Eligibility for Doctoral Degree Programme
Applicants should be/have
Applicants should not be/have
Conditions
Application Documents
- Who is Eligible? -
Applicants should be/have: |
- 1. Nepali nationals.
- 2. between the ages of 30 and 45 (both inclusive) as of April 1st, 2023.
(should be born between April 2nd,1977 and April 1st,1993)
- 3. hold a master’s degree (including universities in Nepal)
- 4. at least 5 years of work experience in Civil Service at the time of application.
- 5. Gazetted civil servants governed by Civil Service Act of Nepal, (Under Secretary and above) currently employed in following organizations.
- all ministries
- all agencies under ministries
- all constitutional bodies
- all other institutions and authorities
- all courts
- or civil servants (Level 9 and above) originally recruited by the federal government and deputed/adjusted to 7 provincial and 753 local governments.
- 6. returned and served for the country for certain years (involving actual work and/or research preparation) set by Civil Service Act after completion of master’s course.
- 7. in good health.
- 8. sufficient English language ability to pursue a doctoral degree.
- 9. should have published one or more peer-reviewed paper/s, in principle.
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Applicants should not be/have:
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- 1. serving in the military.
- 2. previously acquired a doctoral degree after studying abroad on a scholarship awarded by the Government of Nepal or any other development partners.
- 3. currently receiving, or planning to receive, another scholarship to acquire doctoral degree through the assistance of the Government of Nepal or any other development partners.
- ※JDS Programme will request applicants for declare whether you would be applying to another scholarship before the Final Interview again.
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Conditions
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- ・Applicants should have clear understanding of the objectives of the JDS Program and desire to contribute to the development of Nepal upon return to Nepal after completing the study.
- ・Applicants’ research theme should be relevant to the Development Issues of Nepal referred to the framework of Sub-Programmes and Components of the JDS.
- ・Applicants should receive a recommendation from the supervisor of his/her current work place (Reference Letter should contain evaluation of applicant’s performance at work and relevance of his/her research theme to his/her career).
- ・Applicants should have an acceptance from the expected academic adviser(s) of the applying university before applying to the JDS Program.
- ・Applicants must be expected to complete the course within, and not exceeding three (3) years.
Sub-Programme & Component
Priority area (Sub-programme) |
Development Issues (Component) |
Number of Acceptance per batch |
1. Social and economic infrastructure and mechanism development which directly lead to economic growth and the national livelihoods improvement |
1-1. Economic Policy |
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1-2. Industrial Development Policy |
1-3. Infrastructure Development |
2. Governance enhancement and basic framework development for democracy |
2-1. Development of Human Resource and Administrative Capacity of Civil Servants |
2-2. Building of International Relations |
2-3. Improvement of Legal and Judicial System |
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Application Documents:
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Please contact the JDS Project Office in Nepal for obtaining the application guidelines and application forms. |