Who can apply?
- The undergraduate track is for final-year students. The postgraduate track is for students pursuing a master's degree or PhD.
- Applicants must be citizens of a World Bank Group member country, fluent in English, and have between zero and six years of professional experience.
- Every application needs proof of eligibility — transcripts or enrollment letters confirming the track. For no-fee internships, a university letter is also required confirming that the internship meets academic requirements for at least one term, or that the university pays a stipend at least equal to the minimum fee level.
- Applicants may apply to at most three positions; applications beyond that limit are not considered.
Final year is the undergraduate requirement. Students earlier in their degree cannot use this track, even though the program describes itself as open to undergraduates.
Dates, pay & program timing
The program page lists two cycles: spring/summer, with applications in January–February, a longlist in February, interviews in March and selection in April; and winter/fall, with applications in July–August, a longlist in August, interviews in September and selection in October. It lists a paid internship with a competitive hourly salary among the program features but also describes no-fee internships, so confirm whether a particular position is paid. At review the page listed one undergraduate position (a World Bank Treasury intern in Washington, DC) and one postgraduate position in Seoul.
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How to apply to World Bank Group
- Plan around the cycle months: to intern in spring or summer, apply in January or February; for winter or fall, apply in July or August.
- Pick no more than three positions, checking each one's track, location, and whether it is a paid or no-fee position.
- Upload a CV of at most two pages, a one-page cover letter, and a transcript or enrollment letter confirming you are a final-year undergraduate — plus the university letter if the position is no-fee.
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How to prepare a stronger application
With only three applications allowed, match each one to your coursework. The areas run from economics and private-sector development to agriculture, urban planning and corporate functions such as accounting and IT; an engineering student and a finance student should not be applying to the same three.
The cover letter is capped at one page. Spend it on one piece of work that resembles development work — an analysis of a real country's data, a field project, a policy paper — and on what you personally did in it.
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