Overview

About the Programme

The Statistics and Operations Research programme of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia has a staff of 40 professors who work between the School of Industrial Engineering of Barcelona (ETSEIB); the School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audio-visual Engineering of Terrassa (ESEIAAT); the Barcelona School of Informatics (FIB) and the School of Mathematics and Statistics (FME). The Department offers its own doctoral programme as well as master’s and postgraduate courses.

The Department is involved in a large number of research activities (mostly in the field of industrial engineering), the development of intelligent interfaces and automatic data processing systems, the optimisation and simulation of flows in networks and related applications.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Statistics

Mathematics

Engineering

Computer Sciences

Economics

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months
Part-time
- 84 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-01 00:00:00

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More details

students can apply during the entire academic year

Language

Partially taught in English, Partially taught in Spanish, Partially taught in Catalan

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Barcelona, Spain

Disciplines

Statistics Operations Research

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

In general, any student coming from a numbers-related discipline or holding a master’s degree in Statistics and Operations Research (preferably from the UPC) who earned good (in the top quarter) grades may be admitted into this doctoral programme.

Specifically, it is recommended that applicants hold one of the following undergraduate degrees:

Bachelor’s degree in Statistical Techniques and Sciences

Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Biology

Bachelor’s degree in Economics

Bachelor’s degree in Sociology

Bachelor’s degree in Medicine.

Students must be able to communicate in English, Catalan or Spanish.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Applies to you

Non-residents

635 EUR / year

≈ 635 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

635 EUR / year

≈ 635 EUR / year

Living costs

Barcelona

Spain

770 - 1360 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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