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The Ministry of Education and Science of Mongolia and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) launched the application of The Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship by Japanese Grant Aid (JDS) 2022 on September 1, 2022. JDS Project is funded by the Government of Japan through official development assistance (ODA). Its objective is to provide Mongolian government officials with opportunities for obtaining Master's Degree (2-year course) and Doctoral Degree (3-year course) at Japanese universities in order to support the human resource development of the Government of Mongolia, and eventually to extend and strengthen the bilateral relations between Japan and Mongolia. Totally 16 young government officials, who are expected to play leadership role in Mongolia, will be selected for Japanese academic year 2022 (enrolment in September, 2023). The application deadline is November 2, 2022 for Master's Course and December 9, 2022 for Doctoral Course.

JDS Project has started in Mongolia since 2001 and has dispatched 400 JDS fellows (Including JDS fellows dispatched this year) to Japan up to now. All study fields have been settled based on the Socio-Economic Development Strategy of the Government of Mongolia and Japan's assistance policy for Mongolia.

Information on study fields are attached herewith and shown in English as to keep technical terms precise.

Recruitment Seminars are scheduled to provide more detailed information on JDS Project and how to prepare application documents for prospective applicants.

• Date: September 7 (Wed) 14:00 - 15:30 Online (Zoom)
• Date: September 17 (Sat) 11:00 - 12:30 Online (Zoom)
• Date: September 22 (Thu) 18:30 - 20:00 Venue: Mongolia Japan Center 2nd Floor
• Date: October 1 (Sat) 11:00 - 12:30 Venue: Mongolia Japan Center 2nd Floor

Also Information Sessions by Universities to provide more information on accepting university is to be scheduled. Date and time will be shown on JDS website once fixed. All seminars are planned to be provided online and pre-registration is required.

For further information, please visit JDS website or contact the JICE JDS Project Office in Mongolia.

JICE JDS Project Office in Mongolia
Address: #201, Mongolia-Japan Center Building, University Avenue, Sukhbaatar Dist, Central P.O Box 917, Ulaanbaatar13
TEL: 9549-5902, 9978-5902 / Email: jds.mongolia@jice.org
Office Hour: 9:00-12:30, 14:00-17:30, Monday to Friday
Website: http://jds-scholarship.org/ (external link)
Facebook: @JDSMongolia

• Fields of Study and Accepting Universities of JDS Mongolia (PDF/44.7KB)