Before you begin writing your research plan, you are recommended to carefully review the ‘Graduate School Information‘ section to make sure that the graduate school of your choice offers an appropriate curriculum and has faculty members relevant to your research plan. You can obtain more information from websites of individual graduate schools.

NOTE: Your research plan should be consistent with one of the aforementioned ‘Components’ (development issues), be an offered program by the graduate school of your application and correspond to the overall objectives of the organization to which you belong.

From February to March 2025, the JICA Nepal Office conducted a survey on the study of research topics for JDS and its implications for policy formulation in Nepal. The results of the survey are hereby shared with JDS applicants, with a view to assisting them in anticipating the research themes that are likely to be of most interest to the Government of Nepal.

Study on Research Topics for JDS and it’s implication on Policy Formulation in Nepal

For more information, please refer to the Application Guidelines.