The Fully Funded African Development Bank-Japan Africa Dream Scholarship in Japan is open now. It is open to eligible professionals who want to pursue a graduate degree in Japan.

This scholarship is open to applicants from African Development Bank member countries with relevant professional experience and a history of supporting their countries’ development efforts who are applying to a graduate degree program in energy development and related disciplines.

• Full tuition
• 140,000 JPY per month for living expenses (amount subject to change)
• Economy class air travel between the home country and APU at the beginning and end of the program

• Be a national of an AfDB member country
• Be 35 years old or less
• Have a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent degree) bachelor’s degree (or equivalent degree) in energy, agriculture, health, environmental sustainability, engineering studies, or related areas with excellent academic records, relevant professional experience, and a history of supporting your country’s development efforts.
• Have at least one year of paid employment in your home country or other African countries after receiving your Bachelor’s (or equivalent degree) within the past three years.
• Not be living or working outside of your home country
• Not already enrolled in a graduate degree program
• Not be an Executive Director, his/her alternate, and/or staff of all types of appointments of the African Development Bank Group or a close relative of the aforementioned by blood or adoption with the term “close relative” defined as Mother, Father, Sister, Half-sister, Brother, Half-brother, Son, Daughter, Aunt, Uncle, Niece, or Nephew.
• Agree to return to your home country to contribute to its economic and social development after completion of studies under the program.

How to Apply:

• Show your interest in this scholarship within the APU Online Application and apply by September 16, 2024 (for April 2025 enrollment) or January 10, 2025 (for September 2025 enrollment). No application form or additional documents are required to be considered for this scholarship.
• APU reviews application documents and selects suitable candidates to recommend to the AfDB-JADS.
• Applicants selected to be recommended for this scholarship are notified of their final APU application results.
• The final scholarship award results are decided by AfDB-JADS.