuition fees or living costs for fall 2016 intake. Students from developing countries are eligible to apply for this scholarship.

Deadline
February 28th, 2018 (JST)

Programme
Master’s degree

Field
Economics Course, leading to the degree of Master of Arts in Economics and Public Policy Course leading to the degree of Master of Public Policy

Value
The University of Tsukuba Masters Scholarships Program benefits cover:
-Round trip air travel (economy class) between home country and Japan, plus a travel allowance of US$ 500 for each one-way trip
-Full tuition and fees
-A monthly living stipend
-National health insurance
-Other program expenses such as Japanese lessons, educational trips, internship etc.

Eligibility
To apply to JJ/WBGSP ( University of Tsukuba Masters Scholarships Program ) , applicant must:

-Be a national of a World Bank (WB) member country that is eligible to receive WB financing eligible developing country and not be a national of any country that is not eligible to receive the WB financing.
-Hold a Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent with superior academic achievement earned more than three (3) years before June 3rd 2017.
-Not have received any scholarship funding to earn a Graduate degree or its equivalent from any sources funded by the government of Japan
-Be employed in a paid and full time position at the time of Friday, June 3rd 2016 unless the applicant is from a country identified in the WB’s “Harmonized List of Fragile Situations.”
-Have, by the time of Friday, June 3rd 2017, at least three (3) years of recent full time paid professional experience acquired in development-related work after a Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in the applicant’s home country or in another developing country; If the applicant is from a country identified in the WB’s “Harmonized List of Fragile Situations” at the time of Friday, June 3rd 2016, the recent professional experience does not have to be full time or paid.
-Be under the age of forty-five 45 by June 3rd, 2018.
-Not be an Executive Director, his/her alternate, staff of the World Bank Group (the World Bank, International Development Association, International Finance Corporation, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, and International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes), or a close relative of the aforementioned
-Admitted to the University unconditionally only upon securing financing.

Application
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