There are multiple ways to fund your studies at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC). Grants, scholarships, mobility grants and loans are offered by the University and other bodies.
Complete information about grants and financial aid at the UPC.
Below you will find information on specific scholarships and grants that you can apply for at the FIB. It is necessary to have applied for admission in the corresponding Master to qualify for any of them.
NTT DATA awards scholarships for the enrolment fees of students on the master's degree at the FIB.
Interested parties must fill in the online form (below).
Preference will be given to the students of the specializations Advanced Computing, Computer Networks and Distributed Systems, or Master in Data Science, or Master in Artificial Intelligence.
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The financial contribution of each grant is the cost of the tuition (excluding fees and others) by academic year.
In memoriam of Prof. Nacho Navarro, the Department of Computer Architecture will award 2 grants for FIB graduates that enroll in the MIRI master in the Computer Networks and Distributed Systems or High Performance Computing specialities.
Please, fill in the application form and upload it as 'extra documentation' in the online form (below).
Have graduated from FIB (Facultat d'Informàtica de Barcelona, UPC) who will pursue the Master's Degree MIRI (FIB-UPC) in the two following AC fields:
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2 grants for the cost of 50% of the registration fees for the first year of the Master (including first and second term).
Seidor Company awards one grant for the tuition fees of master's degree students at the FIB.
Those interested in the scholarships must fill in the online form.
16 September 2024
The amount of the grant is the cost of 2100 €.
50% of the scholarship will be paid upon enrolment for the first semester. The remaining 50% will be paid upon enrolment for the second semester, subject to the academic performance obtained in the first semester.
Should the scholarship holder fail to comply with the rules, he/she will be obliged to repay the amount of the scholarship up to that point.
Those interested in the scholarships must fill in the online form.
The main requirements are:
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Total cost of enrolment for the academic year 2024-2025, including tuition fees, up to a maximum of 6,000 euros per student per academic year. This enrolment may only include subjects taken for the first time.
These grants will not be offered for the academic year 2024-2025.
FIB Visiona and FIB allocate 7.500 € for study grants, specifically the enrolment rates for the first or second year of a master's degree taught at the FIB (MIRI, MEI and MAI).
Those interested must read the requirements and fill in the online form (below).
Applicants must send the following documentation:
Finally, it must be pointed out whether any other scholarship has been requested for the master's degree at the FIB, especially in the case of having requested the MEC scholarship. In the event that the candidate has requested the MEC scholarship but eventually it is not granted, the FIB Visiona-FIB scholarship may be accepted.
Requirements for applicants of first-year grants
Requirements for applicants of second-year grants
15th February 2021
The overall economic endowment for the FIB Visiona - FIB scholarships is 7,500 €. It will be allocated to the enrolment of a FIB master's degree during the academic year, distributed as it follows:
These grants will not be offered for the academic year 2024-2025.
The Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera has announced the inclusion of the master's degree in Artificial Intelligence in its grant program Master d'Excel·lència for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Please, fill in the online form (below).
5th July 2019
This program offers a grant of €7.500 for the master's degree in Artificial Intelligence.
These grants will not be offered for the academic year 2024-2025.
Accenture, within the framework of Barcelona Digital Talent, offers 5 grants for a master’s degree taught at the FIB. In addition, grants holders must complete a training stay at Accenture, which also benefits from additional financial compensation.
Those interested in the scholarships must fill in the online form.
Be a full-time student in a FIB’s Master for the academic year 2021-2022.
Carry out an internship at Accenture in one of the two suggested profiles, according to the conditions specified by external academic placement. Internships are also paid on the same conditions as any educational cooperation agreement.
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The amount of each grant is the cost of all of the tuition fees per academic year. Accenture Company will make the payment every semester once the student proves all the requirements.
This grant is not compatible with any other masters’ studies scholarship.
Allianz offers:
Those interested in the scholarships must fill in the online form in the UPC Electronic Office.
The main requirements are:
The grants cover the tuition fees and taxes for the entire theoretical duration of the master's degree.
These grants will not be offered for the academic year 2024-2025.
The Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera has announced the inclusion of the master's degree in Innovation and Research in Informatics in its grant program Master's Degrees Excellence for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Please, fill in the online form (below).
Deadline: 5th July 2019
This program offers a grant of €10,000 for the master's degree in Innovation and Research in Informatics.
ARCO is a world-renowned research group in the areas of computer architecture and compilers for future computing systems, with a long track record of publications in collaboration with industry. Current research projects focus on the following areas:
ARCO is offering a number of scholarship grants for students of the Master in Innovation and Research in Informatics. Successful candidates will join the group to carry out their Master thesis in leading edge research projects of the group related to these topics.
We are seeking bright and highly motivated students with an interest in deepening their research background in the area of computer architecture, especially in the topics listed above.
The duration of each scholarship is for 2 years for new Master students and 1 year for students in their second year of the Master.
After completing the master, selected candidates may opt for a scholarship to pursue a PhD in the ARCO research group.
Interested candidates should submit the following documents in English by Email to antonio@ac.upc.edu (Prof. Antonio González - http://people.ac.upc.edu/antonio/):
The amount of the grants is 8,000 € per year.
The CBA research group has recently started a specific division in the area of AI applied to Computer Networks.
In this area, the CBA group has pioneered the use of Graph Neural Networks (GNN) in networking and developed the first GNN framework for computer networks (github.com/knowledgedefinednetworking/ignnition).
Recently, it has also organized the "Graph Neural Networking Challenge 2020" in collaboration with the ITU-T, which attracted 120 participants of 24 different countries (https://bnn.upc.edu/challenge2020).
The CBA group is offering a number of scholarships for students of the Master in Innovation and Research in Informatics (MIRI) interested in AI and/or computer networks.
The objective of the scholarship is to gather research experience on these topics and eventually develop the Master Thesis. The scholarships will be between 1 and 2 years and will be carried in the context of a large industrial project with a major multinational technology company.
Interested candidates should submit their CV and academic record (transcript) over email to professors Pere Barlet (pbarlet@ac.upc.edu) and Albert Cabellos (acabello@ac.upc.edu).
The amount of the grants is 6,000 € per year.
The inLab FIB offers a limited number of the inLab Talent grants for master’s degree students at the Barcelona School of Informatics during the 2019-2020 academic year. These grants provide funding that is linked to students’ participation in R&D&i projects in collaboration with important ICT companies.
The collaboration will require 20 hours of work per week.
€585.50 per month.
The NaNoNetworking Center in Catalunya (N3Cat),
N3Cat is offering several scholarships for students of the MIRI master, interested in communications, nanotechnology and/or computer architecture.
The goal of the scholarship is to obtain research experience in a vibrant, international, and dynamic research group. The scholarships cover 1 or 2 years, including the master thesis.
Interested candidates please submit your CV and academic transcripts to Sergi Abadal (sergi.abadal@upc.edu) and Albert Cabellos (alberto.cabellos@upc.edu).
MIRI students, preferred specializations Computer Networks and Distributed Systems, Data Science or High Performance Computing
The amount of the grants is 7,000 € per year.
SANS scholarships for the CNDS specialization
The SANS (Statistical Analysis of Networks and Systems, http://sans.ac.upc.edu) is a research group interested on the capture and analysis of data from Internet of Things devices, applied to different areas, such as environmental monitoring, smart cities, and analysis of mobility patterns. More specifically, our current research focuses on how to guarantee data quality and accuracy in community sensor networks made of low cost monitoring equipment by means of machine learning techniques. Current research projects are focused on the following areas:
We are seeking bright and highly motivated students with an interest in deepening their research background in the area of computer networks and distributed systems, especially in the topics listed above. The student will be actively involved in the activities of the research group.
Candidates should submit the following documents in English by email to jorge@ac.upc.edu (Jorge García Vidal) and joseb@ac.upc.edu (Jose M. Barcelo Ordinas). Please, attach the academic transcript for the undergraduate degree, a CV, and a short presentation letter.
We look for students with a good background in Computer Science, Telecommunication and Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or Physics.
The amount of the scholarship is 6,000 € per year.