Category Archives: Scholarship and Training

ADB-Japan Scholarship

Government of Japan is offering ADB-Japan Scholarship Programme for students  of Asian Development Bank’s developing member countries. The scholarship is to undertake postgraduate studies in economics, management, science and technology, and other development-related fields at participating academic institutions in the Asian and Pacific Region. The scholarship is for one year with an extension to the second year of study. Students must have a bachelors degree and are expected to contribute to the economic and social development of their home countries. The ADB-JSP covers tuition fees, airfare, Basic cost of living, health and medical insurance and also research grant. Applications should be electronically or by post.

Study Subject(s): Programs covered by the ADB-JSP are postgraduate studies in economics, management,health,education, agriculture, environment, natural resource management, science and technology and also other development-related fields. Only programs at the 27 participating academic institutions in the Asian and Pacific Regions are eligible for ADB-JSP funding.

Course Level: This scholarship is for pursuing master’s degree level.
Scholarship Provider: Government of Japan
Scholarship can be taken at: Participating academic institutions in the Asian and Pacific Region.

Eligibility: -A national of an ADB borrowing member (applicants from countries that are no longer borrowing from ADB are not eligible for the ADB-JSP Scholarship). Continue reading

Master of Public Policy Scholarship at University of Tokyo

Dear Sir/Madam,

As you may already know, the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of
Tokyo, Japan, offers a two-year Master of Public Policy, International
Program (MPP/IP), taught in English. I am pleased to inform you that
application materials for MPP/IP have been published for the academic year
2013-2014. I am writing to request your kind support and cooperation in
finding good candidates from your organization.
Please refer to the link below for our program brochures.

http://www.pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/mppip/documents/MPPIPpamphlet2013.pdf

The Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP) at the University of Tokyo was
established in 2004, and offers a two-year Master’s Program for training
students most of whom aim at a public service career. In 2010, GraSPP
started its Master of Public Policy, International Program (MPP/IP), taught
in English. As of October 2012, more than a third of the student body of
GraSPP (over 80 out of about 240 students) are international students from
over 30 countries and economies in the world; roughly half of them are from
ministries, central banks and other public organizations in East Asia and
elsewhere.

GraSPP is a partner school of the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate
Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP), Asian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship
Program (ADB-JSP) and Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA). We
take 8 JJ/WBGSP scholars, 2-3 ADB-JSP scholars and 5-7 JISPA scholars
annually.

I would appreciate it very much if you could circulate in your organization
basic information about an opportunity to study at the University of Tokyo.
We would welcome your recommendation of promising candidates from your
organization for our MPP/IP program. Candidates are expected to (a) be
under 45 years old, although we most welcome those under 35; (b) have work
experience of more than 2 (preferably 3) years after a bachelor’s or a
master’s degree; and (c) have strong English proficiency in writing,
speaking, and debating. Candidates with a background in economics are
preferred as our program includes required core courses in economics. As we
aim to promote full diversity among our student body, we especially
encourage female candidates.
Please refer to the link below for further details.

http://www.pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/mppip/index.htm

For any inquiries, please feel free to contact our staff at our
International Affairs Office at intl-affairs@pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp .
Attention: Ms Nobue Nachi, Senior Program Manager & Ms Kotoko Ogawa, Program
Manager

Thank you in advance and I very much look forward to hearing from you.

Cordially,
Yasu


Yasuyuki Sawada
Professor
Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Email: sawada@e.u-tokyo.ac.jp