UN Young Professionals Programme (YPP)
United Nations Secretariat Open worldwide
An annual entrance examination that recruits young graduates from under-represented member states into the UN Secretariat as international civil servants, followed by structured onboarding and development.
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About
Also: entry-level UN Secretariat professional post; induction and professional development programme; international civil service career.
Who can apply: National of a participating (un- or under-represented) country listed each year, at least a first-level degree relevant to the exam subject, aged 32 or younger in the exam year, fluent in English or French.
Free to apply.
Held once a year; the participating-country list and exam subjects are published annually on UN Careers.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: cv, online tests.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “The YPP examination is held once a year”
Who can apply
- Open to students, working professionals
- National of a participating (un- or under-represented) country listed each year, at least a first-level degree relevant to the exam subject, aged 32 or younger in the exam year, fluent in English or French.
What you will need
- Academic CVUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Test scoresOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your application answers for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to United Nations Secretariat without your tap.
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