Mobility grants
Map and calendar
To consult the application submission deadlines for mobility grants or financial aid, as well as the opening of some scholarship calls, consult the mobility calendar.
In this map you can consult by continent (or subcontinent), country or institution the mobility grant or scholarship programmes you may be eligible for if you want to undertake a mobility stay:
Erasmus+ programme
There are grants to undertake studies and traineeships at higher education institutions, research centres or companies.
More information on participating countries, grant amounts and calls:
Erasmus+ Studies: EU member countries and associated countries
Erasmus+ Studies: third countries not associated with the programme
Grant for students with special educational needs
Complementary information:
European Commission - Financial aid for studying abroad
SEPIE (Spanish Service for the Internationalisation of Education) - Erasmus+
Press release from SEPIE in reference to Brexit and the Erasmus+ programme
Please bear in mind:
Two types of grant, depending on the type of stay:
- Erasmus+ studies
- Erasmus+ traineeships
Find information about these types of stays and associated grants at: procedure (in before departure > type of stay)
UPC-Europe programme: This study mobility does not have an associated Erasmus+ grant. It is intended for the second year of a double degree or countries that are not part of the Erasmus+ programme. More information
UPC-Company programme: Students who go to a company with this programme receive remuneration from the company itself or, if it is a European company, they could be eligible for the traineeships programme grant. More information
Santander Erasmus grants
This programme aims to recognise the academic excellence of Erasmus+ students and promote educational inclusion and equal opportunities.
All the information:
Academic Management Service website
Mobint AGAUR
These are grants for students at Catalan universities who have been selected for an international academic mobility stay, in order to contribute to funding the expenses entailed by studying in other countries.
Two types of grants are established:
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Type A: an academic stay, involving academic recognition, within the framework of the Erasmus programme, aimed at students at Catalan universities. This type is reserved for countries in the programme.
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Type B: an academic stay, involving academic recognition, within the framework of international mobility programmes, aimed at students at Catalan universities.
European Funding Guide
For stays in Europe, the European Funding Guide offers scholarships and other financial aid. Its database automatically selects the scholarships that best fit each student's CV, allowing them to find financial aid quickly and free of charge. This is the largest web portal in Europe, with content on more than 12,000 scholarships, funding options and awards worth 27 million euros. Of these, 1,100 scholarships are specifically aimed at university students in Spain.
La Caixa social programme
Grants are offered to pursue postgraduate studies abroad: master's degrees, doctoral degrees or pre-doctoral scientific and technical research projects.
Ministry of Education and Vocational Training
The Ministry of Education and Vocational Training publishes various calls for applications for scholarship programmes and mobility grants for students.
More programmes:
Germany
Latin America - CINDA programme
The Interuniversity Development Centre (CINDA) promotes mobility to universities in Latin America that belong to the CINDA network of universities. See here the list of CINDA member universities.
More information on the GRIE website and the CINDA network website.
Latin America - SMILE-Magalhães
The Magalhães network is a consortium of universities in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean created to promote and support exchange between students and graduates of these centres. Within the Magalhães network, the SMILE project is an exchange programme for university students with academic recognition. See here the list of Magalhães member universities.
More information on the GRIE website and the Magalhães network website.
Australia
The website of LAE España, which specialises in international education, provides information on the scholarships available to take undergraduate or postgraduate courses at different Australian universities.Belgium
The Belgian Tourist Office for Flanders and Brussels publishes the blog erasmusenflandes.com to promote the university, cultural and youth environment of Flemish cities. The "Erasmus correspondents" selected by the Belgian Tourist Office for Flanders and Brussels will be responsible for publishing entries on the blog.
Every year, the Belgian Tourist Office for Flanders and Brussels offers an "Erasmus correspondent scholarship".
USA - Generalitat de Catalunya Balsells programme
The Balsells scholarship programme offers funding for students who wish to carry out their bachelor's or master's thesis, and/or master's or doctoral studies at the following US universities or campuses: University of Colorado Boulder and University of California, Irvine, CA.
USA - Fulbright scholarships
Europe - European Space Agency (ESA)
The European Space Agency (ESA) offers the following programmes aimed at university students:
- Spin Your Thesis! offers bachelor's and master's students the opportunity to conduct scientific or technological research under hypergravity conditions at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
- Drop Your Thesis! offers bachelor's and master's students the opportunity to conduct scientific or technological research under microgravity conditions at the ZARM Drop Tower in Bremen, Germany.
- REXUS/BEXUS These programmes are offered in collaboration with the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The REXUS and BEXUS programmes offer students the opportunity to carry out experiments with sounding rockets (REXUS) and stratospheric balloons (BEXUS). Each flight carries a payload consisting solely of the students' experiments. Both REXUS and BEXUS are launched from the Esrange Space Center (SSC) in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden.
For any additional information or enquiries about the programme, contact by email at spinyourthesis@esa.int, dropyourthesis@esa.int or rexus-bexus@esa.int, respectively.
France
In France, financial aid for accommodation can be obtained.
Avenir scholarships:
The Avenir scholarship programme was created by the French Embassy in Spain, a group of collaborating French and Spanish companies, and French higher education and excellence centres.
Avenir scholarships offer excellence scholarships aimed at young Spanish people who wish to study for a year or undertake a traineeship in France.
More information:
Norway
Each academic year, the Norwegian government offers, through the Research Council of Norway, a series of scholarships for advanced students and young researchers. The scholarships are open to all areas of research and academic studies, and their maximum duration is one academic year. More information
Other sources of information on scholarships and exchange programmes:
Lanekassen - Financial support for foreign students
Switzerland - CERN
CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research) is the largest particle physics research laboratory in the world. This centre offers different programmes to recruit trainee students, recent graduates or those with brief experience. Check the scholarships or programmes they offer on the websites of the UPC Academic Management Service or CERN.
Switzerland - Swiss-European Mobility Programme
Switzerland does not participate in the Erasmus+ programme; however, to ensure the continuity of mobility within this framework, there is the Swiss-European Mobility Programme (SEMP).
The characteristics of this programme are:
- Study mobility will be based on inter-institutional agreements between Switzerland and higher education institutions that hold the Erasmus charter.
- Swiss higher education institutions can apply for the grant for both incoming students (students from European programme countries going to Switzerland) and outgoing students undertaking mobility with an Erasmus+ programme country.
- Swiss higher education institutions will pay the grants for incoming mobility directly to the beneficiaries.
- Grants will be available for studies (SMS) and traineeships (SMTD). Traineeships in Switzerland will only receive a grant if they are coordinated by a Swiss higher education institution.
Check the website of the Swiss-European Mobility Programme (SEMP), where you will find information about deadlines, documentation and the characteristics of the grants in this programme.
ICEX Internationalisation Grants
A scholarship programme promoted by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism that offers students the opportunity to complete their training in international business management and gain practical international experience.
Information on ICEX grants calls ICEX grants
EUROPA Grants - Ciutat de Valls Foundation
The Ciutat de Valls Foundation announces annual grants for university students residing in one of the municipalities of Alt Camp and who can certify the award of an academic stay, with academic recognition, at any foreign university within the framework of international mobility programmes, with the exception of students who have benefited from these grants in any previous academic year. Non-university master's degrees, postgraduate studies, university extension and doctoral studies are excluded.
More information
Useful resources
UPC Student Information Portal: Scholarships and grants
Scholarships for study and mobility from the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training
Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation - MAEC-AECID Grants
Universia Foundation - Scholarship portal
StudyPortals - Scholarshipportal
And if you find out about other funding possibilities, do not hesitate to tell us so we can update this section.
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