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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Full tuition waiver + JPY 140,000 per month
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- living expenses
- travel expenses
Description
This scholarship is open to applicants from African Development Bank member countries with relevant professional experience and a history of supporting their countries’ development efforts who are applying to a graduate degree program in energy development and related disciplines.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
Full tuition fee coverage for the duration of the study program.
140,000 JPY per month for living expenses (amount subject to change).
Economy class air travel between the home country and APU at the beginning and end of the program.
Eligibility
- Be a national of an AfDB member country.
- Be 35 years old or less.
- Have a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent degree).
- Have at least 1 year of full-time working experience after earning a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent degree).
- Not be living or working outside of your home country.
- Not already be enrolled in a graduate degree program.
- Not be an Executive Director, his/her alternate, and/or staff of all types of appointments of the African Development 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.
- Agree to return to your home country to contribute to its economic and social development after completion of studies under the program.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Multiple disciplines
Locations
Japan
Nationality
54 nationalities
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Under 35
Application
Application deadline
17 Jan 2025
Request to be considered for this scholarship within the APU Online Application and apply by September 20, (for April enrollment) or January 17 (for September enrollment). No application form or additional documents are required to be considered for this scholarship.
APU reviews application documents and selects suitable candidates to recommend to the AfDB-JADS.
Applicants selected to be recommended for this scholarship are notified of their final APU application results.
The final scholarship award results are decided by AfDB-JADS.