What is Talentia

TALENTIA Fellowship Program is an initiative by the Ministry for Innovation, Science and Enterprise in Andalusia, Spain, that provides postgraduate scholarships to students from Andalusia allowing them to study abroad in selected institutions. (138 recommended destinations in 21 countries).

Talentia fellowships are addressed to university graduates with outstanding intellectual and human excellence, an international profile and commitment to the development of Andalusia.

Our short term goals are:

• Reaching more and better candidates. • Stimulating entrepreneurial spirit among awardees. • Matching supply and demand of professionals in our labour market. • Promoting alliances with leading universities around the world to promote our talent.

AAA bit of history and a look ahead

The Talentia Fellowship program was created in 2007. In the first call 23 scholarships were awarded. Since then, two calls have been opened each year. Below, the number of grantees per call (green figures), and the number of awards offered for the next two years (grey figures).

Our budget till 2011 amounts to a total of 60 million euros.

1 8 13 18 20 60

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 million euros

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What do we do

TALENTIA Fellowships are awarded to students for a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 24 months. (minimum of 2 and a maximum of 12 months in case of specialization programs).

Guidance and Advice

• Assistance to candidates in their selection of programs and the admission process to further advance their educational careers.

Economic InceIncentiventive

• TALENTIA pays for tuition, travel expenses and a living allowance (housing, health insurance) for a maximum of two academic years.

Return Plan

• Upon completion of the post-graduate course, Talentia awardees will receive assistance in joining the Andalusian job market. Furthermore, Talentia will encourage entrepreneurship, helping the awardees to launch their start-ups in essential sectors to Andalusia’s economic development.

Economic incentive

The TALENTIA Fellowship includes:

• Full university tuition fee (TALENTIA advances all tuition expenses directly to each university).

• Monthly allowance: grantees receive an ample living allowance inclusive of housing and health insurance, based upon costs indexes and university estimates. (transferred to the student on a four-monthly basis).

• A return flight every six months (in accordance to the maximum of two academic years).

# Average package: 40.000 EUR #

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Key phases in award process

TALENTIA holds bi-annual calls awarding several hundred fellowships every year enabling successful postgraduate candidates to pursue masters or Ph.D. programs in leading universities and educational institutions abroad.

Candidates come from all disciplines and apply directly for admission to the universities or educational institutions of their choice and apply separately to TALENTIA for the distinction of a grant.

1.1.1. Launch call for applications 2.2.2. Final date for submission of applications 3.3.3. Request for additional information 4.4.4. Additional information deadline 5.5.5. Evaluation & Selection

Selections for TALENTIA Fellowships are conducted in two phases: profile evaluation and personal interviews, conducted by the TALENTIA Selection and Evaluation Committee.

Profiles are evaluated for:

• Outstanding academic and professional merit, plus social commendations. • Quality of the proposed program of study for which admission is considered. • Proposed career and professional return plan. • Foreign language proficiency or foreign university endorsing admission.

To hone the process, personal interviews may be decided for select candidates in order to assess the candidate’s global perspective, personality, creativity, initiative and leadership potential.

6.6.6. Publication awarded grantees 7.7.7. Acceptance deadline

Commitment

Grantees must pursue the program for which the scholarship was awarded adhering to the dates indicated in the application.

Recipients commit to continue their career in Andalusia during 4 years starting within 18 months after completing the program.

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ReqReqRequirementsReq uirements

Applicants must have:

• citizenship from an European Union member State • a connection with Andalusia by birth, residence, work, university or blood • an EU undergraduate degree • graduated within 8 (10 years for specialization programs) before the application • receipt of proof of application/admission to a university of international prestige

Applications are completed and submitted online using digital signature.

Application Requirements:

• Completed application form (dully filled in and signed) • CV • Official EU undergraduate degree • Official document certifying connection with Andalusia • Paper/essay on Return plan • Although TOEFL, IELTS, etc. are not admission requirements of the fellowship, applicants must provide proof of sufficient knowledge of foreign language demanded by the university • Document on state of admission process with university • Additionally accepted: paper on social commendations, company support letter on possible collaboration upon completion of program, recommendation letters, etc.

Applications will not be considered by the Evaluation and Selection Committee until all required materials are received.

We are looking for:

• Talent • Ambition • Motivation • International profile • Entrepreneurial spirit • Commitment with Andalusia

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Talentia Profile

• Average age: 27 • Average work experience: 2 years • Average languages spoken: 2 • Average experience abroad: 1 academic year

Though in Andalusia more women than men go to university, there are more male than female awardees. This deviation comes mainly from the MBA candidates, as the male/female ration in leading business schools is around 1 to 3.

As for the destination, most awardees go to European and North American universities. One of our challenges is placing more students in Asian countries, where Andalusian companies have interests.

Most awardees take Masters programs. Up to 25% of awards have been reserved for MBA candidates since 2009 and the percentage is since then going up.

As for the area of study, awards reflect proportions out of Andalusian universities. Since 2009 up to 60% of the awards can be reserved for programs in the areas of science and technology.

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Academic partners ––– MOU´s To better serve students…

TALENTIA is advancing a dialogue with leading universities throughout the world that recognize international education as a means to mutual understanding, dynamic cooperation and growth. This network will support exchanges of information, ideas and goals that transform learning outcomes into remarkable educational achievements.

The main objective of the Memorandum of Understanding is to facilitate academic/administrative cooperation between institutions and to promote alliances with leading universities around the world.

Talentia Fellowship awardees will interrelate and make leading contacts with the world’s most prestigious professors and with students from all around the globe, called upon to lead their sectors of activity.

We would like to train a new generation of bilingual Andalusian graduates, with a global perspective and a wish to exploit their talent. Because they will become the leaders of Andalusia’s future! List of Universities selected for studying postpost----graduategraduate courses, by subject

SCIENCE Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Cambridge University, United Kingdom Humboldt Universität su Berlin, Germany Oxford University, United Kingdom Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany University of California, Berkeley, U.S. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Harvard University, U.S. On Aarhus University, Denmark Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S. Copenhagen University, Denmark Princeton University, U.S. Brigham Young University, U.S. Stanford University, U.S. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, U.S. Tokyo University, Japan Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, U.S. Imperial College London, United Kingdom New Mexico Tech, U.S. Cornell University, U.S. Sandia National Laboratories, U.S. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland University of Minnesota, U.S. Australia National University, Australia University of Helsinki, Finland Beijing University, China Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France Yale University, U.S. Delft University of Technology, Holland Kyoto University, Japan University of Amsterdam, Holland University of Chicago, U.S. Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Italy Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France Universitá di Pisa, Italy Ecole Polytechnique, France Universitá di Torino, Italy Pierre and Marie Curie University, France King´s College London, United Kingdom Heidelberg University, Germany University of Bristol, United Kingdom University of California, Los Angeles, U.S. University of Toronto, Canada TECHNOLOGY University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S. University of Texas at Austin, U.S. University of California, Berkeley, U.S. La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy Indian Institute of Technology, India Utrecht University, Holland Stanford University, U.S. Munich University, Germany Imperial College London, United Kingdom University of Illinois, U.S. Cambridge University, United Kingdom Columbia University, U.S. California Institute of Technology, U.S. Melbourne University, Australia Tokyo University, Japan Gottingen University, Germany National University of Singapore, Singapore National University of Singapore, Singapore Beijing University, China Indian Institute of Technology, India Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Sydney University, Australia ETH Zurich, Switzerland Max Planck Institute, Germany Oxford University, United Kingdom University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S. Carnegie Mellon University, U.S. Leiden University, Holland Delft University of Technology, Holland

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University of South Wales, Australia Helsinki University, Finland Tsin Hua University, China Gottingen University, Germany Melbourne University, Australia Munich University, Germany Kyoto University, Japan On Aarhus University, Denmark Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S. New York University, U.S. Harvard University, U.S. Oregon Health and Science University, U.S. Ecole Polytechnique, France Rockefeller University, U.S. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China University of Michigan, U.S. Monash University, Australia University of Texas at Austin, U.S. Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel Ecole Normale Superieure, France Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Utrecht University, Holland University of Illinois, U.S. Aachen RWTH, Germany ARTS & HUMANITIES Australian National University, Australia Harvard University, U.S. University of Texas at Austin, U.S. Oxford University, U.K. University of Toronto, Canada Cambridge University, U.K. Vienna University of Technology, Austria University of California, Berkeley, U.S. Technical University of Munich, Germany University of California, Riverside, U.S. Cornell University, U.S. Yale University, U.S. Purdue University, U.S. Beijing University, China University of California at Los Angeles, U.S. Princeton University, U.S. Princeton University, U.S. Melbourne University, Australia Max Planck Institute, Germany London School of Economics, U.K. Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium Columbia University, U.S. On Aarhus University, Denmark Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S. New Mexico Tech, U.S. Université Paris Sorbonne, France University of Virginia, U.S. McGill University, Canada Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, U.S. Tokyo University, Japan University of Tsukuba, Japan University of Texas at Austin, U.S. On Aarhus University, Denmark BIOMEDICINE Kyoto University, Japan Harvard University, U.S. Queen Mary, University of London, U.K. Cambridge University, United Kingdom University College London, U.K. Oxford University, United Kingdom Monash University, Australia Karolinska University, Sweden Georgetown University, U.S. Stanford University, U.S. Edinburgh University, U.K. Imperial College London, United Kingdom School of African and Oriental Studies, U.K. John Hopkins University, U.S. Oslo University, Norway Beijing University, China Chicago University, U.S. University of California, Berkeley, U.S. University of British Columbia, Canada Melbourne University, Australia Bielefeld University, Germany Yale University, U.S. Heidelberg University, Germany Tokyo University, Japan Hamburg University, Germany Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium University of California, San Diego, U.S. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium National University Singapore, Singapore University of Toronto, Canada Edinburgh University, United Kingdom Brown University, U.S. Heidelberg University, Germany Dartmouth College, U.S. Sydney University, Australia University of Pennsylvania, U.S. University of California, San Francisco, U.S. EHESS, France University of Toronto, Canada ENS-LSH, France Australian National University, Australia Leiden University, Holland University College London, United Kingdom Université de Genève, Switzerland Duke University, U.S. McGill University, Canada SOCIAL SCIENCES Columbia University, U.S. Harvard University, U.S. Cornell University, U.S. London School of Economics, United Kingdom Kyoto University, Japan Oxford University, United Kingdom Monash University, Australia University of California, Berkeley, U.S. King’s College London, United Kingdom Stanford University, U.S. Queensland University, Australia Yale University, U.S. University of British Columbia, Canada Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S. University of California, Los Angeles, U.S. Cambridge University, United Kingdom Auckland University, New Zealand Chicago University, U.S. York University, United Kingdom Princeton University U.S. Fudan University, China Melbourne University, Australia Princeton University, U.S. Columbia University, U.S. Hong Kong University, China National University of Singapore, Singapore California Institute of Technology, U.S. Tokyo University, Japan

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Australian National University, Australia BUSINESS Cornell University, U.S. Harvard University, U.S. Indian Institutes of Management, India Stanford University, U.S. Monash University, Australia University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), U.S. Sydney University, Australia Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan), U.S. New York University, U.S. Northwestern University (Kellogg), U.S. Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Holland University of Chicago, U.S. University of Pennsylvania, U.S. Columbia University, U.S. Beijing University, China INSEAD, France University of New South Wales, Australia London Business School, United Kingdom Queensland University, Australia IMD, Switzerland University of California, Los Angeles, U.S. University of California, Berkeley (Haas), U.S. Boston University, U.S. Dartmouth College (Tuck) U.S. McGill University, Canada University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson), U.S. University of Toronto, Canada Duke University (Fuqua), U.S. Carnegie Mellon University, U.S. University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), U.S. Hong Kong University, China New York University (Stern), U.S. University of Michigan, U.S. Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Munich University, Germany Yale University, U.S. Max Planck Institute, Germany Cornell University (Johnson,) U.S. Deakin University, Australia Oxford University, United Kingdom Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium CEIBS and HKUST, China On Aarhus University, Denmark Erasmus University, Holland University of Illinois, U.S. Cambridge University, United Kingdom University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S. European School for Management and Technology, Germany University of Turku, Finland Indian School of Business, India Université Paris Sorbonne, France Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Institute of Education, University of London, United Kingdom University of Toronto, Canada Lancaster University, United Kingdom University of Melbourne, Australia University of East Anglia, United Kingdom University of Manchester, United Kingdom

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Facts

138 recommended 1 call and destinations in 2 intakes per year 21 countries

--- science --- technology Master, --- biomedicine MBA or 330 fellowships

--- arts and humanhumanitiesities Phd given up to date from 6 to 24 --- social sciences --- business months

60 million 40.000 euros average package euros invested till

2011 Full tuition Shaping the leaders of fees, living Andalusia’s future! and trtravelavel

expenses

The Fellowships are governed by the rules and foundations published in official notice in BOJA (Boletín oficial de la Junta de Andalucía). On our website you can find a link to universities and also more information on the TALENTIA procedures and requirements.

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