The UPF-Centre for Animal Ethics is offering a bursary for one student enrolled (for the first time and on a full-time basis) on MA in International Studies in Media, Power, and Difference in the 2018-2019 academic year and carrying out a final master project on the confluence of gender, poverty and critical animal and media studies.  

Amount of the bursary: €4,000 to be paid after delivering of the master's final project in the indicated modality, even though, exceptionnally and at the student's request, the committee may assess the possibility of anticipating the payment. 

 

Eligibility: Students admitted, or students who have reserved their place, in the master's programme for the first time in 2018-2019. Students must enrol on a full-time basis.

Deadline for submitting applications:

Application deadline

Students admitted in 1st and 2nd call 19/04/2018

Students admitted in 3rd call 28/05/2018

Students admitted in 4rd call 09/07/2018

Application and documentation:

1/ Duly completed application form

2/ Official undergraduate transcript indicating the weighted mark with a weighted score from 1 to 4, in case it was not submitted upon admission.

3/ Motivation letter showing the interest for Critical Animal and Media Studies.

4/ Original and photocopy or certified copy of certification of previous professional, academic or activist experience related to the purpose of this bursary or similar.

Where and when to submit applications:

Administrative Management Unit of Communication, Roc Boronat 138. 08018 Barcelona.

Office 52.415   -  Phone number: 93 542 24 43  -  Contact: Míriam Boher.

Opening hours: 10.00 to 13.00 (Monday to Friday) and 16.00 to 17.00 (Monday to Thursday). Summer opening hours: from June 18th 2018 to September 14th 2018 Monday to Friday from 10.00 to 13.30.

Bursary decision:

The evaluation committee is made up of the master's programme coordinator, Núria Almiron Roig.

The evaluation committee will also use the following documents submitted by the candidate for the admission to the MA in International Studies on Media, Power and Difference: 

  • Official undergraduate transcript indicating the weighted mark with a weighted score from 1 to 4 calculated by the awarding university (5 points).
  • Motivation letter showing the interest for Critical Animal and Media Studies (3 points).
  • Having previous professional, academic or activist experience related to the purpose of this bursary or similar (2 points).

Deadline to resolve the waiver: the final decision will be published by mid September on this website.

Incompatibilities: The bursary is not compatible with any other waiver or scholarship, whether public or private, with the same purpose and with any other grant offered by this master's programme.

Observations:

In case the transcript does not include the weighted mark, the mark will be considered to be 1 by default.

If upon application you still had to complete your undergraduate studies, in the Tutorial Session you will have to submit the following:

-      Original and photocopy or certified copy of undergraduate degree.

-      Undergraduate degree transcript granting access to the master's programme: Original and photocopy or certified copy. Students who have taken official studies at UPF do not need to provide the transcript.

The final award of the scholarship is subject to full-time enrolment on the programme and verification of all documents submitted during the application process. Therefore, in the Tutorial Session you will have to submit the original and photocopy or certified copy of the documentation submitted upon application.