Japan Foundation for UNU (JFUNU) Scholarship Programme

Scholarship
Description:

• Application
  deadline: February 28, 2018
• Course
  Level: Scholarships are available for
  undertaking MSc programme at UNU.
• Study
  Subject: Scholarships are awarded for
  Master of Science in Sustainability programme.
• Scholarship
  Award: The JFUNU scholarship provides
  a monthly allowance of 120,000 JPY* for living expenses for a maximum of
  24 months. However, travel costs to and from Japan, visa handling fees,
  and health/accident insurance costs must be covered by the student. The
  tuition fees are fully waived for the scholarship recipients.The amount of
  monthly allowance has been changed to 120,000 JPY effective 2017.
• Nationality:
  Developing countries
• Number
  of Scholarships: Not given
• Scholarship
  can be taken in Japan

Eligibility
for the Scholarship:

• Eligible
  Countries:  Afghanistan, Gambia, Mozambique,
  Bangladesh, The Guinea, Myanmar, Benin, Guinea-Bisau, Nepal, Burkina Faso,
  Haiti, Niger, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Cambodia, Korea, Dem Rep., Sierra
  Leone, Central African Republic, Kyrgyz Republic, Somalia, Liberia,
  Tajikistan, Comoros, Madagascar, Tanzania, Malawi, Togo, Congo, Dem. Rep,
  Eritrea, Mali, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Zimbabwe, Albania, Indonesia,
  Samoa, Armenia, India, São Tomé and Principe, Belize, Iraq, Senegal,
  Bhutan, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Bolivia, Kosovo, South Sudan, Cameroon,
  Lao PDR, Sri Lanka, Cape Verde, Lesotho, Sudan, Congo, Rep., Marshall
  Islands, Swaziland, Côte d’Ivoire, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., Syrian Arab
  Republic, Djibouti, Moldova, Timor-Leste, Egypt, Arab Rep., Mongolia,
  Tonga, El Salvador, Morocco, Ukraine, Fiji, Nicaragua, Uzbekistan,
  Georgia, Nigeria, Vanuatu, Ghana, Pakistan, Vietnam, Guatemala, Papua New
  Guinea, West Bank and Gaza, Guyana, Paraguay, Yemen, Rep., Honduras,
  Philippines, Zambia, Angola, Ecuador, Palau, Algeria, Gabon, Panama,
  American Samoa, Grenada, Peru, Antigua and Barbuda, Iran, Islamic Rep.,
  Romania, Argentina, Jamaica, Russian Federation, Azerbaijan, Jordan,
  Serbia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Seychelles, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia,
  South Africa, Botswana, Lebanon, St. Lucia, Brazil, Libya, St. Vincent and
  the Grenadines, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Suriname, Chile, Macedonia, FYR,
  Thailand, China, Malaysia, Tunisia, Colombia, Maldives, Turkey, Costa
  Rica, Mauritius, Turkmenistan, Cuba, Mexico, Tuvalu, Dominica, Montenegro
  and Uruguay
• Entrance
  Requirements: Applicants must meet
  following criteria:

1. Applicants
   must be persons from developing countries* who can demonstrate a need for
   financial assistance
2. Applicants who
   are currently living in Japan under a working visa are NOT eligible for
   the scholarship
3. Applicants who
   want to pursue a second master’s degree at UNU-IAS are not eligible for
   the scholarship

• English
  Language Requirements: The
  minimum score requirements for English language qualifications required by
  UNU-IAS are:

1. 600 on TOEFL –
   Paper-Based Testing (PBT) OR
2. 100 on TOEFL –
   Internet-Based Testing (IBT) OR
3. 0 on IELTS –
   Academic format
4. International
   Scholarship

Application
Procedure:

• ADB-JSP
  Information Sheet
• Certificates
  of annual income of the applicant
• Certificate of
  family income (parent’s’ income if single or income of the spouse if
  married)

Online Application

Scholarship Link