The ADB-Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP) will be organized in the beginning of Academic year 2013 i.e. April 2013. GSID will accept Master’s Program students sponsored by the ADB-Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP).
Eligibility Requirements:
- The applicant must be a national of an ADB borrowing member country (applicants from countries that are no longer borrowing from ADB is not eligible for the ADB-JSP Scholarship
- Currently, countries(areas) that are no longer borrowing from ADB are Hong Kong, China; the Republic of Korea; Singapore; and Taipei, China)
- The applicant must have a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent from an accredited/recognized university. In addition, applicants should have completed 16 years of formal education or should have received equivalent education. Those with a bachelor’s degree but with less than 16 years of formal education must inquire at the ADB Administrative Office (GSID) to check their eligibility by June 15 (Friday), 2012.
- At the time of application, the applicant must have at least two years of full-time professional working experience acquired after obtaining their university degree.
- The applicant must be 35 years old or under at the time of application.
- To be considered for admission the following minimum scores are required on one these tests: an overall TOEFL score of 550(paper-based), 213(computer-based), or 79(internet-based); a TOEIC score of 730; or an IELTS score of 6.0(should include Academic Reading and Academic Writing). The test should have been taken within two years prior to the application. Institutional test scores are unacceptable for submission. In case these tests are not given in the country of applicants, please consult with the ADB administrative office (GSID) by June 15 (Friday), 2012.
- The applicant must be in a good health.
- The applicant living or working in a country other than his/her home country are not eligible for the Scholarship.
- Executive Directors, Alternate Directors, officials and staff of ADB, as well as their close relatives, are not eligible for the scholarship.
- The program will not, in principle, support applicants who hold a Master’s degree
However, those who have earned their Master’s degree in their home country are eligible on condition that they have completed no more than 16 years of education.
Conditions:
- In accepting the ADB-JSP Scholarship, scholars must commit themselves to return to, and work in, their home countries for a period of at least 2 years after completion of their studies under the program or when dismissed from the school.
- In accepting ADB-JSP Scholarship, scholars consent to the employment restriction policy of the ADB-JSP and acknowledge that they will not be able to work at ADB for two years after completion of their academic programs.
- A Scholarship may be terminated upon the recommendation of the GSID at any time for one or more of the following reasons: failure of a scholar to make satisfactory academic progress; failure to comply with the laws of Japan; misconduct; and/or breaches of the conditions of the ADB-JSP or Student Visa.
- Admission Openings
- Department of International Development (DID) and Department of International Cooperation Studies (DICOS): A total of up to six students can be accepted.
The Asian Development Bank will select scholarship recipients from the selected candidates who have passed the screening by GSID. The scholarship recipients will be notified through the ADB Administrative Office (GSID), Educational Affairs Division for Schools of Humanities and Social Sciences in early December 2012.
The following expenditures will be covered by the scholarship: full tuition, medical and accident insurance obtained through Nagoya University, a monthly stipend including subsistence and housing allowance for one person (for the Year 2012, the monthly stipend is 154,000 yen; this may be changed for the Year 2013), a book allowance, other miscellaneous expenses and economy class airfare for one person covering the trip from the scholar’s place of residence to Nagoya University and the return journey at the end of the study program. The initial scholarship period is one year from April 2013-March 2014.
Applications will be accepted during the period from June 29 (Friday) to July 12 (Thursday), 2012.
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