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Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (DCEA)

Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering

The Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (DCEA) at NOVA FCT started in 1976, with the launching of the Environmental Engineering course, a first of its kind worldwide. Over the past 40 years, DCEA has been able to adapt to the extraordinary evolution in this area, expanding the scope and expertise to tackle new environmental and sustainability challenges of the 21st Century. DCEA provides several courses (bachelor, master and doctoral courses) in the broad area of environment and sustainability, guided by scientific and technical quality, preparing the students for the national and international markets. DCEA also promotes R&D, assumed as a key pillar of teaching, by supporting national and international projects and an extensive network of collaboration with industry and public administration. DCEA coordinates several education programmes under the EIT Climate-KIC, namely the Journey, the Climate Innovation Leadership program and Pioneers in Practice.  

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Location
Departmental Building

Head of Department
Maria da Graça Madeira Martinho

Postal address
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Campus da Caparica
2829-516 Caparica

e-mail: dcea.secretariado@fct.unl.pt

Telephone:
(+351) 212 948 397

Fax:
(+351) 212 948 554

Department of Materials Science (DCM)

Department of Materials Science

The Department of Materials Science (DCM), NOVA School of Science and Technology, was the first to be created nationally in 1976 at the initiative of its first president, Prof. Leopoldo Guimarães. The initial aim was to create university extension courses in the field of materials leading to the creation of a root degree covering a wide range of scientific areas, including metallurgy, semiconductor materials, polymeric materials and mesomorph, ceramic materials and crystals, crystal chemistry and quality control.

Since then the Department of Materials Science has grown and diversified its activities, mainly due to the efforts of its faculty and staff, embodied in a large number of projects (academic and industrial) funded by National, European and International authorities. This allowed its modern adaptation to new technologies, providing  for such a unique laboratory infrastructure in Portugal, for teaching and research, internationally recognized and that has allowed to form Material Science Engineers of high scientific quality , able to respond to current society's demands.

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Location
Building II

Head of Department
João Paulo Borges

Postal address
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Department of Materials Science
Campus da Caparica
2829-516 Caparica

e-mail: dcm.secretariado@fct.unl.pt

Telephone:
(+351) 212 948 564

Fax:
(+351) 212 957 810

Department of Conservation and Restoration (DCR)

Department of Conservation and Restoration

The Department of Conservation and Restoration of NOVA School of Science and Technology has the mission of teaching and research in the area of Heritage, promoting its knowledge, conservation and enjoyment.

The teaching staff with interdisciplinary skills and the properly equipped laboratories contribute to the creation of learning and research environments in the different areas of knowledge linked to conservation, considered in its relationship between theory and practice. 

The established network of national and international collaborations and partnerships enables the development of stimulating projects, with recognized merit and also the creation of unique opportunities for internships and professional outings.

DCR believes that sharing the enthusiasm for heritage conservation among teachers and students is its main commitment.

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Location
Departmental Building

Head of Department
Márcia Gomes Vilarigues

Postal address
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Department of Conservation and Restoration
Campus da Caparica
2829-516 Caparica

e-mail: dcr.secretariado@fct.unl.pt

Telephone:
(+351) 212 948 322

Fax:
(+351) 212 948 322

Department of Applied Social Sciences (DCSA)

Department of Applied Social Sciences

The Applied Social Sciences Department (DCSA) guarantees, at the NOVA School of Science and Technology, the teaching and the research in areas outside the basic sciences and engineering, giving thus our students a structured training in the field of applied social sciences, what passes by having competency in the fields of expression and communication, the relationship between science / technology / society (history, philosophy and contemporary thought) ethics, work organization and economy, management and entrepreneurship.

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Location
Building VII

Head of Department
José Luís Toivola Câmara Leme

Postal address
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Department of Applied Social Sciences
Campus da Caparica
2829-516 Caparica

e-mail: dcsa.secretariado@fct.unl.pt

Telephone:
(+351) 212 948 503

Fax:
(+351) 212 948 326

Department of Earth Sciences (DCT)

Department of Earth Sciences

The Department of Earth Sciences (DCT) of the NOVA School of Science and Technology, whose regulation was reviewed in 2011 (DR 99, 2nd series of 23 May 2011), is a graduate and post-graduate teaching and research unit in the fields of Science and Geological Engineering and in those related or interdisciplinary fields. It promotes scientific and technological development, service delivery, university extension activities, and the development of dissemination activities.

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Location
Building IX

Head of Department
Fernando José Cebola Lidon

Postal address
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Department of Earth Sciences
Campus da Caparica
2829-516 Caparica

e-mail: dct.secretariado@fct.unl.pt

Telephone:
(+351) 212 948 573

Fax:
(+351) 212 948 556

Department of Life Sciences (DCV)

Department of Life Sciences

The Department of Life Sciences (Departamento de Ciências da Vida - DCV) focuses its activity on teaching and research in fundamental Biology relevant for application in Biotechnology and Biomedicine.

DCV is responsibel for BSc's Courses - Licenciatura em Biologia Celular e Molecular (1st Cycle), MSc's - Mestrado em Genética molecular e Biomedicina (2nd Cycle) and PhD Program in Biology and PhD Program in Biotechnology (Co-coordination with DQ/NOVA FCT), while collaborating in several other courses with NOVA.

DCV is organised in a single Scientific Section, grouping the scientific ares of Microbiology, Genetics and Cell Biology. Research at DCV is integrated into International and National collaborative efforts in the areas of Microbiology, Human and Molecular Genetics, Biotechnology, Nanobiotechnology and Cell Biology.

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Location
Departmental Building

Head of Department
Pedro Viana Baptista

Postal address
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Department of Life Sciences
Campus da Caparica
2829-516 Caparica

e-mail: dcv.secretariado@fct.unl.pt

Telephone:
(+351) 212 948 530

Fax:
(+351) 212 948 530

Department of Civil Engineering (DEC)

Department of Civil Engineering

The Department of Civil Engineering (DEC) was established in 1996. Today it offers a bachelor’s in civil engineering (3 years), four 2nd cycle Master Programs in Civil Engineering and in Structures and Geotechnics (2 years), Building Rehabilitation (1.5 years) and Facade Technology (1 year), and a PhD program in Civil Engineering (3 years). In parallel DEC has developed specific “lifelong learning” and graduate courses in the field of Sustainable Construction and Rehabilitation, and Rehabilitation of Railway Infrastructures.

DEC develops scientific and technological research activities with national and international partnerships, participating in R&D projects in several areas, such as Structural Concrete and Masonry; Structures Retrofitting; Structures under Extreme Events; Numerical Simulation of Structures; Ecoefficiency of Construction Materials; Energy, Comfort and IAQ Performance of Buildings; Building Pathology and Rehabilitation; Geotechnics; Road Pavements; Spatial and Urban Planning.

There are currently more than 300 students enrolled in Civil Engineering at NOVA and the DEC’s faculty totals 35 teachers, 32 of whom with PhDs.

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Location
Building IX

Head of Department
Corneliu Cismasiu

Postal address
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Department of Civil Engineering
Campus da Caparica
2829-516 Caparica

e-mail: dec.secretariado@fct.unl.pt

Telephone:
(+351) 212 948 580

Fax:
(+351) 212 948 398

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (DEEC)

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (DEEC) is organized into six technical-and-scientifically coherent scientific areas, namely Energy and Electrical Machines, Control and Decision, Digital Systems, Robotics and Integrated Manufacture, Electronics and Telecommunications. Electrical Engineering is the largest department at NOVA School of Science and Technology with 40 faculty and over 1100 undergraduate, masters, and doctoral students.

Our faculty and students continue to advance the state-of-the-art, define new directions for electrical engineering and develop new technologies to help address critical societal challenges. Perhaps even more important is our unceasing commitment to our students, helping them learn, grow, develop and achieve their goals, whether it is becoming a professor, an entrepreneur or joining industry.

There are many advantages to joining Electrical Engineering as a student. We hope to be part of your success.

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Contacts

Location
Building X

Head of Department
Maria Helena Silva Fino

Postal address
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Campus da Caparica
2829-516 Caparica

e-mail: deec.secretariado@fct.unl.pt

Telephone:
(+351) 212 947 876, (+351) 212 948 545, (+351) 212949631

Fax:
(+351) 212948532

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (DEMI)

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (DEMI) is a permanent organic unit of Nova School of Science and Technology, dedicated to teaching, to fundamental and applied scientific research and to the provision of services in the fields of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.

DEMI counts, currently, with 5 employees and 44 teachers who are committed to offering the best teaching experience and the best knowledge to their students, helping them develop their skills and achieve their personal and professional goals.

DEMI teachers also collaborate, at different levels, with diverse public and private institutions, particularly in the development of research projects in scientific and technological areas of relevance to Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, which aim to respond to the needs of the society.

Join us and let us help you make a difference too.

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Location
Building VIII

Head of Department
Telmo Gomes dos Santos

Postal address
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Campus da Caparica
2829-516 Caparica

e-mail: demi.secretariado@fct.unl.pt

Telephone:
(+351) 212 948 567

Fax:
(+351) 212 948 531

Department of Physics (DF)

Department of Physics

The Physics Department (DF) is a graduate teaching unit and a post-graduate degree unit (1st, 2nd and 3rd study cycles) and a basic and applied research unit in the fields of Physics, Physics Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. It is focused on scientific and technological development, services provision and scientific disclosure. Besides being responsible for the Integrated Masters in Physics Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, as well for the doctoral programs in the same areas in Physics  and for  the doctoral programs "NOVA Instrumentation for Health - NOVA 4H" and "Radiation Biology and Biophysics - Rabbit," the DF ensures the teaching of basic physics to all NOVA School of Science and Technology courses.

This Department started with a small existing nucleus since NOVA School of Science and Technology’s the birth, managed by Prof. Manuel Laranjeira (then Rector of NOVA), the Department of Physics was formally recognized in 1986 and maintained since then a faculty of about 30 people. Its activities in Physics and Physics Engineering were extended in 2000 to include the Biomedical Engineering.

The scientific DF activity takes place mainly in two Research Units, the LIBPhys-UNL and the CEFITEC. The research covers various areas such as nanophysics and energy, atomic and molecular physics, nuclear physics and plasma, physical interfaces, lasers and optoelectronics, sensors, cryogenics, analytical techniques applied to health and cultural heritage, medical instrumentation and medical imaging.

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Location
Building I

Head of Department
Jorge Alexandre Monteiro de Carvalho Silva

Postal address
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Department of Physics
Campus da Caparica
2829-516 Caparica

e-mail: df.secretariado@fct.unl.pt

Telephone:
(+351) 212 948 576

Fax:
(+351) 212 948 549

Department of Computer Science (DI)

Department of Computer Science

The Department of Computer Science is a pioneer institution in advanced education and research in Computer Science in Portugal, and has already graduated thousands of informatics engineers and computer scientists. We currently host around 1200 students enrolled in various programs and courses.

Several of our academic staff are associated to the development of computer science and IT in Portugal, for instance, in the first national connection to the Internet in the 80s, in the graduation of the first PhD degrees, and in the development and consolidation of research and innovation in informatics and computer science.

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Location
Building II

Head of Department
João Leite

Postal address
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Department of Computer Science
Campus da Caparica
2829-516 Caparica

e-mail: di.secretariado@fct.unl.pt

Telephone:
(+351) 212 948 536

Fax:
(+351) 212 948 541

Department of Mathematics (DM)

Department of Mathematics

The Department of Mathematics (DM) is a permanent teaching and research unit of the NOVA School of Science and Technology . In the DM, multiple activities in the field of Mathematics are developed, ranging from teaching and research to promotion and dissemination, through lifelong training and the provision of services to the community. The DM is currently a body of more than 70 Doctorate professors.

The DM is in charge of the Degree in Mathematics, the Degree in Applied Mathematics to Risk Management, the Master in Actuarial Mathematics, the Master in Mathematics and Applications, the Master in Mathematics Teaching for the 3rd cycle of Basic Education and Secondary Education, as well of the PhD in Mathematics at NOVA University and  the PhD in . The DM also ensures the teaching of propaedeutic subjects in the field of Mathematics for the various courses at NOVA FCT.

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Location
Building VII

Head of Department
Ana Cristina Malheiro Casimiro

Postal address
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Department of Mathematics
Campus da Caparica
2829-516 Caparica

e-mail: dm.secretariado@fct.unl.pt

Telephone:
(+351) 212 948 388

Fax:
(+351) 212 948 391

Department of Chemistry (DQ)

Department of Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry is a permanent organic unity of the NOVA School of Science and Technology, devoted to teaching, to scientific research and to provide services in areas of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Chemical Engineering. The Chemistry Department (DQ, founded in 1981, has recognized market implementation in education and employment, particularly so because of the novelty and specificity introduced by the course in Applied Chemistry with which teaching at the School of Chemistry began.

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Location
Departmental Building

Head of Department
Ana Isabel Aguiar Ricardo

Postal address
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Department of Chemistry
Campus da Caparica
2829-516 Caparica

e-mail: dq.secretariado@fct.unl.pt

Telephone:
(+351) 212 948 575

Fax: