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Master of Science in Management
Master of Science in Management
20 MAY 2021
Online
The Master of Science in Management focuses on the pillars of business management while providing a solid understanding of organizations as a whole. Students will have the possibility of specializing in Business Analytics, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, or Operations and Supply Chain Management.
The MSc in Management from the UPF Barcelona School of Management is academically rigorous and highly practical. This MSc is a full-time program for students with strong quantitative and analytical skills seeking a career in international business management. The master's courses focus on the pillars of business management, strategic management, innovation, and consulting, building a sound basis to understand business organizations as a whole.
Students can tailor the master's curriculum according to their preferences, or they can take a specialization, by choosing from among a diverse offer of elective courses.
The MSc in Management benefits from the outstanding faculty of the UPF's world-ranked Department of Economics and Business, known for its scientific approach, its constant contribution to creating knowledge, and its high-level ability to stimulate and convey knowledge.
In addition, this program is recognized by Eduniversal Ranking as one the best master's degrees in General Management. In 2019, the program was the 43rd best in Europe and is among the Top 5 Best Masters in General Management in Spain.
Program jointly offered with:
Why choose this program
Excellent teaching staff
You will learn from the faculty of the UPF's Department of Economics and Business, and from experienced professionals in the areas of business management, commerce, operations, project management, and marketing, among others. UPF is the number one Spanish University in Economics and Business (Times Higher Education Ranking 2020) and the 10th best university among those under 50 years old (Times Higher Education Under 50 Ranking).
Customization: taylor the program according to your needs
The program offers you the possibility to create your own itinerary for the master with more than 30 different elective courses. You can also take one of the specializations available by choosing a number of specific electives.
Analytical focus
You will master and put into practice the latest analytical tools and business management techniques, combined with the skills you need to be successful in your professional development.
Professionalization
The MSc includes the option to do a curricular internship, which provides relevant work experience in the fields of strategic management, business management, consulting, business analytics, marketing, project management, and business development, among others.
QTEM Program
You will have the opportunity to extend your master with the QTEM program. This is an optional study abroad program in an international network bringing together outstanding students, and over 20 Academic Partners renowned in the fields of Management, Economics, and Finance.
Specializations
During the first term of the master all students take a set of five core courses. In the second and third term of the master students make a personal selection of elective courses for their specialization, and can complement them with elective courses from the other specializations on offer.
Business Analytics
By providing an advanced understanding of quantitative and analytical techniques applied to the business management of organizations, the Business Analytics specialization provides future managers and consultants with a toolbox of decision-making skills required to translate strategic plans into tangible international business performance.
It combines cutting-edge theory and practical applications to provide students with in-depth data analysis tools and strategies in order to achieve today's greatest managerial challenge: solving business complexity.
Entrepreneurship
Practically oriented and internationally minded, the Entrepreneurship specialization is aimed at creative spirits and future entrepreneurs in all sectors who want to create and develop innovative international business ideas.
It helps students to cultivate an entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial mindset, and acquire the skills and knowledge needed to draft an appropriate business plan to undertake business ventures, renew existing businesses, or become part of a new growing business.
Marketing
The Marketing specialization combines an applied mindset with academic rigour in understanding the market and the consumer. It allows students to develop both technical and creative skills needed to satisfy customer needs from a strategic, managerial, and operational perspective.
It will provide students with a full understanding of the important processes involved in creating, communicating, and delivering value to customers while strengthening their ability to face and solve complex challenges in an increasingly globalized marketing environment.
Operations and Supply Chain Management
The Operations and Supply Chain Management specialization provides a theoretical and practical illustration of the factors that are necessary for effective operations and supply management in today’s global markets. It demonstrates how successful operations performance can shape and influence sales, and create an advantage for a business.
Students will obtain a profound understanding of the processes and techniques necessary to develop strategies, and become a management expert specialized in the area of operations and supply chain.
General Management
Students who prefer to obtain a general overview accross management can combine the different elective courses of all the specializations available.
The General Management option allows students to gain in-depth knowledge in strategic, analytical and innovative management.
Who is it for?
The MSc in Management is aimed at recent graduates and junior professionals with previous analytical studies such as Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics, among others. Applicants with a different academic background may be asked to provide proof of sufficient quantitative and analytical training (GMAT) before applying for the master.
Accreditations
his is an official master and has the academic recognition of the Ministry of Education of the Government of Spain. The Quality Agency of the University System of Catalonia (AQU Catalunya) has institutionally accredited the UPF-BSM. This accreditation certifies all the official university master's degrees that we teach and recognizes the quality of our educational model in accordance with the criteria of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).
On January 2021 the MSc in Management has obtained the AMBA accreditation by the Association of Masters in Business Administration (AMBA & BGA), that recognizes the academic quality and reputation of UPF-BSM.
Curriculum
The MSc in Management is organized over three terms.
During the first term of the master all students take a set of five core courses. In the second and third term of the master students make a personal selection of elective courses for their specialization, and can complement them with elective courses from the other specializations.
Students have the option to do curricular internships in companies (the internship will earn study credits equivalent to two elective courses). Career development sessions will be offered to aid students in finding the placement and prepare them for their professional future.
From October to June, students will work on their MSc Project supervised by a specialized faculty member.
Upon completing the Master, those who wish to pursue a PhD can apply to the program offered by the UPF's Department of Economics and Business.
Core Courses
Elective Courses
MSc Final Project
Internship (optional)
Complementary activities
Additional Off-Program Activities
Further to the course's regular classes, all Master of Science students have the possibility of attending free complementary training parallel to the running of their studies. The following activities are optional and are included in the program's tuition fees:
- Brush-up Courses: online preparatory crash-courses on business and economy-related subjects which take place two weeks prior to the beginning of the program.
- Spanish Course: free of charge during the first term. 3 hours/week course at the UPF's language school.
- Career Development Program: career sessions and workshops where students obtain specific training on how to improve their CV, approach potential employers and develop professional soft skills. Read more at Employment Opportunities.
Double Degrees
UPF Barcelona School of Management Master of Science in Management offers a Double Degree option with:
- EBS Business School (Germany):
- MSc in Automotive Management
- MSc in Finance
- MSc in Real Estate
- MSc in Management
- HSE Saint Petersburg (Russia)
- Master in Management and Analytics for Business
For more information on each of the agreements please send an email to international@bsm.upf.edu.
QTEM Program
After successfully completing the Master of Science in Management students have the opportunity to participate in the QTEM Program, an optional and free-of-charge study abroad experience at more than 20 top international universities which are leaders in the field of Economics.
UPF Barcelona School of Management is the first and only Spanish institution to be part of the QTEM (Quantitative Techniques for Economics and Management) network.
Find more information about QTEM here.
Qualification obtained
Once students have completed the course they will obtain the Máster Universitario en Ciencias Empresariales / Master of Science in Management official Master Degree, awarded by Pompeu Fabra University.
Students who choose any of the specializations availabe will also receive an additional completion certificate awarded by the UPF Barcelona School of Management.
Issuance of official Master's Degrees: The amount stipulated in the DOGC (Official Gazette of the Government of Catalonia) must be paid for the rights to issue the title. This rate varies annually and the rate in force at the time of application for the degree will be applied.
Note: Elective courses will be carried out in case of reaching a minimum number of enrolled students. The final offer for each academic year may be adapted depending on the academic planning.
The information contained in these pages is for information purposes only and may be subject to change in the adaptations of each academic year. The definitive guide will be available to students enrolled in the virtual space before the start of each subject. Elective courses will take place if minimum enrolment is met.
Faculty
Academic directors
Associate Professor UPF
Associate Professor UPF
Faculty
Full professor of Financial Economics and Accounting at UPF and UPF-BSM.
Associate Professor UPF
Associate Professor UPF
Tenure-Track Professor UPF
Head of the Strategy and Entrepreneurship Area
Senior Lecturer BSM
Associate Professor UPF
Associate Professor UPF
Tenure-Track Professor UPF
Associate Professor UPF
Full Professor UPF
Tenure-Track Professor UPF
Head of Accounting and Finance
Senior Lecturer BSM
Full Professor UPF
Full Professor UPF
Associate Professor UPF
Tenure-Track Professor UPF
Associate Professor UPF
- Lluis Ferran Blanch Colino
Lecturer at the Department of Communication of Pompeu Fabra University
MBA in Marketing from ESADE. Member of the Board of Judges and Advisors since 1996. - Jordi Bosch García
Director of Digital Strategy in Mediapro
Master in Prevention and Risk Management in the Community from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is Adjunt professor of the Information and Communication Technologies Department at Pompeu Fabra University and holds a Degree in Telecommunication Engineering by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He has worked as a Technology Manager at General Electric, CIO at the Catalan Government and Secretary of Telecommunications and Information Society at the Catalan Government. - Michael John Greenacre
Full professor, Economics and Business Department, Pompeu Fabra University
PhD from the University Pierre et Marie Curie. He has an MSc in Computer Science from the University of South Africa and he has a bachelor´s in Mathemathics and Stadistic from the University of South Africa. His areas of research are applied Stadistics, Multivariate Analysis and Correspondence Analysis. - Alberto Lempira Guevara
Marketing Consultant specialized in Business Development and Digital Marketing Strategies
PhD in Business (Candidate) from Barcelona University. He is also MSc in Marketing from Pompeu Fabra University. Has a Postgraduate in Social Media and Digital Marketing from Tecnocampus, a Posgraduate in Transmedia Storytelling & Branded Content and a Postgraduate in Inbound Marketing, both from INESDI and a BE in Production Engineering from Metropolitana University (Caracas). He has worked with different organizations from corporate to political marketing. He is the host of the NotYourMarketer podcast. - Carles Martin Badell
Adjunt professor, Departament de Tecnologies de la Informació i les Comunicacions, Pompeu Fabra University
Engineer in Telecommunications from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He is also senior consultant at the Catalan Audiovisual Council (CAC) and has worked as Secretary of Information Society at the Catalan Government and he is responsible for the digital magazine Tecnonews. - Jorge Salinas Martinez
Sales Manager at Worldline Mobile Center of Competence in Barcelona
Engineer in Telecommunications from the University of Zaragoza. He also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration from Pompeu Fabra University and postgraduate studies in marketing and sales management from La Salle University (Madrid). He has worked as Solution and Product Manager at Ericsson, as Account Manager at Vodafone and Sales Manager and Business Development Manager at Tempos 21 and Atos. - Alberto Santini
Assistant professor of the Department of Economics and Business at Pompeu Fabra University
PhD in Operational Research from the University of Bologna, Italy. Master of Science in Mathematics from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. His main research interest is in combinatorial optimisation. - Daniel Stone Del Pozo
Cofunder and Chief Operations of Smaze
Bsc Marketing Degree at Lancaster University. Marketing Head of inMOtion Real State Media - Ramon Palacio Leon
Founder and Director at Xponent Triple AQ
Telecom Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration from the Pompeu Fabra University. - Linda Reichard
MIM from Thunderbird School of Global Management - Ana María Varela Otero
MSc in International Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management - Elena Yorda
Investment Director at Astra Capital
Holds a Master in Business Administration from IESE Business School and a MSc in Engineering and a BA in International Business by Sofia Tech University. She was co-founder of 3 high tech start-ups and a M&A business line within a Management Consulting Group. She has participated in the design of 2 venture capital funds and is currently working on the development of a new venture in the financial services area. She collaborated in the ESADE and UPF master programs, focusing on business plans development, and financing of new ventures.
Methodology
The Master of Science in Management is an on-campus program that combines different teaching methodologies in its various courses to offer a rigorous and interactive learning experience, involving both individual and group work.
Lectures
Theoretical concepts and methodologies are introduced by experts in the subject matter.
Practical cases
Learn from the successes and failures of real organizations, and train problem solving skills based on acquired competences.
Group-based activities
Debates, discussions, joint projects, and role-playing allow you to learn how to contribute to and respond to group dynamics.
Company visits
Learn about and from organizations of diverse sectors, and see their business strategies and operations.
Simulations
A platform that reproduces a real market where students can test business management theories and make decisions, and learn from their mistakes and successes.
Evaluation
The assessment criteria for each subject will be explained at the beginning of the term. The evaluation system may vary from subject to subject and will be based on the student's performance on a selection of the following activities:
- Written exams and multiple choice tests
- Oral presentations
- Individual assignments and essays
- Group projects
- Class participation and debates
- Ranking in a simulation
Tools
Project-oriented learning and the combination of lectures and active methodologies such as case studies, flipped learning, solving real problems and professional simulations allow the student to connect theory and practice, acquire advanced skills and achieve learning which is transferable to work.
You will have:
- Master's or postgraduate work to learn by doing
- A personal mentor to monitor your Master's Final Project (TFM) or Postgraduate Final Project (TFP)
- Digital resources to achieve transversal skills
- Interdisciplinary activities and workshops
Professional Future
The MSc in Management is aimed at recent graduates and junior professionals of analytical backgrounds who wish to acquire a realistic, practical, and professional perspective of management and organizations as a whole. Once graduated, students will be able to work in job positions in diverse sectors.
Student profile
Every year the program welcomes junior profiles, coming from analytical backgrounds, to study in Barcelona: a vibrant, dynamic, and international city. The program has a multicultural environment with students from all around the world so that the master becomes the first step to working, communicating, and negotiating in the world of international business.
Career opportunities
The MSc in Management has curricular or extracurricular internships depending on the itinerary chosen. Resources and assistance will be provided by the Internship Coordinator and UPF-BSM Careers Service team so that all students are able to find and experience an enriching internship position.
UPF-BSM Careers Service is also in charge of developing the Career Development Program: a group of different workshops, individual advice sessions, and events to connect students with companies in order to help students boost their career in business management.
- Business Analysis
- Business Development
- Digital Analysis
- Market Research
- Supply Chain Management
- Strategic Consulting
- Strategic Management
- Strategic Planning
- Specialization in Business Analytics:
- Consulting
- Data Analyst
- Supply Chain Management
- Market Research
- Specialization in Entrepreneurship:
- Business Plan Analyst
- Consulting
- Entrepreneur
- Intrapreneur
- Marketing departments in every sector
- Product Development
- Start-up Jobs
- Specialization in Marketing:
- Brand Management
- Communication Management
- Digital Marketing
- Internet and Social Marketing
- Market Research
- Marketing Consulting
- Marketing Departments in every sector
- Retail
- Specialization in Operations and Supply Chain Management:
- Supply Chain/Operations Consulting
- Operations Management
- Purchasing Management
- Production Management
- Inventory Management
- Logistics and Distribution Management
- Warehouse Design and Management
- Supply Chain Executive
Admission and enrolment
Our admission process consists of a rigorous evaluation of each application to preserve the quality of the group as well as the training, experience, and work capacity of all students.
Who can apply?
Bachelor degree
Applicants must have finished or be in the last year of a Bachelor Degree from an accredited university. Ideally, students should come from any of the following academic fields of study:
- Business Administration
- Economics
- Engineering
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Life and Health Sciences
Applicants with a different academic background may be asked to provide proof of sufficient quantitative and analytical training by presenting a 650 or higher GMAT score.
If you are currently studying the last year of your Bachelor Degree, you will need to finish your university studies and obtain your final certificate before the beginning of the program. If you finished your Bachelor Degree some time ago you should preferably not exceed 3 years of work experience in a position relevant to the program's field.
Proficiency in English
In order to be successfully enrolled, an official English certificate is required.
If you do not have your English results at the time of admission, you will be required to provide it two months before the course starts. Admission without an official English certificate will be considered conditional until the certificate is provided.
The English certificate scores are:
- TOEFL CBT: > 235
- TOEFL PBT: > 575
- TOEFL IBT: > 100
- CAE: C1
- IELTS: > 6.5
- Duolingo: > 115 (accepted during the academic years 20/21 and 21/22)
Applicants whose mother tongue is English do not need to submit the aforementioned certificate.
Applicants who have completed their full Bachelor Degree at an English-speaking university must submit written evidence that the language of instruction of their studies was English.
How to apply?
To apply for admission to this program, students must read and accept the Terms and Conditions of Contract once they start the application for admission through its form.
Application for admission
Complete your application within the next admission rounds:
| Round | Application deadline | Resolution deadline |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11/11/2020 | 26/11/2020 |
| 2 | 3/12/2020 | 18/12/2020 |
| 3 | 17/12/2020 | 31/12/2020 |
| 4 | 12/01/2021 | 28/01/2021 |
| 5 | 02/02/2021 | 17/02/2021 |
| 6 | 23/02/2021 | 10/03/2021 |
| 7 | 16/03/2021 | 31/03/2021 |
| 8 | 08/04/2021 | 23/04/2021 |
| 9 | 27/04/2021 | 12/05/2021 |
| 10 | 13/05/2021 | 28/05/2021 |
| 11 | 27/05/2021 | 11/06/2021 |
| 12 | 08/06/2021 | 23/06/2021 |
| 13 | 22/06/2021 | 07/07/2021 |
| 14 | 06/07/2021 | 21/07/2021 |
| 15 | 20/07/2021 | 30/07/2021 |
Applications for admission will be evaluated when you complete the following steps:
- Complete the online admission form.
- Pay the €120 admission fee. This amount will be returned if you are not admitted.
- Send the following documents through the online platform e-registrar:
- Presentation letter or video
- CV
- 2 academic recommendation letters (mandatory) and 1 professional (optional)
- Scanned copy of university degree (if you are in the last year of your degree, you can provide your academic records)
- Scanned copy of Transcript of Records. Make sure that it includes your GPA (Grade Point Average)
- Scanned copy of ID Card or Passport
- Passport-size photo (jpg format)
Additional documents may be requested in certain cases.
Applications are subject to the number of places available on the program.
Admission
- The Admissions Committee will select the candidates on the basis of a personal or CV-based interview.
- You will be notified of the admission decision in writing.
Enrolment
- Resgistration must be paid within a 15 days after the admission.
- Once the letter of acceptance to the program has been received, you will need to submit the following original documents before the course begins:
- Stamped and/or authenticated photocopy of your university degree.
- Stamped and/or authenticated photocopy of your transcript of records.
- If you have a foreign degree you may need to submit additional documents.
- Paying the reservation fee (25% of the program's tuition fees) is essential in order to reserve your place
- If you pay the tuition fees by bank transfer you will be required to introduce the program code. The program code for this course is .
- The remaining tuition fees must be paid 2 weeks before the start of the course.
Grants, scholarships and financing
Scholarships
The UPF Barcelona School of Management offers you different means of financing so that you can take any of our programs without worry. We offer you the opportunity to finance part of your program, either by rewarding your talent through scholarships, through grants from entities dedicated to promoting education or through collaboration agreements with financial entities.
Partner Talent Scholarship
If you are a graduated from one of the UPF Barcelona School of Management partner universities you can apply to the Partner Universities Scholarships.
UPF Barcelona School of Management, through the UPF's Institute of Continuing Education Foundation, annually awards scholarships to finance master's studies to students who can demonstrate their talent and motivation. The Partner Talent Scholarships cover 25% of the total tuition fee. Exceptionally, the Scholarship Award Committee, may decide to extend this amount up to 50%. Likewise, and accrediting a difficult economic situation, the percentage of the scholarship could be extended up to 75%.
- 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.
- Submit your application for the Partner Talent Scholarship via the "Application form" of the programme that you are interested in.
- 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.
If you have any questions about how to apply for a Partner Talent Scholarships, do not hesitate to contact our Scholarship Information Office. You can also consult our competition rules on the Official Bulletin. You can find information about the taxation of the scholarship in the FAQ's.
Social Value Scholarships
UPF Barcelona School of Management, for this next academic year, and aiming at the commitment for social welfare, offers the Social Value Scholarships with the objective of supporting and favoring the groups that the School considers a priority. Enter and consult the details.
These scholarships are intended to favor specific groups, to help them in their professional and personal development or people who are in a situation of economic difficulty.
The Social Value Scholarship program covers from 25% to 70% of the total tuition fee for the master's degree and from 25% to 50% of the total tuition fee for the diploma or postgraduate course for all the programs offered by the Institute of Continuing Education Foundation.
The University Master's Degree in Law and any other master’s degree carried out in conjunction with an institution outside the UPF-BSM are excluded. Also excluded are programs for which the interested party wishes to carry out any recognition. Repeating students will also not be eligible for the scholarship.
- "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: 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.
If you have any questions about how to apply for a Talent Scholarship, do not hesitate to contact our Scholarship Information Office. You can also consult the competition rules here.
Master of Science Scholarships
Specifically awarded to master of Science students who can demonstrate an good academic, professional, and/or personal trajectory.
UPF Barcelona School of Management, through the UPF’s Institute of Continuing Education Foundation, has its own scholarship program for applicants of the official Master of Science degrees identified as “MSc's Scholarships”.
The MSc's scholarship program is available for all official Master of Science programs offered by the Continuing Education Institute Foundation through the UPF Barcelona School of Management brand (hereinafter, UPF-BSM).
The scholarships cover 25% of the total amount of the master's degree tuition fees. In very exceptional cases the Allocation Committee may decide to increase this percentage.
MSc's cannot be applied for in the case of recognition of credits from a previous degree or if you are a repeater.
- 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.
If you have any questions about how to apply for a MSc’s Scholarship, do not hesitate to contact our Scholarship Information Office. You can also consult our competition rules.
Beca UPF-BSM
Apply for one of our UPF-BSM Scholarships, awarded specifically to Pompeu Fabra University students with a good academic record.
If you are studying your last undergraduate course (4th year) at UPF or at a UPF Group centre and you have a good record, you can apply for a UPF-BSM scholarship. Remember that you must be a graduate and be in possession of your degree (or failing that, the certificate of receipt) when you start the program in which you have enrolled.
- 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.
If you have any questions about how to apply for the UPF-BSM Scholarships, you can contact our scholarship secretariat via email.
Grants and discounts
Alumni discounts
If you are a member of our alumni associations or of one of our partner universities, we offer you a series of applicable discounts on the amount of tuition for your program.
- UPF Barcelona School of Management or UPF-IDEC Alumni: If you have previously studied at UPF Barcelona School of Management or UPF-IDEC a 15 credits (or more) program and you decide to take on a new program with us, you are entitled to a discount of 20% on your program tuition fees. It is required to be registered in the Alumni network of the UPF Barcelona School of Management upon your application. This discount is not applicable to short courses and postgraduate courses which are part of the same itinerary.
- UPF Alumni: If you have previously studied a degree, a master program or a doctoral program at Pompeu Fabra University, you are entitled to a discount of 15% on the UPF Barcelona School of Management Masters and postgraduated program tuition fees (those programs with more than 15 credits) beginning on or after 01/01/2019.
- ESCI-UPF and Tecnocampus Alumni: If you have previously studied a degree or a master at ESCI-UPF or Tecnocampus, you are entitled to a discount of 15% on the UPF Barcelona School of Management Masters and postgraduated program tuition fees (those programs with more than 15 credits).
UPF Employee Discounts
If you are a member or family member of an employee of the UPF group or belonged to the collaborating institutions of the UPF Barcelona School of Management, you can enjoy a series of applicable discounts on the tuition fees for your program.
- Administrative and Service Staff (PAS) of Pompeu Fabra University. You are entitled to a 35% discount on tuition fees for open programs subject to prior communication from the rector's office and/or the UPF general manager's office.
- Administrative and Service Staff (PAS) and Teaching and Research Staff (PDI) of the UPF Group. Discount of 20% on tuition fees for open programs.
- Relatives (up to second degree) of UPF and the UPF's Institute of Continuing Education's Foundation teaching and research staff (PAS and PDI, in Spanish). Discount of 20% on tuition fees for open programs.
- If you work at a company member of the Institute of Continuing Education Foundation's Board of Trustees or at any of our councils' companies. Discount of 20% on the tuition fees of our master's and postgraduate courses.
UPF Partner Universities Discount
Check if the university where you took your undergraduate studies is a UPF partner university and obtain a 10% discount on your master's tuition fees.