How to apply to the Balsells fellowship:

The Balsells fellowship is offered to engineers and scientists from Catalonia to pursue post-graduate degrees (M.S. and Ph.D.) and post-doctoral studies in engineering.

Graduate studies (M.S. and Ph.D)

· Applicants must have graduated in Engineering (5 year program) or related field within the last five years or plan to graduate by the summer of the year they are applying:

1. from a recognized public or private Catalan university, or
2. from a recognized European university and have previously resided in Catalonia for at least 10 years.

Steps for applicants:

· You must first be admitted into any of the graduate programs in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine. Submit your application for admission to the UC Irvine School of Engineering by February 1 st each year using the online application.

· With the application you will be asked to submit some documents. You should sent them as soon as possible but no later than February 1 st :

o English Proficiency: TOEFL

o Aptitude Test: GRE (General test only)

o Three letters of recommendation in English.

o Original and English translation of academic records from your university (transcripts).

IMPORTANT:
Notify Professor R. H. Rangel at rhrangel@uci.edu immediately
after submitting your electronic application.

· Your application for admission will be evaluated and you will be notified of the results by an official letter no later than May 1 st.

· Once you have been admitted, you must submit to a second application to the AGAUR in Barcelona, usually no later than May 15 st.

· The recipients of the Balsells fellowship will be chosen from among those Catalan students admitted into UC Irvine's School of Engineering.

· Fellowship awards will be announced by July 15 th .

Post-doctoral position

· Postdoctoral fellows must have a professor or research group at UC Irvine's School of Engineering willing to serve as host and committed to provide partial financial support for the award.

Steps:

· Learn about possible destinations from the Henry Samueli School of Engineering web page.

· Contact Professor R. H. Rangel to begin the process.