BSC-Severo Ochoa scholarships for the High Performance Computing specialization

25 June 2015

BSC-CNS offers 4 scholarship grants for MSc students on the MIRI MSc Program in FIB-UPC who have chosen to study the High Performance Computing Specialization.

Since 2013, in the context of the Severo Ochoa Program, Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) is offering 4 scholarship grants for MSc students on the MIRI MSc Program in Facultat d’Informàtica de Barcelona-UPC who have chosen to study the High Performance Computing Specialization.

The duration of each scholarship is for the 2 academic years of the program. This year´s scholarships are  for the MIRI HPC MSc starting September 2015. Follow the link below to the application form.

We encourage applications from highly motivated students in Engineering and Computer Science with excellent qualifications. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to join research groups with top-level scientists and will carry out their MSc thesis research in cutting-edge areas of Supercomputing, HPC or the application areas of Life Sciences, Earth Sciences and Computer Applications in Sciences and Engineering.

Available Scholarships:

2 scholarships contributing to fees: 3200 euros/per annum each

1 scholarship contributing to fees and accommodation: 6000 euros/per annum

1 scholarship for international (non Spanish citizen) contributing to fees, travelling and accommodation: 12000 euros/per annum

Requirements:

The program is aimed at students (Spanish nationals, EU and non EU citizens) who have completed by July 2015 one of the following options:

a) the studies that lead to an official Spanish, or European higher Education Area, 1st cycle university degree (BSc) in Computer Sciences, Electronic Engineering or related areas and that have 180 credits (ECTS) of an official university degree.

b) a degree from a non-European Higher Education Area university that gives access to MSc studies in Computer Sciences, Electronic Engineering or related areas.

To be eligible for the scholarship grant the applicants have to be admitted also to the MIRI MSc program, FIB-UPC and the High Performance Computing Specialization.

This  application call opens on 30.03.2015 and closes at 23:59 on 06.07.2015

Further information here.

Application Form Link