World Bank Scholarships (JJ/WBGSP)

Be a national of a World Bank member developing country on this list;

Not hold dual citizenship of any developed country;

Be in good health;

Hold a Bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree earned at least 3 years prior to the Application Deadline date;

Have 3 years or more of recent development-related work experience after earning a Bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree;

Be employed in development-related work in a paid full- time position at the time of submitting the scholarship application.

The applicant must be admitted unconditionally (except for funding) to at least one JJ/WBGSP participating master's program outside of the applicant's country of citizenship and country of residence at the time the call for scholarship applications opens on or before the Scholarship Application Deadline date.

The candidate must not be an Executive Director, his/her alternate, or staff member of any World Bank Group appointment, or a close relative of the above by blood or adoption. A close relative consists of: the mother, the father, the sister, the half-sister, the brother, the half-brother, the son, the daughter, the aunt, the uncle, and the niece.