Grants for a transition course to university studies and subsequent completion of master’s studies or the last two courses (second cycle) of the degree (2024-2025)
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This initiative is co-financed by the University of Barcelona, the Fundació Solidaritat UB, and the Directorate for Human Rights, Global Justice and International Cooperation of the Barcelona City Council.
Scholarship Summary
Country to study: Spain
Field of Study: All fields of study
Deadline: 12 July 2024
Level of Study: Bachelor’s, Master’s
Full scholarship for the first year, renewable: 300.00 USD
Number of Vaccancies: 10
Age: Applicants up to age 26 are eligible
Attendace: In-person programme delivery
Eligibility criteria for applicants:
- Be in a refugee or refugee-like situation, as defined by the UNHCR. This implies that the applicants must have been forcibly displaced from their places of residence or be persecuted, or have a well-founded fear of persecution, due to conflict, violence or other circumstances that seriously undermine the public order, and/or due to their political opinions, religious beliefs, ethnic or social affiliation, sexual orientation, gender status, or any other circumstance. In all cases, applicants must prove their situation by means of documentary evidence, such as letters from governmental or non-governmental institutions, documentation issued by the UNHCR or any other agency of the United Nations, or any other material element that can be assessed.
- Be in a situation of vulnerability in terms of the effective exercise of Human, Economic and Social Rights. In this sense, the applicant must provide documentation or other material elements that sufficiently accredit the existence of this situation of vulnerability in their place of residence at the time of applying for aid.
- Be aged 26 or younger at the time of the deadline for submitting applications.
- Be a resident of a non-EU country and not hold Spanish nationality or any other European Union nationality, nor dual nationality, when one of the two is Spanish or from another European Union country.
- Have no prior knowledge of either Spanish or Catalan, given that one of the specific aims of the course that is the object of this call for applications is the learning of both languages.
- Explicitly manifest a social commitment and a commitment to Global Justice and, therefore, a willingness to engage with the local associative network in the defence of human rights.
- Sufficiently proof, as required by the University of Barcelona, having carried out university studies and/or hold a university degree that allows access to an official, non-interuniversity master’s degree at the UB or to the last two years (second cycle) of the UB-specific bachelor’s degree at UB’s own centers. The supporting documentation must be submitted in the original language and in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish. This documentation will be checked prior to the selection of candidates.
- Those already holding a degree cannot apply for another degree within the framework of this call for applications.
- Those already holding a master’s degree cannot apply for another master’s degree within the framework of this call for applications.
- The application for studies to be carried out within the framework of this call for applications must be coherent with the person’s academic trajectory.
Apply for admission to official and non-interuniversity master’s degree programs or to the last two years of the second cycle of bachelor’s degree courses offered by UB faculties and schools, excluding affiliated centers and the degrees in Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Psychology. The UB’s course offerings can be found at the following addresses: o For information about Bachelor’s degrees: https://web.ub.edu/web/estudis/graus o For information about Master’s: https://web.ub.edu/web/estudis/masters[1]postgraus
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