
Developing Country Nationals applying for a scholarship with a JJ/WBGSP Participating Program
Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJWBGSP): JJWBGSP has enabled more than 6,000 mid-career professionals from 160 developing countries and Japan to complete graduate degrees in development-related fields. On an annual basis, the Government of Japan solely funds the JJWBGSP.
The Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (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.
List of Universities
Participating Programs 2023–2025
Application Date: March 27 to May 26, 2023
Australian National University
Master of Environmental and Resource Economics
Master of Environmental Management and Development
Brandeis University
Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence
Master in Global Health Policy and Management
Columbia — School of International and Public Affairs
Erasmus University Rotterdam-IHS
Master of Urban Management and Development
Harvard — Kennedy School of Government
Master of Public Administration in International Development
IHE Delft Institute
MSc in Water and Sustainable Development — Water, Food and Energy Track
MSc in Water and Sustainable Development — Water Hazards, Risks and Climate Track
MSc in Water and Sustainable Development — Water and Health Track
MSc in Water and Sustainable Development — Water Resources and Ecosystem Health Track
Keio University
Master in Taxation Policy and Management
London School of Economics
MSc International Social and Public Policy
University of Oxford
Blavatnik School of Government: Master of Public Policy
Department of International Development: MSc in Refugees and Forced Migration Studies
University of Sussex
MA Environment, Development and Policy
MSc Climate Change, Development and Policy
MA Migration and Global Development
University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP): Master of Public Policy, International Program
Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Science: International Program on Agricultural Development Studies
University of Tsukuba
Master’s Program in Economic and Public Policy
Yokohama National University
Infrastructure Management Program
Credits: worldbank.org