Fees & Financial Aid 

    Scholarships

Thanks to the participation of a number of companies and institutions, the Barcelona GSE is able to offer a limited number of scholarships based on academic merit. These financial awards help the School attract the best and brightest international students and are highly competitive. 

How to Apply

Students are reminded that only complete applications will be considered. In the online application form candidates must provide the following attachments:

• academic transcript
• statement of purpose
• curriculum vitae
• proof of knowledge of English

Two letters of reference must be sent to references@barcelonagse.eu. Click here for more information on the application process. Please note that the selection process for all scholarships is handled entirely by the Admissions Committee of the Barcelona GSE.

     Fully-funded scholarships

“La Caixa” Foundation - Barcelona GSE Scholarships for students from emerging and developing countries

The “la Caixa” savings bank Foundation and the Barcelona GSE offer 14 fully-funded scholarships to students from emerging and developing countries (*) with excellent academic backgrounds who will return to their home countries at the end of their professional training process to implement their knowledge.

This award covers:

• master program tuition
• medical insurance
• round-trip airfare from the student's country of residence
• monthly stipend for expenses during the student's stay in Barcelona
  

(*) Note: “Emerging and developing countries” is an expression used to name all countries not included on the following 2008 IMF list of “advanced economies”: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong SAR, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States of America.

“La Caixa” Foundation is the institution which manages the resources that Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona, "la Caixa", devotes to its social and cultural work. Among its priorities are cooperation with developing countries and promotion of higher education. “La Caixa”, based in Barcelona, is the leading European savings bank.

      BBVA Foundation - Barcelona GSE Scholarships for Latin American students

The BBVA Foundation and the Barcelona GSE offer 5 fully-funded scholarships to Latin American students with outstanding academic backgrounds applying to any master program. Two of the awards are especially for Mexican candidates and the other three are open to candidates from the rest of Latin America.

This highly selective award covers:

• master program tuition
• medical insurance
• round-trip airfare from the student's country of residence
• monthly stipend for expenses during the student's stay in Barcelona

BBVA Foundation expresses the engagement of financial group BBVA with the cause of social responsibility in the societies where it does business, and has among its priorities the promotion of excellence in scientific research and higher education. BBVA is one of the main European banks and has a very important presence in many Latin American countries.

Internship-Scholarship Program - Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation

This unique scholarship will be awarded to one student in the MSc in Economics of Science and Innovation (MESI) program. The scholarship combines full tuition coverage for the master program with a paid 6-month internship at the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation (FCRI). The internship is to take place from January through June of the master year on a part-time basis and full-time in July after graduation. More information is available on the MESI program description page.

The Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation (FCRI) is a non-profit making institution which aims to promote and to foster research in all relevant areas, in order to boost and improve quality of the Catalan R&D&I system.

SEBAP-Barcelona GSE Scholarships for Catalan students

The Societat Econòmica Barcelonesa d’Amics del País (SEBAP) and the Barcelona GSE offer one fully-funded scholarship to a student who is a citizen of Catalonia who satisfies the admission requirements and meets the selection criteria of both institutions.

    Tuition waiver grants

The support of the following sponsors enables the Barcelona GSE to offer full or half-tuition waivers. These awards are addressed to outstanding students applying to any master, with the exception of the Fundación Carolina scholarships, which are available only to students applying to the Master in Competition and Market Regulation and the Master in the Economics of Science and Innovation. Applicants are informed of scholarship awards at the time of the admissions decision.

	Repsol Foundation is the institution for corporate social responsibility of Repsol, an international integrated oil and gas company operating in over 30 countries. It is one of the ten largest private oil companies in the world and the largest private energy company in Latin America in terms of assets.
	MSD, is part of Merck & Co, a global research-driven pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets a wide range of pharmaceutical products.
	Abertis is a private transport and communications infrastructure management corporation. It is one of Europe's leading infrastructure managers and one of the continent's most important groups in terms of return and financial capacity.
	Enagas is the transportation, regasification, and storage company that manages the gas system in Spain.
	Telefonica, a diversified telecommunications group, provides fixed-line telecommunications, broadband, and mobility solutions in Spain and Latin America.
	Fundación Carolina is an institution that promotes cultural relations and cooperation in education and science between Spain and the Iberoamerican community of nations as well as with other countries sharing common historical, geographic, and cultural links. More information (in Spanish) is available here about scholarships for the Master in Competition and Market Regulation. More information (in Spanish) is available here about scholarships for the Master in the Economics of Science and Innovation.
	Catalan Competition Authority is the agency of the Government of Catalonia in charge of resolving disputes arising from practices that restrict free competition.
	Patronat Catalunya Món is the agency of the Government of Catalonia responsible for advising public and private institutions in Catalonia on their international presence.
	Fundación Salud Innovación Sociedad develops and supports initiatives that generate projects in biomedical innovation in Spain, in order to promote debate, knowledge transfer, and technology sharing between social, health, and economic bodies.
	The Ramon Areces Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to progress, research, education and culture, created to broadly encourage scientific and technical research in Spain.
	Biocat is the biocluster organization funded by the Government of Catalonia and the Barcelona City Government that acts as a catalyst and promoter of biotechnology and biomedicine in Catalonia.
	Cotec is a foundation rooted in the business world with the mission of contributing to the development of the nation by fostering technological innovation in companies and Spanish society at large.

Geographic diversity

The scholarship support that Barcelona GSE receives from these institutions enables the School to attract top international students from a total of 41 countries. 88% of the this year's students are from outside of Spain.

Jean Monnet scholarships for Turkish students

The Jean Monnet scholarships are funded by the EU and awarded to outstanding Turkish students. The award enables them to do a graduate degree in an EU country for up to one year. For more information, visit the Jean Monnet Scholarship website.