University of Tsukuba PEPP Scholarships for Postgraduate Students(Fully-funded) 2023
The University of Tsukuba Program in Economic and Public Policy (PEPP) is a 24-month program taught in English, that offers an MA in International Public Policy. The fully-funded program seeks to provide training and the necessary skills needed for the implementation of public policies. The program focuses on International Development with a trans-disciplinary approach to the economic and social problems of developing countries and former socialist countries.
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Application Requirements
Applicant must be a national of a World Bank (WB) member country that is eligible to receive WB financing.
Applicant must hold a bachelors degree or its equivalent and have completed 16 years of school education (up to undergraduate level). A strong background in economics and associated quantitative tools (linear algebra, calculus, and basic statistics) is highly recommended.
Applicant must not have received any scholarship funding to earn a Graduate degree or its equivalent from any sources funded by the government of Japan.
Applicant must be employed in a paid and full-time position at the time of the Scholarship Application Deadline unless the applicant is from a country identified in the WBs Harmonized List of Fragile Situations.
Have, by the time of the Scholarship Application Deadline, at least three (3) years of recent full-time paid professional experience acquired in development-related work after a Bachelors degree or its equivalent. If the applicant is from a country identified in the WBs Harmonized List of Fragile Situations at the time of the Scholarship Application Deadline, the recent professional experience does not have to be full-time or paid.
Be under the age of forty-five (45) at the Scholarship Application Deadline.
Not be an Executive Director, his/her alternate, staff of the World Bank Group (the World Bank, International Development Association, International Finance Corporation, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, and International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes), or a close relative of the aforementioned.
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Required Documents
Not specified.
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Funding Specifications
US$ 500 travel allowance
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Application Steps
To apply, you have to register on the online application system. Go to https://pepp-oas.hass.tsukuba.ac.jp/ to get started on the application.
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pepp_app@un.tsukuba.ac.jp