Requirements

Education (Required)

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent in energy, agriculture, health, environmental sustainability, engineering or a related area.

• An excellent academic record.

Experience (Required)

• At least 1 year of paid work in your home country or another African country after your bachelor's degree, within the past 3 years.

• A history of supporting your country's development.

Nationality and Age (Required)

• Citizen of an African Development Bank regional member country.

• 35 years old or younger, and in good health.

Other Conditions (Required)

• You must gain admission to an approved master's programme at Hiroshima University.

• You cannot already be enrolled in another graduate degree programme.

• AfDB Executive Directors, alternates, AfDB staff and their close relatives cannot apply.

• Write "JADS" in the financial plan section of the application form.

• You must get a professor's agreement to supervise you before the entrance exam.

Eligible Hiroshima University Master's Programmes

• Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering

• Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life

• Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences

• Graduate School of Innovation and Practice for Smart Society

• Note: some programmes may be excluded because JADS focuses on STEM fields.