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Call for grants "Erasmus+ Doctorate" 2023-2024, for doctoral stays

Dec 04, 2023

Are you a PhD student at the UPC? Do you want to make a stay in an European university this academic year 2023-2024?

The call for Erasmus+ Doctorate grants has been published, for UPC PhD students who want to make a stay in an European higher education institution, in this 2023-2024 academic year. Potential candidates can consult the text of the call through this link. ; and trough this other link, the translation to English (with Google Translate) of the text of this call.

NOTE: The deadline of this call has been EXTENDED and it is open until June 10th, 2024 , so applications for short-term stays can be submitted until that date.

Among the documents to submit with your application, you have to attach, according to the type of stay: Learning Agreement (short stays), o bien Training Agreement (long stays) .

Potential candidates should submit their application through the UPC Electronic Site ("Seu Electrònica UPC").

In addition, students who will carry out an Erasmus+ Doctorate stay of THREE or more months can also apply for the grant "UPC International Doctorate Mention" (ajuts UPC Menció Internacional de Doctorat). Potential candidates can consult the text of the call through this link.

More information and inquiries

e-mail: oficina.mobilitat.internacional at upc.edu

Description

UPC grants with external funding

Grants funded by the units involved in the programme

PhD student's mobility to get the European mention at the title of Doctor

Grants and scholarships

The UPC Doctoral School has an excellent summary of available PhD grants .

Quick Start Guide

Before you arrive:.

Step 2 : Go to the Professors and Research Groups section of this web, examine the different research activities and ongoing projects, and select the research groups related to your area of interest. You can contact the Program Coordination if you need assistance or guidance with this step.

Step 3 : Once you have selected the research group(s) related with your interests, you need that some professor from that list accepts to act as your tutor . The tutor will guide you in the first months of your doctorate. Eventually, this professor may also act as the PhD advisor is so agreed. Please introduce yourself, explain your background, motivation, research interests, financing needs (if any). The professor can provide more precise information about the active research projects in the group, and research topics for the Ph.D. thesis. Note that all applications without providing a tutor shall be rejected.

Step 4 : Go to the on-line Admission application web page and register as new user. You should receive a registration e-mail.

Step 5 : Use the on-line Admission web page to fill in your personal information, your academic degree(s) information, languages. Also upload a short motivation text, stating your topic of interest and the name of the tutor you contacted in Step 3. In Please upload the following documents:

• Currículum Vitae; 
• scanned copy of your passport or personal ID;
• scanned copy of your university degrees;
• scanned copy of official academic records - qualifications certificates;
• document attesting that the degrees allow to access the doctorate in your country (only if out of the EHEA);
• English language certificate (if any).

Step 7 : Your application will be evaluated by the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program. Normally you should receive an answer within one week after you submit your request. The evaluation process has two phases. In a first phase your application request will be validated (i.e. it will be checked that you fullfil the admission criteria). In a second phase, the Academic Committee will evaluate your academic records, consult with the professor you chose as the tutor and decide on your admission together with the possible need to take extra courses. The tutor is formally appointed by the Academic Commission in this step.

VERY IMPORTANT: Don't forget to bring with you the original of your official degree certificate and a copy of all your qualification marks and academic records.

If you want to apply for a grant, please visit the Scholarships section of this web. Note that in some of the cases you will need to attach a certificate of the admission in our Doctoral Program to the grant application. You can request this document once your admission has been accepted, by sending an email to [email protected].

When you arrive at UPC:

Step 1 : Visit the International Students Mobility Office (OMI) to legalize your academic stage:

• Students from the EU: you should register in the 'Registro de Extrangeros Comunitarios'
• Students from outside the EU: Check your VISA situation at the OMI. You need to do this just after arriving to Spain if you hold a long duration student VISA.

Step 2 : You can use the services provided by the Intenational Students Service to search for an apartment or shared room in the city. They will assist you as well with other practical aspects such as Catalan and Spanish courses,  health insurance issues, etc.

Step 3 : You will have to register either for the courses or for the research period tuition. The normal registration period is  in September-October, although exceptional registration out of this period is possible. Please check the detailed dates and location in the Registration section of this web, as well as the required documents and forms to be filled. It is required that you contact your tutoring professor in advance to discuss with him/her what courses or activities you should register to.

Step 4 : Read carefully the following documents. They are a welcome manual for students arriving to our Doctoral Program and the specific academic regulations of the Doctoral Program in Electronic Engineering.

• Welcome manual for new students arriving to the Doctoral Program in Electronic Engineering (UPC credentials needed to access).
• Specific academic regulations of the Doctoral Program in Electronic Engineering.

Further information:

You will find more detailed information in the specific sections of this web. Please check the UPC Doctoral Office web page as well for general infomation and guidelines.

If you need specific infomation not found in this web, please contact us .

If you have any suggestion or complaint, please click here .

Fees, Grants, Assistance and Accommodation

The official fees can be foud here .

General Grants and Scholarships

There are different options to get funds for your studies: info

• At UPC , here you will find the related information
• At URV , here you will find the related information
• At UB , here you will find the related information

Special Mobility Scholarships

The Spanish Ministry offer some mobility scholarships for students registered in Spanish Masters. Thet are intended for helping to move from one university to another university in mandatory courses taken in a different province (i.e., Barcelona, Tarragona):

• All information (requirements, application forms, etc.) is available at Ministry of Education and Science (MEC)
• Normally the application period is early September ( course 2011/2012: September 5 to 23rd, 2011 )

If you need some assistance or help for:

• Scholarships
• Visa obtaining
• Legalization of documents
• Diplomatic affairs
• Accomodation
• Language courses
• Health insurance

You can contact the International Mobility/Students Office at each University:

Accommodation

There is the possibility of living at a Student Residence Halls or in flats:

• Take a look at RESA company, which is in charge of the management of several Accommodation Services for University people:
• If you are staying at Barcelona search for “ Torre Girona” Residence. It is the Residence inside the UPC Campus Nord. Also, accommodation in flats could be provided.
• If you are staying at Tarragona, search for “ Residència Sant Jordi ”, which is managed also by RESA .

2.  UB offers several Student Residence Halls in Barcelona

Pre-Doctoral Grants

Call for pre-doctoral grants.

Until June 30th , a call is open for two PhD theses in the field of research for human development called by UPC.

Within the framework established by the United Nations with respect to the Sustainable Development Goals, research and innovation in science and technology are key to being able to respond for the improvement of living conditions for all, without leaving anyone behind.

In this sense, UPC has published a call for predoctoral grants linked to the Center of Cooperation for Development (CCD). The call is financed with resources from the 0.7% Campaign, which adds to the institutional contribution, the voluntary contributions of students, administration, teaching and research staff, and which constitutes the solidarity fund of UPC.

The projects in which the doctoral theses must be framed must be oriented towards the reduction of poverty, inequalities and programs that can directly benefit vulnerable populations in countries or regions with low or very low HDI.

The management of these doctoral scholarships will be done through the CCD. You will find the terms and the rest of the information in this link (information available in catalan):  https://www.ctt.upc.edu/Beques-UPC_117_119_ca.html#AJUTS%20PREDOCTORALS%20CCD

Call for candidates Open - Grant for PhD Tesis (UPC-U. Lisboa)

Aug 01, 2023

The Unite! alliance promotes the development of PhD Theses under co-supervision between professors from different universities.

On November 24, it has opened a call for applying for a grant to complete a Thesis related to Industry 4.0 - Additive Manufacturing. The subject of the Thesis is multi-material 3D printing, and will be co-supervised by professors M. Leite (U. Lisboa) and J. Minguella-Canela (UPC).

More details can be found in the links below.

Industry 4.0 – Contribution to multi-material 3D printing of parts with embedded functionalities : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J06BHu5QVX34gLOmngtFH56wCp5t6ai_/view https://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/en/news/call-for-phd-fellowships-unite-ulisboa-is-open-until-31st-december/ https://www.upc.edu/ca/unite/noticies/9-beques-de-doctorat-per-a-projectes-en-tres-arees-prioritaries-de-unite

The submission of applications is scheduled to close on December 31st, with the applicants' evaluation and selection process taking place in the following weeks.

The Catalonia Quantum Academy is offering up to 10 fellowships to outstanding students to pursue studies on one of the following eligible master’s programs in Quantum Science and Technology and enabling technologies: MSc in Quantum Science and Technology (UB, UAB UPC), MSc in Photonics (UPC, UB, UAB)​, MSc in Engineering Physics (UPC), MSc in Cybersecurity (UPC), MSc in Advanced Telecommunication Technologies (UPC)​, MSc in Telecommunications Engineering (UPC). ​Fellowships cover matriculation fees and are open to local, EU and international students, with no restriction on nationality (May 23rd 2024).

Apply here (before June 30th): Link

For more information contact: [email protected]​

Scolarships sponsored by research groups participating in the master

Some research groups involved in the master offer grants for students during his/her MSc thesis (from April to July of every academic year). You should contact them directly (see Related Research Groups section).

AAD Scholarships sponsored by the Generalitat de Catalunya.

The Generalitat de Catalunya, through the AGAUR, sponsored during some academic years 1 scholarship of about 1200€, specific for students of master's degrees. Students had to do “directed academic activities” of support to faculty activities. The first call was published at the end of August 2013. The call, if any, will be published in AGAUR’s website (www.gencat.cat/agaur ). Interested students should submit an application following the instructions to be published there.

General information about other scholarships.

For foreign students, it is very difficult to get a scholarship for the master's degree in Photonics. You can find some information about grant-awarding institutions or agencies offering grants to enrol in a master, in the websites of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya ( www.upc.edu ) and related specific sites:

• http://www.upc.edu/aprender/estudios
• http://www.upc.edu/sri/students?set_language=en
• http://www.upc.edu/learning/grants-and-financial-aid
• https://www.upc.edu/sga/becas-ayudas-al-estudio-y-prestamos/becas-para-master-universitario
• http://www.ctt.upc.edu/Beques-i-ajuts_117_ca.html )

You can also visit the websites of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ( http:// www.uab.es ) and Universitat de Barcelona ( http:// www.ub.edu ) and the international relations services of these universities, or the ICFO reseach institute ( http://www.icfo.es ).

Also the Spanish Government ( https://sede.educacion.gob.es/catalogo-tramites/becas-ayudas-subvenciones/para-estudiar.html ) could give grants for masters and the Catalan Government ( http://www.gencat.cat/agaur ) could give loans or other grants, although some of them might be only for Spanish students.

It is somewhat easier to get a grant for a PhD programme (after getting the master's degree). If you enrol in the master's degree in Photonics, when you will be in Barcelona attending lectures (i.e., from end September 2015 to July or September 2016) you will have opportunites to contact professors of the master's degree Program and ask them to be your supervisor for a future PhD thesis. If you find a supervisor than can offer you a PhD thesis research subject, then that supervisor can help you to apply for a PhD grant (to some grant-awarding institution or agency) for academic year 2016-17 and subsequent years.

Other possible addresses (most of which can be accessed from the websites or links above), are the following:

MSc Grants (and possibly PhD grants)

• Universia Grants (in Spanish) (http://www.universia.net/)
• UPC BarcelonaTech/CSC Joint Scholarship Scheme ( http://www.upc.edu/sri/students/international-students/helps-and-grants-for-coming-to-upc/postgraduate/joint-csc-upc-scholarships )
• Becas MAE-AECI (information usually only in Spanish) (http://www.becasmae.es/)
• Loans from the Catalan Government (Generalitat), appropriate mostly for students with residence in Spain (http://www10.gencat.cat/agaur_web/AppJava/english/a_beques.jsp?categoria=universitaris)
• La Caixa scholarships (possibly only for PhD; check it!) (http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/ambitos/home/becas_es.html)
• Alban scholarships (in English) (http://www.programalban.org/)

Grants for our Associate ERASMUS MUNDUS Master EUROPHOTONICS

• Grants awarded by the European Union, for both European and non-European students, can be obtained to enrol in our associated ERASMUS MUNDUS Master on Photonics Engineering, Nanophotonics and Biophotonics (Europhotonics) . See the corresponding Section in this website, or visit www.europhotonics.org to get all the details. You should take into account that such master is a 120 ECTS (2-year) master's degree.

Note that there is also an ERASMUS MUNDUS Doctorate Programme on Photonics Engineering, Nanophotonics and Biophotonics (Europhotonics) , which is independent from the master's degree programme. Grants awarded by the European Union to both European and non-European students, can also be obtained for that Master. Visit www.europhotonics.org to get all the details.

NINA KOUPRIANOVA

Graphics and geopolitics in moscow, russia.

There comes the time in every lady's life when she must put up a serious(ly boring) bio. Nina Kouprianova...errr...Why am I talking in the third person? I spend my time between graphics and photography ( ninakouprianova.com ), on the one hand, and independent scholarship and translation (Russia), on the other.

ACADEMIC (selected):

PhD Dissertation (History, University of Toronto): "Revolution, Tradition, and Modernity: Russian Consumer Advertising in the Era of NEP" (2012)

Publications

"Modernity and Natalism in Russia: Historic Perspectives" in the European Journal of Government and Economics (2013): http://www.ejge.org/index.php/ejge/article/view/31

Conferences

“From Heroic Mothers to Maternal Capital: A Brief Overview of Russia’s Natalism,” video presentation and conference, “The Future of the EU 2: Demographics, Education, and Sustainability," University of A Coruña, Spain, (2012): http://www.economicas.udc.es/varela/?q=node/300

“The Birth of a Rock Subculture in the Soviet Union,” conference paper, The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies convention, Philadelphia, U.S. (2008)

TRANSLATION:

Alexander Dugin, Martin Heidegger: the Philosophy of Another Beginning (2014)

Alexander Dugin, The Fourth Political Theory (2012), selected chapters

Contemporary Russian thought at my personal blog: https://ninabyzantina.com/

History of Espionage: https://espionagehistoryarchive.com/author/ninabyzantina/

Historic and contemporary Russia at the Soul of the East: http://souloftheeast.org/author/ninabyzantina/

MUSIC JOURNALISM (JAPAN): http://metropolis.co.jp/author/?auth=Nina%20Kouprianova

• Graphics, translation, independent scholarship.
• PhD (History): modern Russia, culture, U.S. foreign policy
• MA (History of Art): modern, medieval
• BFA (Hon): graphic design, photography, medieval studies

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Moscow–Peking, the real differences

Written: May 1965 Markup: Emil 2006

Using the pretext of support for national liberation movements, the Chinese "Communist" Party and Government denounced the recent Conference of Communist Parties in Moscow in almost hysterical terms. The Peking Review of March 26th writes:

"Of the 26 Parties whose attendance was ordered by the leaders of the CPSU, the seven fraternal Parties of Albania, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Rumania and Viet Nam firmly refused to take part in the divisive meeting. The fraternal Marxist-Leninist Parties of Australia, Brazil and India likewise condemned and opposed the meeting. The 19 units in attendance were rent by contradictions and disunity."

"Against revisionism"

In attacking the Conference, the article, representing the position of the Chinese Stalinist leaders, continues:

And to sharpen the split:

"The divergence between Marxism-Leninism and Khrushchev revisionism ...is a divergence between two antagonistic classes, the proletariat and the bourgeoisie".

The article sums up:

"In a nutshell, they are continuing to adhere to Khrushchevs reactionary policy of Soviet-U.S. co-operation for the do urination of the world."

Reason for split

The real reason for the split is indicated here: the attempt of the Soviet bureaucracy to arrive at an agreement with the US Imperialists on the basis of the status quo, without any consideration for the interests of the Chinese bureaucracy, controllers of a sub-Continent of 700 million people.

The objections in relation to the "sell-out" of the colonial or semi-colonial peoples of Latin America, Asia and Africa, are for the purpose of striving to obtain influence and the use of this influence to increase the power, privileges, prestige and income of the Chinese bureaucracy. Thus the Chinese Government attempts to compete with the American Imperialists and the Soviet bureaucracy, in giving "aid" and loans to "underdeveloped" parts of the world, despite the enormous needs of China itself, which remains, a backward area despite the progress made since the Revolution.

The real attitude of the Chinese Government is shown in the very same issue where they laud the reactionary military-police state of Pakistan, a feudal-capitalist-theocratic regime. "Chairman Liu Shao-Chi and Premier Chou En-Lai in a joint message on March 22nd greeted President Ayub Khan on the occasion of Pakistan's National Day and congratulated him on reassuming the presidency following his election in January." This followed the giving of 50 million in aid to this reactionary government. So much for the support of the national liberation movement. China, like Russia is playing the game of power politics.

The struggle between China and Russia, following on the exposure of the crimes of Stalin, the events in Hungary and other developments has resulted in the splitting of the "Communist" Parties on nationalist lines.

From the point of view of the Moscow bureaucracy the meeting in Moscow was a failure. The attempt to reassert Russian control did not succeed. Each party was given a relative independence of movement as a result of the split.

Nearly 40 years ago Trotsky predicted that the theory of "Socialism in one Country" would result in the destruction of the Communist International and the nationalist degeneration of all sections of the International. Even formally the Communist International was dissolved during the last war, now each Communist Party has a nationalist outlook. The bureaucracy of each Party while maintaining domination over the rank and file has completely abandoned the revolutionary Internationalist outlook of Marx and Lenin. Thus ingloriously the British "Communist" Party carries the Union Jack in its demonstrations.

Chinese pariahs

From the side of the Chinese the working class can expect no better a lead than from the Russian Stalinists. The Chinese while mouthing revolutionary phrases have opposed the reforms carried out by the Russian bureaucracy in order to maintain their rule. Because of their position as a "pariah" in international affairs, which American Imperialism has imposed on them, they can pose as being more revolutionary than the Russians.

This can lead to sincere workers in the Communist Party, despairing of the opportunism of their leaders, looking to China for a revolutionary lead. This is to move from the policy of Beelzebub to that of Satan.

The lesson of modern developments underlines the correctness of the great theorists of Socialism: the need for an internationalist policy. The world has become far more integrated economically, with every part dependent on every other part, than even in the early stages of capitalist development. No country can stand on its own. Internationalism is an expression of the fact that the interests of the working class of the world are organically linked.

Need internationalism

The abandoning of the pretence of internationalism by the so-called Communist Parties, the split between Moscow and Peking, the open reformism of the Communist Parties of the West, lays the basis for a new and deeper crisis in the Communist Parties. The rank and file no longer accepts without question the policies of the leadership. The confusion caused by 3 or 4 decades of miseducation by the so-called leaders of these parties still plays a great part in the thought of the ranks. But great events will put these leaders to the test again and again.

The ideas of Marxism, the simple and pure ideas of Lenin on the class struggle, of international solidarity; of the need for workers democracy, of control of industry and the state by the workers, will find their way to the consciousness of the ranks.

The Moscow meeting marks a new stage in the degeneration of Stalinism. It will mark a new stage too in the regeneration of the ideas of Marxism throughout the world.

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