স্নাতকোত্তরে স্কলারশিপ নিয়ে বিশ্বের বিভিন্ন বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে পড়ার সুযোগ দিচ্ছে জাপান ও বিশ্বব্যাংক। ‘জয়েন্ট জাপান ওয়ার্ল্ড ব্যাংক গ্র্যাজুয়েট স্কলারশিপ’ এর আওতায় শিক্ষার্থীরা এ বৃত্তি পাবেন। বিশ্বব্যাংকের তালিকাভুক্ত উন্নয়নশীল দেশগুলোর শিক্ষার্থীরা এ স্কলারশিপের জন্য আবেদন করার সুযোগ পাবেন। আগ্রহীরা এ মাসের ২৬ তারিখ পর্যন্ত আবেদন করতে পারবেন।

এ স্কলারশিপের আওতায় অক্সফোর্ড বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, লন্ডন স্কুল অব ইকোনমিকস, হার্ভার্ড বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, ইউনিভার্সিটি অব টোকিও, ইউনিভার্সিটি অব লিডস, ইউনিভার্সিটি অব সাসেক্স ও স্ট্যানফোর্ড বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়সহ বিশ্বের ১৯টি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে পড়ার সুযোগ মিলবে।

জয়েন্ট জাপান ওয়ার্ল্ড ব্যাংক গ্র্যাজুয়েট স্কলারশিপের সম্পূর্ণ টিউশন ফি, বিমানে আসা-যাওয়ার খরচ, মাসিক উপবৃত্তি ও আবাসনসহ নানা সুযোগ-সুবিধা পাবেন কেউ এ স্কলারশিপ পেলে।

Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program

The JJ/WBGSP is open to citizens of certain developing countries with relevant professional experience and a history of supporting their countries’ development efforts who are applying to a master degree program in a development-related topic.

Subject to available funding, JJWBGSP offers scholarships for 45 Participating Master’s Programs in 27 universities in U.S., Europe, Africa, Oceania and Japan in key areas of development, including economic policy management, tax policy, and infrastructure management.

Please note that if you are not admitted to one of these 45 Participating Master’s Programs, you are not eligible to apply for a JJWBGSP Scholarship in 2023.

To accommodate the academic calendar of JJWBGSP Participating Programs, the next application process will be organized in two rounds:

• Application Window#1
  From January 16 to February 28, 2023 at noon Washington time
  JJWBGSP Participating Programs accepting applications under Window #1
  Application Window#1 is closed. Names of selected applicants will be announced by end of March 2023
  
• Application Window #2
  From March 27 to May 26, 2023 at noon Washington time
  JJWBGSP Participating Programs accepting applications under Window #2

** The link to the online JJWBGSP Application Form is only communicated by JJWBGSP Participating Programs to the applicants they have shortlisted. Please contact directly the Participating Program you are targeting. **

After earning their degree, developing country scholars commit to return to their home country to use their new skills and contribute to their countries’ social and economic development.

A JJWBGSP scholarship provides tuition, a monthly living stipend, round-trip airfare, health insurance, and travel allowance. View a detailed list of benefits.

Who is Eligible to Apply?

Details on Eligibility Criteria for each call for applications are provided in that call’s Application Guidelines, and these detailed eligibility criteria are strictly adhered to. No exceptions are made.

Broadly speaking, Developing Country nationals must:

• Be a national of a World Bank member developing country on this list;
• Not hold dual citizenship of any developed country;
• Be in good health;
• Hold a Bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree earned at least 3 years prior to the Application Deadline date;
• Have 3 years or more of recent development-related work experience after earning a Bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree;
• 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. Please see FAQs—Window 1 on how to count qualified part time employment toward this 3-year requirement. Please see Annex 2 of the Application Guidelines for a suggested list of development-related topics. The only exception to this criterion is for developing country nationals from a country that is on the list of Fragile and Conflict States featured in Annex 3 of the Application Guidelines. In these exceptional cases, we do take into consideration the limited employment opportunities in those countries listed in Annex 3.
• 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 programs located outside of the applicant’s country of citizenship and country of residence listed at the time the call for scholarship applications opens. The letter of admission must be uploaded before submitting your application. For details, see “How to Apply”.
• 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.
• Individuals who have already been offered a previous JJWBGSP scholarship but declined it, or have received a previous JJWBGSP scholarship but did not graduate are not eligible to apply again.

Please note: All eligibility criteria are strictly adhered to. No exceptions are made. Eligibility criteria WILL NOT change during an open call for applications. However, this information is subject to change between the close of one application process and the opening of the next.How to Apply

• 2023 Application Guidelines
• FAQs

Selection Process

The JJ/WBGSP uses the following process to review eligible scholarship applications from developing country nationals, with the aim of identifying the candidates with the highest potential, after completion of their graduate studies, to impact the development of their countries.

Two qualified assessors independently review each eligible application and score the application on a scale of 1 to 10, taking into account four main factors and the degree of cohesion among them:

1. Quality of Professional Experience (30% weight)
2. Quality of Professional Recommendations (30% weight)
3. Quality of Commitment to your Home Country (30% weight)
4. Quality of Education Background (10% weight)

The JJ/WBGSP Secretariat uses the average score of the two assessors and the following criteria to select the finalists:

• Maintaining a reasonably wide geographical distribution of awards
• Maintaining a reasonable distribution of awards across gender
• Unusual circumstances/hardships, when assessing the employment experience and other aspects of an application;
• Giving scholarships to those applicants who, other things being equal, have limited access to financial resources for graduate studies abroad.

The JJWBGSP Secretariat presents the finalists for the Participating Program scholarship to the JJ/WBG Steering Committee (composed of members of the World Bank Board of Directors and WB management) for approval. Winners are notified soon after the JJWBG Steering Committee approval. Scholarship Benefits

The JJ/WBGSP scholarship provides the recipient 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.
• While on campus 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.

Please note all JJ/WBGSP scholarships cover the duration of the graduate program or two years, whichever is less.

The JJ/WBGSP scholarship does not cover:

• VISA application(s) costs
• Expenses to bring and/or support a scholar’s family members;
• Extra-curricular courses or training;
• Courses that do not meet the minimum credits required to earn the graduate degree;
• Language training not provided by the graduate program;
• Additional travel during the course of the study program;
• Expenses related to research, supplementary educational materials, field trips, participation in workshops/seminars, or internships; or
• Educational equipment such as computers.
• Resident permit fee

Note: The JJ/WBGSP scholarship may only supplement, and does not duplicate, any other source of financial support/fellowship you might have. If you are notified to be a semi-finalist or if you are awarded a scholarship, you must inform and document to the JJ/WBGSP at that time if you have other sources of scholarship funds.

আবেদনপ্রক্রিয়া
আগ্রহীরা অনলাইনে আবেদন করতে পারবেন। আবেদন করতে এবং বিস্তারিত জানতে https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/scholarships/jj-wbgsp ঢুঁ মারতে পারবেন আগ্রহীরা।

বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়গুলোর তালিকা ও বিষয় দেখতে আগ্রহীরা https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/scholarships/brief/jjwbgsp-participating-programs-2022-2024-application-window-2 তে ক্লিক করতে পারেন।