Master of Science in International Business

• You must have completed a university qualification in one of the UPF Barcelona School of Management partner universities included in the Annex I of Official Bulletin.
• You must have obtained in your undergraduate studies a minimum GPA (Grade Point Average) of 3.0 out of 4.0 (the Scholarship Committee reserves the right to determine a different minimum GPA according to your home country's grading system).
• You must have applied for admission into one of the master's offered by the UPF Barcelona School of Management (except the Official Master's Programme in Advocacy or those master's in which the enrolment process is external to the UPF Barcelona School of Management).

Please note that your application must meet all documentation requirements and deadlines. Otherwise it will not be evaluated.

1. Submit your application for the Partner Talent Scholarship via the "Application form" of the programme that you are interested in.
2. Submit the documentation detailed below via the "Scholarships and Funding" section of the platform, to which you will be given access when applying:
   • Letter of motivation. Tell us why you request the Talent Scholarship and why you think you are a good candidate to be awarded.
   • List of merits. Download our template. Remember to provide the information that accredits your merits.
   • A complete transcript of records of your undergraduate studies with your GPA (if presenting a non-Spanish transcript of records, and only if the scale of grades does not appear, include an official certificate conversion chart or a scale corresponding to the educational system of the country in which the degree was issued).

All documents except for the academic transcript must be in either Catalan, Spanish or English. The academic transcript can be presented in Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Italian or Portuguese. If it is another language it must be accompanied by a sworn official translation into Catalan or Spanish.

In some cases, candidates will be called for interview, either in person or by telephone or Skype. If necessary, we will contact you in order to schedule an interview.

Partner Talent Scholarships are not compatible with the UPF Alumni's discounts, nor with the UPF Barcelona School of Management Alumni discounts.

Partner Talent Scholarships are applied for and awarded according to the dates outlined below. The funds available in each call for applications diminish as the dates advance. Therefore, the earlier you apply for a Partner Talent Scholarship, the more likely you are to be awarded one.

Programmes for the academic year 2021-2022:

• Scholarship application deadline: 03/12/2020, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 14/12/2020
• Scholarship application deadline: 12/01/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 25/01/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 23/02/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 08/03/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 08/04/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 19/04/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 13/05/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 24/05/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 08/06/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 21/06/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 06/07/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 27/07/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 20/07/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 27/07/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 02/09/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 13/09/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 05/10/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 18/10/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 21/10/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 01/11/2021

The number of rounds is subject to the availability of funds, so if the funds are exhausted in previous rounds, later rounds will be cancelled.
The Partner Talent Scholarship Committee reserves the right to transfer funds to other applications' deadlines if they have not been assigned.

Please bear in mind that scholarship applications have to be made at the same time as completing your application for the programme and always before classes begin. Partner Talent Scholarships cannot be processed for a master's programme that has already begun.

Equally, applications presented after the deadlines of the established rounds will not be accepted, even if classes have not yet begun.

• "Impulsa MUJER" (“Promote Woman”)
  Aimed at all professional women, from any environment, who wish to study a management program in any area of the company, to occupy leadership positions or to lead a professional project.
  Sporty woman: Specifically addressed at professional sportswomen interested in studying the master’s degree in Sports Management in any of its modalities.
• "Post COVID boost"
  Aimed at people over 40 who are unemployed or in ERTE. ERTE is a term used in Spain to refer to the suspension for a specific time of the labor contract of part or all the workers of a company due to force majeure. This temporary suspension of the contract has been applied in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic and remains in effect until the Government and the Employer decide.
• "Entrepreneur Scholarship for local economy"
  Aimed at entrepreneurs and small businesses with a direct impact on the local economy and regions that need specific training to boost business.

• You must have applied for admission into one of the master's offered by the UPF Barcelona School of Management (except the Official Master's Program in Advocacy or those master's) and have been admitted to the program for which the grant is being requested.
• Present a letter of motivation with the reasons why you are applying for the scholarship with a list of merits or outstanding aspects that can be contrasted.

Consult the specific criteria for each of the modalities in the rules.

Submit your application for the Social Value Scholarship via the "Application form" of the program that you are interested in.

Submit the documentation via the "Scholarships and Funding" section of the eRegistar platform, to which you will be given access when applying

Please note that your application must meet all the requirements for both documentation and deadlines. Otherwise, it cannot be evaluated.

All documents except for the academic transcript must be in either Catalan, Spanish or English. The academic transcript can be presented in Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Italian or Portuguese. If it is another language it must be accompanied by a sworn official translation into Catalan or Spanish.

Social Value Scholarship applications have to be made at the same time as completing your application for the program and always before classes begin. Social Value Scholarships cannot be processed for a master's program that has already begun.
Equally, applications presented after the deadlines of the established rounds will not be accepted, even if classes have not yet begun.

Social Value Scholarship are applied for and awarded according to the dates outlined below.:

Programmes for the academic year 2021-2022

• Scholarship application deadline: 12/01/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 25/01/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 23/02/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 08/03/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 08/04/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 19/04/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 13/05/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 24/05/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 08/06/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 21/06/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 06/07/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 27/07/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 20/07/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 27/07/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 02/09/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 13/09/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 05/10/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 18/10/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 21/10/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 01/11/2021

The Scholarship Committee will only award Social Value Scholarships to those applicants who, having completed the corresponding documentation and been finally admitted to the program for which they are applying, have passed the various tests that may be requested and meet the criteria established in each established typology in which they wish to enter.

The Scholarship Committee will inform each applicant of the decision individually by e-mail, following the dates published on the website.

• To have completed and obtained an official university degree,
• To have obtained in their degree studies a weighted average equivalent to a minimum of 8 out of 10 in the Spanish educational system or a GPA (Grade Point Average) of 3.4 out of 4.0 (the Scholarship Committee reserves the right to determine other equivalent values to adapt to the weighting systems of each country). You can check here your Bachelor's Degree average score equivalence.
• To have applied for it at the time of admission, and
• To have been admitted to the master's studies for which the scholarship is requested.

Please note that your application must comply with all documentation requirements and respect the deadlines. Otherwise, it cannot be evaluated.

• Apply for the scholarship within the established deadlines and;
• Upload the required documentation to prove your academic and personal merits, through the eSecretaria platform (failure to submit any of the required documents will invalidate the application).
  • Letter of motivation. Tell us why you request the Scholarship and why you think you are a good candidate to be awarded.
  • List of merits. Remember to provide the information that accredits your merits.

The candidate's motivation and future prospects will be assessed through his/her letter and his/her provable and verifiable personal merits.

In certain circumstances, applicants may be required to conduct a complementary face-to-face, telephone or Skype interview with a member of the Academic Board of the program and/or the MSc's Scholarship Commission.

Only if the university degree and the academic record are written in a language other than Spanish, Catalan, English, French, Italian or Portuguese, must it be accompanied by an official sworn translation into Spanish, Catalan or English.

The awards of the scholarships will be associated with the admission decisions of the applications and the award will be linked to the order of arrival or application.

The UPF-BSM allocates annually to the endowment of the MSc’s Scholarship fund the amount it considers appropriate. Available funds decrease as these are granted.

The number of rounds is subject to the availability of funds, so if the funds are exhausted in previous rounds, later rounds will be cancelled.

The Scholarship Committee reserves the right to transfer funds to other applications' deadlines if they have not been assigned.

Please bear in mind that scholarship applications have to be made at the same time as completing your application for the programme and always before classes begin.

Equally, applications presented after the deadlines of the established rounds will not be accepted, even if classes have not yet begun.

The application for the scholarship must be made before the start of the course and in no case can it be processed for a master's degree that is already being completed. Applications submitted beyond the July admissions period and beyond the deadline for the scholarship application will not be accepted, even if the master's degree has not started.

Applicants may only apply for 1 scholarship per master's degree.

• Be in the last undergraduate year at UPF. 
• Have a good academic record. 
• Have been admitted or are in the process of admission to a Master or Postgraduate course for which you are applying for this Scholarship.

• Apply for the Scholarship at the time of application for admission. 
• Submit a motivation letter with the reasons why you have opted for the Scholarship and a list of verifiable merits. 
• Upload the required documentation through the eRegistrar platform

• The dates of awarding or denying of the Scholarship will be published on the website. 
• The scholarship candidate will personally receive a communication with the procedures to follow in order to formalize it.

The Scholarship Committee assesses academic talent (average grade of the report) and personal talent (the motivation of the candidate and their merits). 

The UPF-BSM Scholarships are not compatible with specific aid for the programs, scholarships granted by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, and other UPF-BSM scholarships. 

They are compatible with other scholarships from organizations outside the UPF-BSM and with discounts for large families.

They are applied for and granted in accordance with the dates stipulated below: 

Academic year programs 2020–21 and 2021–22

• Scholarship application deadline: 03/12/2020, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 14/12/2020
• Scholarship application deadline: 12/01/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 25/01/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 23/02/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 08/03/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 08/04/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 19/04/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 13/05/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 24/05/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 08/06/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 21/06/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 06/07/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 27/07/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 20/07/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 27/07/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 02/09/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 13/09/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 05/10/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 18/10/2021
• Scholarship application deadline: 21/10/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 01/11/2021

Remember that you must apply for the scholarship when you complete the application for admission to the program that interests you and always before classes start. The Scholarship cannot be processed for a program that is already being studied. 

Scholarships will be awarded to 5 participants, each of which may cover part of the enrolment fee.. This amount is detailed in Annex I.

These scholarships are directed at:

• graduates or university graduates from any Spanish or foreign University (in the latter case, provided that the foreign qualification in question is recognized by Spanish organizations as equivalent to the aforementioned graduate degrees) and
• provided that they have been admitted to any Master Program offered by UPF-BSM.

These scholarships will be open to applicants who meet the requirements established in Annex I at the end of the deadline for submitting applications.

The documentation necessary to qualify for these scholarships is as follows:

1. Application for the scholarship through the eSecretaria portal in the “scholarships and grants” section.
   Presentation of the application implies the acceptance of the terms and conditions of the call and does not exempt payment of enrolment fees or its postponement.
2. Applicant’s letter of motivation, briefly explaining why they are interested in these scholarships.
3. Additional documentation:
   In addition, the following documentation must be submitted:
   • photocopy of DNI (National ID card) or NIE (Foreigner’s ID card).
   •  Academic transcript certificate
   •  If the access degree for the PROGRAM was completed at a foreign university, the academic transcript certificate must be accompanied by accreditation of the average grade equivalency and the minimum passing grade.
   • Curriculum vitae.

The applicant will be exempt from submitting, together with the application, the aforementioned documents that were previously submitted to UPF-BSM during the admission process.

The Scholarship Allocation Committee (section 8) may request as much information as it deems appropriate to assess the circumstances of the case for allocation. Likewise, UPF-BSM reserves the right to request original copies of the documentation submitted.

To request the scholarships, candidates must follow the instructions below:

• apply for the scholarship within the established time frame and;
• upload the required documentation to accredit their academic, personal and professional merits through the eSecretaria platform (failing to provide any of the documents required will invalidate the application)

In some cases candidates will be called for an additional interview with a member of the Scholarship Committee, either in person or by telephone or videoconference.

These scholarships are open to all master programs (official and non-official) offered at UPF-BSM. The calls will be published on the UPF-BSM website, in the specific section linked to them, as well as the dates set for the announcement of the final decision.

The selection process is carried out on a competitive basis.

The Allocation Committee is made up of the following members:

• Dean
• Vice-Dean of Faculty
• Vice-Dean of Research and Knowledge Transfer

The final decision, which must express the list of applicants to whom the scholarships are proposed, will be notified individually to the candidates to whom the scholarship is to be awarded at the email address that appears on the application.

The amounts received by the beneficiary will be reimbursed, when any of the following events occur:

a) Obtaining the scholarship by falsifying the conditions required for it or hiding those that would have prevented it.

b) Total or partial non-compliance with the purpose, the activity, the project or failure to adopt the conduct that underlies the granting of the scholarship or grant, as well as the failure to pass the program.

c) Non-compliance with the obligation of justification or insufficient evidence, in accordance with the rules established in this scholarship announcement.

d) Breach of the obligations established in these legal terms and conditions.

e) The granting of another incompatible scholarship or grant.

f) The beneficiary's waiver of the scholarship or grant awarded.

g) Cancellation or dropping out of the master program for any reason: academic, voluntary or disciplinary and/or abandoning studies.

h) In any other case provided for in the regulations that may be applicable.

The scholarship is not compatible with the following scholarships and grants:

• Discounts or bonuses for programs.
• Alumni Discount.
• Any other scholarships funded by the IDEC Foundation.

Beneficiaries are obliged to:

a) Attend at least 80% of classes and sit the exams for their degree.

b) Notify of any scholarships obtained for the same purpose from any administration or national or international public or private entity.

c) Submit to the necessary verification actions to verify, where appropriate, the compliance and effectiveness of the conditions determining the granting of the scholarship.

d) Inform the Academic Secretary’s office about the cancellation of enrolment and/or the abandonment of the studies, as well as any alteration of the conditions taken into account for the granting of the scholarship, which will mean the breach of the obligations as beneficiary.

e) Comply with the provisions contained in these terms and conditions and call, as well as those that may be applicable in compliance with current regulations.

Failure to comply with any of the obligations established in this call, and in the cases provided for under current regulations, will result in the revocation of the scholarship granted and the refund of the amounts received.

In no case does the awarding of a collaboration scholarship imply a working relationship between the beneficiary and UPF-BSM.

The relationship between the beneficiary of the scholarship and UPF-BSM is governed by the following: by Royal Decree 592/2014, of 11 July, which regulates external academic internships for university students (hereinafter "RD PAE"); the agreement of the Board of Governors of 9 May 2012, modified by agreements of the Board of Governors of 18 July 2012, 20 March 2013 and 1 July 2015, concerning the regulations governing external academic internships for UPF students, as applicable; and the University Student Statutes, approved by Royal Decree 1791/2010 of 30 December, by the rest of the UPF-BSM academic regulations and by the applicable state and regional provisions, especially Royal Decree 1493/2011, of 24 October which regulates the terms and conditions for inclusion in the General Social Security System of people who participate in training programs. The regulations set out in the additional twenty-fifth provision of Royal Decree Law 8/2014, dated 4 July, are also applicable, for the approval of urgent measures for growth, competitiveness and efficiency, for paid external academic curricular internships.

UPF-BSM will withhold the appropriate taxes in each case.

Data Controller:

The data controller of the personal data of the candidate and/or beneficiary is the INSTITUTE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION FOUNDATION (hereinafter, "IDEC Foundation"), a private foundation which owns the higher education centre known as Barcelona School of Management, a centre affiliated to Pompeu Fabra University, with registered office in Barcelona, ​​C / Balmes, 132-134, 08008 and with the following email address for all personal data protection queries: rgpd@bsm.upf.edu.

Data protection officer: UPF-BSM Director of Human Resources and Organization. Contact: dpd@bsm.upf.edu

Purposes and lawful bases:

The IDEC Foundation will process the personal data of the candidates and/or beneficiaries, by virtue of the execution of these terms and conditions for the Talent Scholarships, with the following purposes:

Analyse the suitability of the candidate and carry out an allocation process for the possible granting of the scholarships.

Ensure that the candidate meets the requirements throughout the entire duration of any of the programs.

Make the corresponding payments in the event that the scholarship is granted.

Comply with the rights and obligations that the scholarships imply for the IDEC Foundation and for the beneficiary.

Recipients:

The personal details of candidates and/or beneficiaries will not be transferred to third parties unless there is a legal obligation or it is necessary to do so, provided that said access and data processing is essential to provide a specific service to the IDEC Foundation. In this event, the IDEC Foundation will always sign the corresponding data processor agreement with each one of said third parties, who must process the data only for the purposes determined in each case.

Data storage:

The personal details of candidates and/or beneficiaries will be kept throughout the duration of the Program for which the Talent Scholarship was requested and during the fulfilment of the rights and obligations assumed by the IDEC Foundation and by the beneficiary described in these legal bases. And after this period has elapsed, for the necessary period to comply with applicable legal obligations.

Rights:

Data subjects may exercise at any time their rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection.

To exercise these rights, the data subject may send their request, attaching a copy of their passport or other valid identification document to Balmes 132-134, 08008, Barcelona; or to the email address: rgpd@bsm.upf. 

In any case, the data subject has the right to file a claim with the Spanish Data Protection Agency if they so desire.

Additional Information

Additional information can be found in the IDEC Foundation's privacy policy published on the UPF-BSM website: https://www.bsm.upf.edu/en/privacy-policy

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