University of Nigeria

                      University of Nigeria

Dear Colleagues

Please see below link for application to World Bank Group Young Professional Program for your students that may be interested. http://www.worldbank.org/en/about/careers/programs-and-internships/young-professionals-program

The Young Professionals Program is a premier global recruitment program and is a unique opportunity for exceptionally talented young people with a passion for international development to contribute to solving some of the world’s most pressing problems.  The following are the minimum requirements to be eligible for the Young Professionals Program:

• Citizenship of a member country of the World Bank Group
• Be born on or after October 1, 1985
• A PhD or Master’s degree and relevant work experience
• Fluency in English
• Full proficiency in one or more of the WBG’s working languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish is desired but not required
• Specialization in a field relevant to the WBG Technical/Operations such as economics, finance, education, public health, social sciences, engineering, urban planning, agriculture, natural resources, and others
• At least three years of relevant professional experience related to development or continued academic study at the doctoral level.

Best regards,

We  thank Dr Edozie Ajaero for the information.

best wishes

Prof Obinna Onwujekwe

Chairman: Senate Research Grants Committee