Featured byRitsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU)
Overview
Scholarship type
Merit and need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Full tuition waiver + other benefits
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- living expenses
- health
- travel expenses
- other
- application
Description
The ADB-JSP Scholarship aims to provide an opportunity for well-qualified citizens of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) developing member countries to pursue graduate studies in development-related fields of the Asia Pacific region.
APU was selected as a designated institution by ADB in 2010 and will provide this scholarship each year to a few eligible GSA applicants (excluding IMAT program applicants).
Benefits
This scholarship covers the following:
Full admission fee
Full tuition
Monthly subsistence allowance of 144,000 JPY (including housing) (amount subject to change)
Books and instructional materials
Medical insurance
Travel expenses (economy class airfare between the home country and APU at the beginning and end of the program)
Eligibility
- Be a national of an ADB borrowing member country and a Japanese Official Development Assistance scholarship eligible country.
- Not hold dual citizenship of any developed country.
- Not be currently living or working outside of your home country.
- Have at least two years of full-time work experience after obtaining a bachelor’s degree at the time of application.
- Be 35 years old or less at the time of application.
- Not already be enrolled in a graduate degree program.
- In principle, not have a bachelor’s or master’s degree obtained outside of your home country.
- Not be pursuing a second master’s degree.
- Not be an executive director, alternate director, management or staff of ADB, nor a consultant or relative of the aforementioned.
- Not be a Staff of ADB–JSP designated institutions.
- Commit to return to, and work in, your home country after completion of the studies for a period of at least two (2) years after completion of the studies.
- Applicant’s family income should not exceed US$50,000 per year, and individual income should not be more than US$25,000 per year. Applicant must submit Certificate of Income if selected as a scholarship candidate.
- Intend to enroll at APU in September 2024.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
Japan
Nationality
68 nationalities
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Under 35
Application
Application deadline
09 Jan 2027
ADB-JDS scholarship only accepts applications for September enrollment. Please submit your application by November 12 or January 9
APU reviews application documents and selects suitable candidates to recommend to the ADBJSP in middle of March
Selected candidates must prepare additional documents as requested by the ADB-JSP
Applicants selected as candidates for this scholarship are notified of their final APU application results
The final scholarship award results are decided by ADB-JSP the end of June. Please be aware that the timing of the final scholarship result notification is subject to change depending on the circumstances of the ADB-JSP