Main CONDITIONS of the educational cooperation agreements

• The educational cooperation agreements are exclusively targeted to FME enrolled students. To sign an agreement, students must be enrolled at the FME during the placement period.

• An educational cooperation agreement can be signed for a complete academic year (from September 16th until September 15th next year).

• The FME encourages the student to preferently sign two agreements during the academic year, one for each enrolment period (autumn term and spring term).

• The placement timetable needs to be combined with the lectures' timetable, in order to avoid the overlappings.

• 20 hours/week cannot be exceeded, with the next exceptions:

1. Non-lecture terms (summer).
2. Exceptional cases which must be individually evaluated.

• All placements must be paid. The students of Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics must be paid 9€/hour and for the students of master, 9,5€/hour.

• The educational cooperation agreement loses its validity when the student graduates and is no more linked with the UPC, even if the agreement's ending date is afterwards.

• The educational cooperation agreements can be cancelled before the ending date communicating it to the Unit of Labour Relations and through the "diligencia de baja" form.

• Bachelor's degree in mathematics students:

1. In order to sign an educational cooperation agreement, you must have passed at least 120 ECTS from the degree.
2. A maximum of 1800 hours of placements can be done during the whole degree, and 900 hours during one acamedic year.
3. The student decides either their placements will be curricular or extracurricular.

• Master's degree in Statistics and Operations Research UPC-UB students (MESIO):

1. In order to sign an educational cooperation agreement, you must have passed at least 15 ECTS of this titulation. 
2. A maximum of 900 hours of placements can be done during the whole degree and during one acamedic year. 
3. Placements are, in general, extracurricular. There is the possibility of them to be curricular if they are related to the Master's Final Project.

•  Master of Science in Advanced Mathematics and Mathematical Engineering (MAMME) students:

1. A maximum of 600 hours of placements can be done during the whole degree and during one academic year.
2. Placements are, in general, extracurricular. There is the possibility of them being curricular if they are related to the Master's Final Project.

Students older than 28 years old

Students older than 28 years old, who are not covered by the scholar insurance, need to have a private medical insurance when they sign an educational cooperation agreement. The students must ensure that it covers, at least, all the period of the placement and have to bring a copy to the Unit of Educational Organization and Labour Relations.

The UPC has an agreement with CONFIDE enterprise. More information here.

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