LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION 2024-2025
TO THE APPLICANT: Please complete this section (“Your name” and “Recommender’s name”), and give this form to
your recommender who knows you well. Have your recommender complete the form, put it in an envelope, seal the
envelope, sign it across the flap, and return the letter to you. Include this letter with your application and all the other
application materials when you send in your application.
Your name:
As written in your passport, from left to right, top to bottom (English alphabet only)
Recommender’s name:
TO THE RECOMMENDER: Please write a recommendation letter for the above applicant, sign it, enclose it in an
envelope, seal the envelope, and sign it across the flap. Return the sealed envelope to the applicant or send it directly to
the GRIPS Admissions Office. This recommendation letter will remain confidential and will be used for application
screening purposes only. You may attach additional sheets if the space provided is insufficient.
1.
How long have you known the applicant?
years
months
2.
In what capacity have you known the applicant?
3.
How often have you interacted with the applicant?
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Rarely
4.
In comparison with other students/staff whom you have known in the same field, how would you rate
the applicant’s overall academic ability?
Outstanding (top 5%)
Excellent (top 10%)
Good (top 20%)
Average (top 50%)
Below average (lower 50%)
Unable to comment
5.
In comparison with other students/staff whom you have known in the same field, how would you rate
the applicant’s overall professional ability?
Outstanding (top 5%)
Excellent (top 10%)
Good (top 20%)
Average (top 50%)
Below average (lower 50%)
Unable to comment
6.
Please evaluate the applicant in the areas below as excellent, average, poor, or unable to comment.
Excellent
Average
Poor
Unable to
comment
Academic performance
Intellectual potential
Creativity & originality
Motivation for graduate study
For GRIPS use: Application ID :
7.
Discuss the applicant's competence in his/her field of study, as well as the applicant's career possibilities
as a professional worker, researcher, or educator. In describing such attributes as motivation, intellectual
potential, and maturity, please discuss both strong and weak points. Specific examples are more useful
than generalizations.
8.
Discuss the applicant's character and personality. Please comment on his/her social skills, emotional
stability, leadership skills, and reliability.
9.
For university professors and instructors only
Is the applicant’s academic record indicative of the applicant's intellectual ability? If no, please explain.
10.
Additional comments, if any.
11.
How would you evaluate the applicant's overall suitability as a candidate for admission to a graduate
program at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies?
Outstanding
Good
Average
Poor
Name of person completing this form:
Position/title:
Name of organization:
Address:
Phone:
E-mail:
Country code - complete number
Signature:
Date:
Month/Day/Year
CERTIFICATE OF EMPLOYMENT 2024-2025
This form must be completed by, or under the authority of, the applicant’s employer or equivalent official. Please note
that the official stamp or seal of, and signature by, any person other than the above persons will be considered as invalid.
This certificate must contain the same information (e.g., position, department/section, name of organization) as that
stated in the applicant’s Application for Admission.
EMPLOYER DETAILS
Name of organization:
Address:
Postal code:
Phone:
E-mail:
Country code - complete number
EMPLOYEE DETAILS
This is to certify that
Full name of applicant (as written in his/her passport)
has been employed by this organization from
to
Month/Day/Year
Month/Day/Year
Please write “Present” above if the
person is on a permanent contract.
Present position, department/section:
Responsibilities:
Civil servant qualification (e.g., BCS, IAS, IRS, CSS), if
applicable:
This applies to applicants from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE APPROVAL
Please tick only one box below.
□ I will approve a leave of absence for the above employee to study at
GRIPS if he/she is admitted for a period of
[ one / two / three / four / five ] year(s).
Please circle the appropriate number of years.
□ I will not approve a leave of absence for the above employee to study
at GRIPS if he/she is admitted.
Authorized person completing this form:
Please put an official stamp or
seal in this space.
If the official stamp or seal is in
your local language and an
English version is not available,
please write its English
translation in the margin of this
form.
Name:
Position/title:
Signature:
Date:
Month/Day/Year
For GRIPS use: Application ID :
