IMF Institute Online Application

This form is used to apply for courses at the IMF Institute headquarters (HQ) in Washington, D.C., including the Distance Learning (DL) courses, (see additional admissions requirements), IMF-administered courses at the Joint Vienna Institute (JVI) in Austria, and courses at the IMF-Singapore Regional Training Institute (STI) in Singapore.

Applications must be completed in the language of the course. Applications for courses conducted in Arabic and all courses at the JVI should be completed in English. The IMF Admissions Committee may require an approved language test for course applicants whose working language is not the same as the language of the course.

• You must be employed by an eligible governmental agency. (See list of eligible agencies).
• Your sponsor, a senior official in the agency where you work, must complete and sign the Sponsor's Nomination and Certification Form (HQ) or Sponsor's Nomination and Certification Form  (STI); we will not process applications without a sponsor's certification.
• Your sponsor must have a different e-mail address than yours.

• You will receive an e-mail acknowledging receipt of your application.
• The reference number in the e-mail should be used in all correspondence regarding your application.
• If you are applying online, do not send a hard copy of your application form.

• The IMF Institute will contact you approximately ten weeks prior to the start of the course to inform you of the decision of the Admissions Committee.

• Your application will remain confidential. The IMF does not distribute, sell, or rent any information collected on this site.