[Australia] Australia-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia - APSEG
The Australia program targets junior government officials seeking a graduate certificate, graduate diploma, or master’s degree in international and development economics at the Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government (APSEG), the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.
Nationals from the following five countries are eligible to apply: Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Mongolia, and Vietnam.
Candidates must be nominated by a senior government official from their country’s ministry of finance, economy, central bank, or equivalent agency.
Admission requirements include a bachelor’s degree from a reputable university and an outstanding academic record, appropriate work experience, and proven proficiency in English. Candidates must also pass a mathematics/statistics test, administered to those who have been successful in the initial prescreening stage.
The academic year in Australia begins in early January. The program covers the cost of program tuition, roundtrip airfare, a monthly stipend to cover housing and subsistence costs, medical insurance, and other scholar expenses (all subject to conditions).
IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP)
Scholarships
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About the Programs
The IMF, in cooperation with the governments of Australia and Japan, has been administering IMF Scholarship Programs for Asia since the 1990s. The objective of the programs is to enhance the financial and economic policymaking capacity of governments in Asia and the Pacific to promote high-quality and sustainable growth in the region.
The Australia-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia and the Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia provide scholarships for promising junior government officials with potential for becoming future policymakers in their countries and who want to study macroeconomics or a related field at the master’s level in Australia or Japan. The programs target applicants from transition countries in the Asia-Pacific region, the Pacific and Indian Ocean island nations, and countries in the regions hard-hit by the Asian crisis.
Australia-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia
The Australia program targets junior government officials seeking a graduate certificate, graduate diploma, or master’s degree in international and development economics at the Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government (APSEG), the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.
Nationals from the following five countries are eligible to apply: Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Mongolia, and Vietnam.
Candidates must be nominated by a senior government official from their country’s ministry of finance, economy, central bank, or equivalent agency.
Admission requirements include a bachelor’s degree from a reputable university and an outstanding academic record, appropriate work experience, and proven proficiency in English. Candidates must also pass a mathematics/statistics test, administered to those who have been successful in the initial prescreening stage.
The academic year in Australia begins in early January. The program covers the cost of program tuition, roundtrip airfare, a monthly stipend to cover housing and subsistence costs, medical insurance, and other scholar expenses (all subject to conditions).
For Cambodia and Lao PDR officials, the application deadline for the 2008 academic year is January 24, 2007. Officials from these countries can find more information and an application form in the 2008 Australia-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia brochure for Cambodia and Lao PDR.
For China, Mongolia, and Vietnam officials, the application deadline for the 2008 academic year is March 30, 2007. More information and an application form will be available for these officials in early 2007 (see the 2007 Australia-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia brochure for general information).
For further information on the Australia program and to obtain an application, contact the IMF resident representative offices in the relevant countries, or:
Scholarship Program
IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
21 Fl., Fukoku-Seimei Building
2-2-2 Uchisaiwai-cho
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0011
JAPAN
Tel.: +81 3 3597-6708
Fax: +81 3 3597-6705
e-mail: jisais@imf.org
