The United Nations Young Professionals Programme (UN-YPP) is a recruitment initiative that brings new talent to the United Nations through an annual entrance examination aimed at highly qualified candidates who are ready to launch a professional career as an international civil servant. For young, high-calibre professionals across the globe, the examination is a platform for launching a career at the United Nations.

The examination is held in multiple locations worldwide on a single day each year and in 2015 the examination date is 15 December.

The examination is open to nationals of countries participating in the annual recruitment exercise, the list of which varies from year to year (see below).

Applicants also need to hold at least an undergraduate degree in one of the available job families (see below), be aged 32 or under by the end of the year in which they take the examination, and speak English and/or French fluently.

2015 eligible countries/UN member states

Only nationals of the following countries/territories are eligible for the 2015 exam.

Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Dominica, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea (Republic of), Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritania, Monaco, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zambia

2015 application dates

Each job family has its own application period for the exam.

20 May - 19 July: Administration
27 May - 26 July: Finance
3 June - 2 August: Statistics
10 June - 9 August: Public Information
17 June - 16 August: Social Affairs
24 June - 23 August: Legal Affairs

Find out more and apply

Visit the UN Careers Young Professionals Programme website for full details and to apply online.