Fully Funded Master Scholarship About Customs Management at Aoyama Gakuin University in Japan
Applicant criteria
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Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
Aoyama Gakuin University is offering the Japan-WCO Human Resource Development Programme (Scholarship Programme) that provides a grant covering travel, subsistence, admission, tuition and other approved expenses to enable promising young Customs managers from a developing country member of the WCO to undertake Master’s level studies at the Aoyama Gakuin University (AGU) in Tokyo, Japan.
Eligibility criteria:
[1] A candidate must be a customs officer of a developing member of the WCO with quality work experience of at least three years in the field of customs policy and administration in his/her home country.
[2] Preference will be given to candidates who have experience in IPR border enforcement, and who are expected to work in the IPR-related section of their Customs administration after this Scholarship Programme.
[3] A candidate must be in good health and preferably under 40 years of age as of April 1, 2019.
[4] Individuals who have already been awarded a scholarship under the Japan-WCO Human Resource Development Programme in the past will not be entitled to apply for this Scholarship Programme.
[5] After the completion of the Programme, the candidates should continue to work in their home Customs administration for 3 years at least.