diff --git a/lightly/models/modules/ijepa.py b/lightly/models/modules/ijepa.py
index 3eb14a247..e07376623 100644
--- a/lightly/models/modules/ijepa.py
+++ b/lightly/models/modules/ijepa.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.predictor_pos_embed = nn.Parameter(
             torch.zeros(1, num_patches, predictor_embed_dim), requires_grad=False
         )
-        predictor_pos_embed = _get_2d_sincos_pos_embed(
+        predictor_pos_embed = utils.get_2d_sincos_pos_embed(
             self.predictor_pos_embed.shape[-1], int(num_patches**0.5), cls_token=False
         )
         self.predictor_pos_embed.data.copy_(
diff --git a/lightly/models/utils.py b/lightly/models/utils.py
index 7215395a3..bd7c4e26d 100644
--- a/lightly/models/utils.py
+++ b/lightly/models/utils.py
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 import warnings
 from typing import Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
+import numpy as np
 import torch
 import torch.distributed as dist
 import torch.nn as nn
+from numpy.typing import NDArray
 from torch.nn import Module
 from torch.nn.modules.batchnorm import _BatchNorm
 from torch.nn.parameter import Parameter
@@ -596,3 +598,119 @@ def repeat_interleave_batch(x, B, repeat):
         dim=0,
     )
     return x
+
+
+def get_2d_sincos_pos_embed(
+    embed_dim: int, grid_size: int, cls_token: bool = False
+) -> NDArray[np.float_]:
+    """Returns 2D sin-cos embeddings. Code from [0].
+
+    - [0]: https://github.com/facebookresearch/ijepa
+
+    Args:
+        embed_dim:
+            Embedding dimension.
+        grid_size:
+            Grid height and width. Should usually be set to sqrt(sequence length).
+        cls_token:
+            If True, a positional embedding for the class token is prepended to the returned
+            embeddings.
+
+    Returns:
+        Positional embeddings array with size (grid_size * grid_size, embed_dim) if cls_token is False.
+        If cls_token is True, a (1 + grid_size * grid_size, embed_dim) array is returned.
+    """
+    grid_h = np.arange(grid_size, dtype=float)
+    grid_w = np.arange(grid_size, dtype=float)
+    grid = np.meshgrid(grid_w, grid_h)  # here w goes first
+    grid = np.stack(grid, axis=0)
+
+    grid = grid.reshape([2, 1, grid_size, grid_size])
+    pos_embed = get_2d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid(embed_dim, grid)
+    if cls_token:
+        pos_embed = np.concatenate([np.zeros([1, embed_dim]), pos_embed], axis=0)
+    return pos_embed
+
+
+def get_2d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid(
+    embed_dim: int, grid: NDArray[np.int_]
+) -> NDArray[np.float_]:
+    """Returns 2D sin-cos embeddings grid. Code from [0].
+
+    - [0]: https://github.com/facebookresearch/ijepa
+
+    Args:
+        embed_dim:
+            Embedding dimension.
+        grid:
+            2-dimensional grid to embed.
+
+    Returns:
+        Positional embeddings array with size (grid_size * grid_size, embed_dim).
+    """
+    assert embed_dim % 2 == 0
+
+    # use half of dimensions to encode grid_h
+    emb_h = get_1d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid(embed_dim // 2, grid[0])  # (H*W, D/2)
+    emb_w = get_1d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid(embed_dim // 2, grid[1])  # (H*W, D/2)
+
+    emb = np.concatenate([emb_h, emb_w], axis=1)  # (H*W, D)
+    return emb
+
+
+def get_1d_sincos_pos_embed(
+    embed_dim: int, grid_size: int, cls_token: bool = False
+) -> NDArray[np.float_]:
+    """Returns 1D sin-cos embeddings. Code from [0].
+
+    - [0]: https://github.com/facebookresearch/ijepa
+
+    Args:
+        embed_dim:
+            Embedding dimension.
+        grid_size:
+            Grid height and width. Should usually be set to sqrt(sequence length).
+        cls_token:
+            If True, a positional embedding for the class token is prepended to the returned
+            embeddings.
+
+    Returns:
+        Positional embeddings array with size (grid_size, embed_dim) if cls_token is False.
+        If cls_token is True, a (1 + grid_size, embed_dim) array is returned.
+    """
+    grid = np.arange(grid_size, dtype=float)
+    pos_embed = get_1d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid(embed_dim, grid)
+    if cls_token:
+        pos_embed = np.concatenate([np.zeros([1, embed_dim]), pos_embed], axis=0)
+    return pos_embed
+
+
+def get_1d_sincos_pos_embed_from_grid(
+    embed_dim: int, pos: NDArray[np.int_]
+) -> NDArray[np.float_]:
+    """Returns 1D sin-cos embeddings grid. Code from [0].
+
+    - [0]: https://github.com/facebookresearch/ijepa
+
+    Args:
+        embed_dim:
+            Embedding dimension.
+        pos:
+            1-dimensional grid to embed.
+
+    Returns:
+        Positional embeddings array with size (grid_size, embed_dim).
+    """
+    assert embed_dim % 2 == 0
+    omega = np.arange(embed_dim // 2, dtype=float)
+    omega /= embed_dim / 2.0
+    omega = 1.0 / 10000**omega  # (D/2,)
+
+    pos = pos.reshape(-1)  # (M,)
+    out = np.einsum("m,d->md", pos, omega)  # (M, D/2), outer product
+
+    emb_sin = np.sin(out)  # (M, D/2)
+    emb_cos = np.cos(out)  # (M, D/2)
+
+    emb = np.concatenate([emb_sin, emb_cos], axis=1)  # (M, D)
+    return emb