The Asian Development Bank – Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP) provides funding for Master’s degree studies at the University of Hawai’i at Mnoa (UHM) in ADB-JSP approved fields of study, as well as participation in educational, residential, and leadership development programs at the East-West Center (EWC).
- The deadline for applications is December 2, 2022.
- International countries are eligible.
- Level: Postgraduate
- Scholarship Number: Not Mentioned
Scholarship Value: The ADB-JSP scholarship covers the following expenses for Master’s degree studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa:
- Tuition and fees in full,
- Round-trip airfare from the applicant’s home country to Honolulu,
- Accommodation in East-West Center residence facilities
- Stipend paid monthly
- Textbook funding,
- Health coverage,
- Sponsorship for a US visa (J-1 Exchange Visitor).
Eligibility: To be eligible for this scholarship program, applicants must:
- Be a citizen and current resident of an Asian Development Bank developing member country, and be under the age of 35 at the time of application.
- At the time of application, you must have a 4-year bachelor’s degree or the equivalent of a 4-year bachelor’s degree. (A 3-year Bachelor’s degree plus a 1-year Master’s degree, or a 2-year Bachelor’s degree plus a 2-year Master’s degree, could be considered equivalent.) This is being reviewed.)
- At the time of application, you must have at least two years of full-time professional work experience following a university degree.
- Take one of the English proficiency tests; the minimum acceptable scores for the paper-based TOEFL, the computer-based TOEFL, and the internet-based TOEFL iBT are 550, 213 for the computer-based TOEFL, and 79-80 for the internet-based TOEFL iBT, or 6.5 for the IELTS. Results must be taken from a test within the past two years.