One-year fully funded scholarships for applicants from developing countries wishing to pursue full-time taught Masters study in selected programmes and Schools at the University of Leeds.
UK/International: International
Value - what funding is on offer: Full tuition and fees, a monthly living stipend, round-trip airfare, and travel allowance.
Who is eligible: For nationals from developing countries with relevant professional experience and a history of supporting their country's development efforts. Please see Conditions for more details.
Deadline: Please note that admissions teams will no longer be accepting expressions of interest in this scholarship.
How to apply
As Application Window 2 runs from 25 March to 24 May, the Admissions teams are no longer accepting expressions of interest in this scholarship.
This information is for students who have already been shortlisted to apply.
There are two application rounds in the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJWBGSP). The University of Leeds is participating in Application Window 2.
Further information, including eligibility criteria and how to apply can be found at the World Bank Scholarships Program website.
Participating Programs provide a shortlist of applicants to the JJWBGSP and only these applicants are given a link to the scholarship application form.
Completed applications, including two professional references, must be submitted online to JJWBGSP by 5pm BST (12 noon EST) on 24 May 2024.
Eligible University of Leeds courses, participating in session 2024/25:
- Master of Public Health (International)
- MSc Sustainable Cities
- MSc Water Sanitation and Health Engineering
- MSc Sustainable Food Systems and Food Security
The online JJWBGSP Application Form is only communicated by JJWBGSP Participating Programs to shortlisted applicants.
How the scholarships are awarded
Schools provide a shortlist of applicants for each JJWBGSP Participating Program. Shortlisted applicants will be provided with a link to the JJWBGSP application form. Final decisions on awards will be made by the JJWBGSP Secretariat.
Conditions
Details on eligibility criteria for each call for applications are provided in the Application Guidelines (PDF), and the 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 World Bank website’s list.
- Not hold dual citizenship of any developed country.
- Be in good health.
- Hold a Bachelors (or equivalent) degree earned at least 3 years prior to the Application Deadline date (ie no later than 24 May 2021).
- 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. 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 (PDF). In such cases, we do take into consideration the limited employment opportunities in those countries.
- 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 Masters 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 the scholarship application.
- 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 previously been offered a JJWBGSP scholarship but declined it, or have previously received a JJWBGSP scholarship but did not graduate, are not eligible to reapply.
