Asian Development Bank - Japan Scholarship Program

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Asian Development Bank - Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP)


Applications for September 2025 enrollment have closed. Thank you to all who applied. The following information should be treated as reference only.

1. Outline

Each year, Ritsumeikan University's Graduate School of Economics holds a special recruitment for prospective applicants to their Master's Program in Economic Development who also seek to be awarded the Asian Development Bank - Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP). ADB-JSP is a prestigious "full-ride" scholarship (see below for award details), alumni of which are active at the highest professional level in Asia and around the world. No application fee is required when applying via these procedures. Applicants who pass the Primary Screening will be notified of their status and subsequently recommended to the ADB for scholarship by the Graduate School of Economics. After ADB selects scholarship nominees from among those recommended, finally, the Graduate School of Economics will announce their Final Acceptance Results and admit those applicants as ADB-JSP Scholars. The ADB-JSP Scholars will then be flown to Japan to commence their scholarship-sponsored studies. These admissions are for September 2025 enrollment.


2. Scholarship Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for the Asian Development Bank - Japan Scholarship Program, an applicant:

  • Must be a national of an ADB borrowing member country (applicants from countries that are no longer borrowing from ADB are not eligible for the ADB-JSP).
  • Must have gained admission to an approved post graduate course in any of the participating academic institutions.
  • Must possess a bachelor's degree or its equivalent including a superior academic record.
  • Must have at least two (2) years of full-time professional work experience at the time of application.
  • Must be proficient enough in oral and written English to facilitate graduate level study.
  • Must be in good health.
  • Must agree to return to their home country after completion of studies under the program.

Furthermore, an applicant:

  • May not be more than 35 years old at the time of application.
  • May not have already earned a master's or doctoral degree, and may not be currently enrolled in such a degree program.
  • May not be a staff member of a participating academic institution.
  • May not be an Executive Director, Alternate Director, management member or staffer of the ADB, nor a consultant to the same or relative of any of the aforementioned.
  • May not be living or working in a country other than their home country.

[ Note ]

ADB-JSP does not sponsor undergraduate studies, distance learning programs, short-term training, conferences, seminars, thesis writing, or research projects.


3. ADB-JSP-based Admissions: Graduate School of Economics, Master's Program in Economic Development

The following are the guidelines, application, and associated details for the Ritsumeikan University Graduate School of Economics' ADB-JSP-based admissions.


4. Application Deadline

December 12, 2024


5. Additional Information

Scholarship Eligibility Requirements and Scholarship Details

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