Doutoramento


Started in 2013/2014. The minimum number of credits to obtain the degree is 240 ECTS (4 years).

Introduction

The AdvaMTech Doctoral Program is an FCT Doctoral Program, in association, with NOVA FCT as a proponent institution and as partner institutions the Universities of Aveiro, Beira Interior, Coimbra, Lisbon, Minho and Porto.

Objectives

The doctoral program proposed on Advanced Materials and Processing is in-line with the objectives defined in the 1st Materials Summit organized in 2010, by the European Commision , that considers Advanced Materials as one of the five Key Enabling Technologies. It offers a widely interdisciplinary 3rd Cycle, built from the competence and experience of the research institutions and academic departments that have been engaged in the main effort on national grounds to create and promote original innovative research, high education and innovation in technology inside the domain of materials and related areas of science and engineering since early eighties of last century.

The program is tuned with high ranking European Universities, Institutes and running European PhD network programs, turning so the graduates more competitive worldwide and in particular in Europe, besides opening routes of R&D collaboration of the personnel involved, thus strengthening Portuguese competitiveness towards European R&D projects and networking.

In addition to networking Portuguese Universities and high ranking research labs, the proposal also brings as collaborators competences from industry, to tune the program with medium to long term strategies in human resources,. The implementation of this Program is consistent with the strategic goals of the involved institutions, whose objectives are: (1) Contribute to the development of a qualified, globally engaged, and diverse professional work force, tuned with European expectations that will benefit government agencies, industries, and academia; (2) Expand and enhance educational and research services through mutual collaboration and access to each other’s existing education programs, research activities and student resources of the institutions involved; (3) Provide industry and multisectorial exposures and experiences to students via the envisaged collaborations.

The joint effort of the academic and research institutes is backed by the College of Materials of OE and by SPM as a way to meet the challenges of innovation in industrial production and strengthen the internationalization of PhD holding fellows

 

The main objectives of this 3rd Cycle of Studies are to ensure that a holder of this degree has the following capacities:

• Argumentation well grounded in the most current scientific knowledge.
• Conscious attitude in matters of scientific and social ethics.
• Proactive attitude in transferring knowledge 'from the laboratory to the industry'.
• Responsible attitude on issues of sustainability of the applications of the associated Materials and Technologies.
• Good articulation of group work with individual work / initiatives.
• Good planning, execution and analysis of experimental work.
• Advanced knowledge of Materials Science and Engineering.
• Habit to keep abreast of the frontiers of knowledge.
• Implementation of innovative solutions to complex problems in Materials Engineering.
• Integrated and critical view of the Science and Engineering of materials and their applications.
• Mastery of methods and ability to conduct research.

Curriculum

Career opportunities

Various industries (ceramics and glass, polymers and molds, automotive and aerospace, metal mechanics, electronics and computers, etc.) in the area of R & D, Research and Education, Consulting, Business.

Regulation

Tuition fee

Portuguese students:

2 750 Euros/ year 

Foreign students:

2 750 Euros/ year 

Applications

1st phase: 14th march to 7th april 2025

2nd phase: 2nd june to 18th july 2025

3rd phase: to be announced

4th phase: to be announced

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Entrance requirements for the 2025/2026 academic year

Vacancies for 2025/2026:

NA

Course coordinator:

Professor João Paulo Borges

pdmpa.coordenador@fct.unl.pt

Accreditation and Registration

A3ES - Publication date of the accreditation decision: 21/03/2024

Period of validity of the accreditation: 6 years from 31/07/2022

DGES - Registration number R/A-Cr 161/2013/AL01 on 03/02/2025

About the 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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The program of PhD in Mechanical Engineering (DEM) was first offered in the academic year 2008/2009 and awards the degree of Doctor of Engineering Mechanics with the approval of the doctoral thesis. The typical duration is 3 years at full time (180 ECTS), with only 3 ECTS of the curricular component.

Objectives

The PhD Programme in Mechanical Engineering has adopted the guiding principles and objectives underlying the integration into the European Higher Education Area. The aim is thus to train doctors in Mechanical Engineering that may show:

  • Knowledge of science in Mechanical Engineering;
  • Competencies, skills and research methods associated with these fields of science;
  • Ability to design, deploy, adapt and carry out significant research in compliance with requirements imposed by the standards of academic quality and integrity;
  • Having performed a significant amount of original research that has contributed to the expansion of the frontiers of knowledge, some of which deserve disclosure national or international publications with the selection committee;
  • Be able to critically analyze, evaluate and synthesise new and complex ideas;
  • Being able to communicate with their peers, academic community and society at large over the area of specialization;
  • Being able, in a knowledge-based society, to promote the academic or professional qualification, technological progress, social or cultural.

Structure

Curriculum

Schedule

Day and tutorial system

Tuition fee

Portuguese students:

2 750 Euros/ year 

Foreign students:

2 750 Euros/ year 

Applications

1st phase: 14th march to 7th april 2025

2nd phase: 2nd june to 18th july 2025

3rd phase: to be announced

4th phase: to be announced

Applications

Entrance requirements for the 2025/2026 academic year

Vacancies for 2025/2026:

10

Admission rules:

To be admitted in the doctoral program, the candidate must meet the conditions established by national legislation, by UNL’s and NOVA FCT’s regulation, and meet at least one of the following conditions:

a) Hold a master's degree, or legal equivalent, obtained at a national or foreign institution in the field of Engineering or in an area recognized as suitable by the Scientific Committee of the program. The candidate should have a minimum final grade of fourteen values ​​(or equivalent in ECTS scale) in these study cycles;

b) Have an undergraduate degree and hold a particularly relevant academic or scientific curriculum that is recognized as such by NOVA FCT’s Scientific Council thus attesting the capacity to accomplish this study cycle;

c) Hold an academic, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognized by NOVA FCT’s Scientific Council as attesting the capacity to accomplish the PhD.

2. Recognition referred to in subparagraphs b) and c) of paragraph 1 of this Article:

a) Will be based on recommendations issued by two professors or PhD researchers, considered experts in the concerned scientific field and appointed by the Scientific Committee of this doctoral program;

b) Does not grant its holder the equivalence to the bachelor's degree or master or his recognition.

3. The entry in this PhD program is conditional and depends on the approval by NOVA FCT’s Scientific Council of the proposal to accept the application, submitted by the Scientific Committee of the Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering.

Ranking:

Application Process Documentation:

Qualifications certificate listing the obtained grades

Curriculum Vitae

Statement of Intent (Letter of Intent) in which the candidate explains why he/she is interested in doing this PhD program; 

Curriculum vitae assessment, taking particular account of the academic component in the specific area of the course, the recommendations and the eventual interview.

Course coordinator:

Professor Telmo Jorge Gomes dos Santos

pdem.coordenador@fct.unl.pt

Accreditation and Registration

A3ES - Publication date of the accreditation decision: 02/09/2021

Period of validity of the accreditation: 6 years from 31/07/2020

DGES - Registration number R/A-Ef 3074/2011/AL01 on 12/02/2016

About the 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.

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The program of PhD in Industrial Engineering (DEI) was first offered in the academic year 2008/2009 and awards the degree of Doctor of Industrial Engineering after the approval of the doctoral thesis. The doctoral program, is structured in accordance with the Bologna process and the typical duration is 3 years at full time (180 ECTS), corresponding the first year to the curricular component (Doctoral Course) and the subsequent 2 years to the research and thesis development component.

Objectives

The aim of the doctoral program in Industrial Engineering is to offer high-level education in this scientific, enlarging the knowledge frontiers.
The Industrial Engineering has a markedly cross-domain character. This transversal character is reflected on the diverse range of areas where such knowledge frontier broadening can cover. Indeed, the proposed studies plan offers areas such as Logistics, the Operations Management, the Quality Engineering, Information Technologies and Systems, or Ergonomics. Moreover, it should be noted, that the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering evidences a sustained and diversified experience of doctorates in these scientific domains, naturally potentiating the conditions of success for the development of research projects.

The proposed curricular route offers the doctoral students the opportunity to update their knowledge in some of the above mentioned areas. This enrichment is provided along with a more general curricular education, mainly oriented to the domain of research methodologies and qualitative and quantitative methods to support research. The goal is to achieve an objective of methodological nature, ensuring the establishment of basic foundations, to build upon, strong and consistently, the production of new knowledge. In the same framework, a complementary objective is to stimulate the argumentation ability in the doctoral students, based on current scientific knowledge and tested in public confrontation, through the systematic use of oral presentations about the evolution of their research projects.

Thus, the overall goal is for the PhDs in Industrial Engineering to demonstrate the ability to develop university-level research autonomously in their knowledge domain and/or to transport and introduce innovative approaches to the enterprise environment.

In any case, their ability to develop, integrate, communicate and learn new concepts will, in a more strict sense, be an added value for the organizations in which they are integrated and, in a more broad sense, to the whole society.

 

Curriculum

Career opportunities

Doctors in Industrial Engineering may work at Universities and Higher Education Institutions and Polytechnics, laboratories and research and development, public or private companies and public administration.

 

Schedule

Daytime

Tuition fee

Portuguese students:

2 750 Euros/ year 

Foreign students:

2 750 Euros/ year 

Applications

1st phase: 14th march to 7th april 2025

2nd phase: 2nd june to 18th july 2025

3rd phase: to be announced

4th phase: to be announced

Applications

Entrance requirements for the 2025/2026 academic year

Vacancies for 2025/2026:

15

Admission rules:

To be admitted in the doctoral program, the candidate must meet the conditions established by national legislation, by UNL’s and NOVA FCT’s regulation, and meet at least one of the following conditions:

a) Hold a master's degree, or legal equivalent, obtained at a national or foreign institution in the field of industrial Engineering or in an area recognized as suitable by the Scientific Committee of the program. The candidate should have a minimum final grade of fourteen values (or equivalent on the ECTS scale) in these study cycles;

b) Have an undergraduate degree and hold a particularly relevant academic or scientific curriculum that is recognized as such by the Scientific Council of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, attesting the capacity to accomplish this study cycle;

c) Hold an academic, scientific, or professional curriculum that is recognized by the Scientific Council of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering as attesting to the capacity to accomplish the Ph.D.

Documentation for the application process (on line):

1. Qualifications certificate with the obtained grades, duly authenticated (*);

2. Curriculum vitae and professional;

3. Statement of Intent (Letter of Intent) in which the candidate explains why he/she is interested in doing the PhD program;

(*) Degree certificates and transcripts, including all grades. Any certificate that is not issued in Portuguese or English should be accompanied by an official translation to Portuguese or English. Certificates issued by non-Portuguese entities should be either validated by the competent consular services or affixed with a ‘Hague Apostille’.

Ranking:

  • Academic and Scientific Curriculum;
  • Curriculum profissional;
  • Letter of intente;
  • Additional documentation considered relevant by the Scientific Committee of the program;
  • Possible interview.

Course coordinator:

Professor Helena Carvalho

pdei.coordenador@fct.unl.pt

Accreditation and Registration

A3ES - Publication date of the accreditation decision: 28/07/2021

Period of validity of the accreditation: 6 years from 31/07/2020

DGES - Registration number R/A-Ef 3073/2011/AL01 on 14/10/2019

About the 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.

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Started in 2009/2010. The minimum number of credits to obtain the grade is 240 (4 years).

Objectives

The competitiveness of the global market created new needs: decrease the time for technology transfer between research and industrial production; foster research and development at company level; seek new business areas in high-tech products with high added value, in order to compensate for the loss of competitiveness of traditional industries; solve new problems of increasing technological complexity. These factors become increasingly important the formation of engineers with these skills and so, since 1980, we are witnessing a growing interest in training in the area of ​​ Physics Engineering in all developed countries including Japan, the United States and Finland. Physics Engineering aims to develop new technologies that require applications belonging to the areas of physics that are not covered by traditional engineering, in particular those of modern physics.

Fulfilling the objectives of the 3rd cycle to ensure training leading to conceptual or instrumental innovation capabilities, critical analysis and evaluation, promotion of technological progress, skills that result from specialization and systematic understanding of a scientific-technological sub-area and the acquisition of skills and research methods , this doctoral program aims at training specialists with great innovation and technological progress capacity to promote following sub-areas of Physics Engineering:

Surface Engineering and Interfaces (thin films, catalysis, interface processes at molecular level, surface spectroscopies)

Studies in Advanced Materials (nano-structures, insulators, broadband semi-conductor metal oxides, magnetic materials and super-conductors, liquid crystals)

  • Atomic and molecular spectroscopy
  • Nuclear Analytical Techniques
  • Optical (lasers, fiber optics, spectroscopy)
  • Cryogenics
  • Nanotechnology
  • Instrumentation

These sub-areas, cover topics corresponding to high importance areas (with big international repercussions), with great technological application.

Structure

 

Curriculum

Career opportunities

Ensuring specialists training with strong innovation capabilities and technological progress in the area of promotion of Physics Engineering, this doctoral program gives career opportunities in university teaching and / or research, as well as top places in technical development companies, particularly in the sub-areas mentioned in the objectives. Among the capabilities provided to candidates, these include critical thinking, conceptual autonomy and entrepreneurship, aiming at the creation of new businesses.

Organization

The program consists of a doctoral program with 60 ECTs, and a doctoral thesis with 180 ECTs.

The completion of the doctoral program entitles an Advanced Studies Diploma (DEA).

OBSERVATIONS

The course is unique. As the initial preparation, the student may be asked to conduct courses belonging to the 2nd cycle Master in Biomedical Engineering. Students can obtain 12 ECTS by attending and passing courses of the 3rd cycle of any other doctoral program of this University and others with which it a cooperation agreement is established.

The first year of the course corresponds to the Advanced Studies Diploma (60 ECTS).

Study Plan

Tuition fee

Portuguese students:

2 750 Euros/ year 

Foreign students:

2 750 Euros/ year 

Applications

1st phase: 14th march to 7th april 2025

2nd phase: 2nd june to 18th july 2025

3rd phase: to be announced

4th phase: to be announced

Applications

Entrance requirements for the 2025/2026 academic year

Vacancies for 2025/2026:

15

Admission rules:

Students with a solid scientific/technological/professional CV may be accepted. This is evaluated by the Scientific Council of the PhD Program.

Necessary documentation for the online application:

  • Application form
  • Qualifications certificate listing the obtained grades;
  • Curriculum Vitae

Ranking:

Candidates selection is responsibility of the Scientific Committee by assessing the documentation submitted: Potentially eligible applicants may be called for an interview.

The Scientific Committee of the PhD program in Engineering Physics may request the submission of additional documents when it is understood to be relevant to the evaluation of the application.

Course coordinator:

Professor Orlando Teodoro

pdef.coordenador@fct.unl.pt

Accreditation and Registration

A3ES - Publication date of the accreditation decision: 18/11/2022

Period of validity of the accreditation: 6 years from 31/07/2022

DGES - Registration number R/A-Ef 3071/2011/AL01 on 16/05/2018

About the Department of Physics

The Physics Department (DF), formally created in 1986, was a pioneer in Portugal in teaching Physics Engineering. Presently, the DF carries out its teaching activities (1st, 2nd and 3rd cycles), fundamental and applied research and technological development in the fields of Physics, Physical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. It is also dedicated to providing services and to scientific dissemination in these fields.

The department's scientific activity is essentially carried out in two research units, LIBPhys-UNL and CEFITEC. Research covers several areas, such as atomic and molecular physics, nuclear and plasma physics, surface and interface physics, laser and vacuum physics, instrumentation, analytical techniques applied to health and cultural heritage, medical instrumentation, medical imaging, machine learning, biosignals and tissue engineering.

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Started in the academic year of 2009/2010. The minimum number of credits to obtain the degree is 180 (3 years).

Objectives

  1. Train high-level technicians in the field of Civil Engineering, capable of applying the acquired knowledge using scientific methodologies, exhibiting an up-to-date general knowledge and having a particularly solid background in the specialty in which their PhD is carried out.
  2. Train Civil Engineering professionals with critical thinking, ability to understand, formulate and solve problems, and able to continue to learn (continuing education) in an autonomous way. For this goal, training is directed to understanding problems, applying the correct attitude and reasoning.
  3. Provide the ability to conceive, design, adapt and carry out research with a high standard of academic quality and integrity;
  4. Promote the development of original and innovative research in various Civil Engineering specialties that contribute to expand the current state-of-the-art and deserve international dissemination in prestigious scientific publications;
  5. Provide the PhD students with written and oral skills, sometimes in foreign languages, to allow them to communicate their conclusions and the reasoning underlying them accurately, clearly and unambiguously, both to experts and to non-experts.

Relevant information for students is provided here

Curriculum

Schedule

Day and tutorial system

Tuition fee

Portuguese students:

2 750 Euros/ year

Foreign students:

2 750 Euros/ year

Applications

1st phase: 14th march to 7th april 2025

2nd phase: 2nd june to 18th july 2025

3rd phase: to be announced

4th phase: to be announced

Applications

Entrance requirements for the 2025/2026 academic year

Vacancies for 2025/2026:

15

Admission rules:

In order to enroll in the PhD program, candidates must satisfy at least one of the following conditions:

a) Hold, in the program scientific area or similar, a Master degree or legal equivalent. The candidate must have a minimum final grade of 14 (in 20) in these study cycles;
b) Hold, in the program scientific area or similar, a Bachelor degree and relevant academic or scientific curriculum, recognized by the Department Council, and the Scientific Council, as attesting the ability to carry out the PhD program;
c) Hold an academic, scientific or professional curriculum, recognized by the Department Council, and the Scientific Council, as attesting the ability to carry out the PhD program.

 

Documentation for the on-line application:
1. Qualifications certificate, listing the obtained grades; 
2. Academic and professional curriculum; 
3. Recommendation letters from two teachers or researchers that know the candidate, commenting his/her skills. 
4. Letter of intent, where the candidate explains why he/she is interested in carrying out this PhD program;

Ranking:

1. CV evaluation;
2. Grade averages, rankings in relevant curricular units for the chosen specialty;
3. Content and source of the recommendation letters and
4. Eventual personal interview.

Course coordinator:

Professor Rodrigo M. Gonçalves

pdec.coordenador@fct.unl.pt

Accreditation and Registration

A3ES - Publication date of the accreditation decision: 17/12/2024

Period of validity of the accreditation: 3 years from 31/07/2024

DGES - Registration number R/A-Ef 3537/2011/AL02 on 23/01/2025

About the 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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Started in the academic year 2009/2010. The minimum number of credits needed to obtain the grade is 240 (4 years).

Objectives

The PhD in Materials Science and Engineering aims to provide a solid background in the field of Materials Science and Engineering and its applications. In this context, it intends to make an approximation of knowledge areas , which are of extreme importance for the industry based on knowledge and innovation, and which will, without a doubt, be the big brand of training and education of the XXI century. It is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary area of great value to all Engineering fields.

Beyond the primary objective, the now proposed PhD intends to respond to the need to have PhDs holders with a multidisciplinary comprehensive training, capable to operate in processing areas, in the functionality and design of new materials and their integration into systems and devices. They should also be able to deal with the need to advance the implementation of new techniques for processing materials, the macro and nano scales relevant to engineering. In this context fall within areas associated with: Chemical Engineering, as is the case of mesomorphs polymers and materials and their applications in various fields of industry; Electronic Engineering, such as semiconductor materials and their applications and processes of microelectronics; Mechanical, as is the case with the functionalization and processing of metallic materials, and new composite materials and glass ceramic; Metallurgical Engineering; Life Sciences, as in the case of biomaterials and tissue engineering; renewable energy, as in the case of the photovoltaic; environment, such as recycling and waste recovery, among others.

To better pursuit these objectives, there must be advanced training in this multidisciplinary field, bringing together the knowledge of cross-sectional areas to different Engineering fields, complemented with proper training in management, entrepreneurship and citizenship.

To better pursuit these objectives, there must be advanced training in this multidisciplinary field, bringing together the knowledge of cross-sectional areas to different Engineering fields, complemented with proper training in management, entrepreneurship and citizenship.

Well grounded argument capacity in the most current scientific knowledge.

Conscious attitude on science and social ethics issues.

Proactive approach in knowledge transfer 'from the laboratory to industry'.

Responsible attitude in sustainability issues of associated technologies and materials applications.

Good articulation between joint work group work and individual initiatives.

Good experimental work planning, execution and analysis.

Advanced knowledge of Materials Science and Engineering.

Habit of keeping track regarding the frontiers of knowledge.

Capacity to implemente innovative solutions to complex problems in Materials Engineering.

Integrated and critical view of science and engineering materials and their applications.

Complete domain of methods and ability to conduct research.

Students concluding this PhD will have adequate training to continue their research or research and development in public and private institutions or to create their own companies.

Curriculum

Career opportunities

Various industries (ceramics and glass, polymers and molds, automotive and aerospace, engineering, electronics and computers, etc.) in the area of R & D, Research and Education, Consulting, Entrepreneurship.

Schedule

mixed (daytime and/or tutorial)

Tuition fee

Portuguese students:

2 750 Euros/ year 

Foreign students:

2 750 Euros/ year 

 

Applications

1st phase: 14th march to 7th april 2025

2nd phase: 2nd june to 18th july 2025

3rd phase: to be announced

4th phase: to be announced

Applications

Entrance requirements for the 2025/2026 academic year

Vacancies for 2025/2026:

10

Admission rules:

The applicant must meet at least one of the conditions expressed in the following points:

  1. Hold an undergraduate degree and to a particularly relevant academic or scientific curriculum that is recognized by the FCT NOVA Scientific Council as attesting the capacity to accomplish this cycle of studies).
  2. Hold an undergraduate degree and to a particularly relevant academic or scientific curriculum that is recognized by the FCT NOVA Scientific Council as attesting the capacity to accomplish this cycle of studies;

The recognition referred to in subparagraphs 2) and 3) of the above conditions:

  1. Will be based on recommendations issued by two Professors or PhD researchers, considered experts in the scientific field of the application, and that are appointed by the Scientific Committee of the corresponding doctoral program;

  2. Does not confer on its holder the equivalence to the bachelor's degree or master or his recognition. 

Place and application: 
on-line application

 

Necessary documentation for the application process:

  1. Qualifications certificate listing the obtained grades;

  2. CV and professional curriculum;
  3. Declaration of Intent in which the candidate explains why he/she is interested in concluding this PhD program;

Ranking:

Candidates will be selected taking into account following criteria:

a. Academic and scientific curriculum;
b. Professional curriculum;
c. A text with a maximum of 5 pages indicating the research topic you are interested in deepening.
The application process can include an individual interview in order to clarify the candidate’s intentions, interests and motivations.

Course coordinator:

Professor João Paulo Borges

pdcem.coordenador@fct.unl.pt

Accreditation and Registration

A3ES - Publication date of the accreditation decision: 14/04/2022

Period of validity of the accreditation: 6 years from 31/07/2020

DGES - Registration number R/A-Ef 3067/2011/AL01 on 08/09/2022

About the 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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This PhD program in Mathematics started in 2009/2010. The minimum number of credits required to complete this degree is 180 ECTS = 60 ECTS / year x 3 (years).

 

Objectives

This PhD program aims at training researchers and scientific leaders in Mathematics and provide them with a robust scientific background in this area of knowledge. To this end, students must engage in courses under this scientific area and, furthermore, develop an original thesis that extends the boundaries of knowledge and whose content deserve the acceptance for publication in international peer-reviewed journals.

 

Study Plan

1) The program leading to the doctoral degree includes:

a. A PhD course, consisting in three optional courses and a mandatory Seminar within the chosen area of specialization.

b. The development of an original thesis, especially designed for this purpose, that extends the boundaries of knowledge within the scope of the chosen area of specialization. The content of the thesis must have previously earned acceptance in peer-reviewed international journals.

2) The PhD program in Mathematics is organized into four areas of specialization:

Algebra and Logic (AL);

Analysis and Geometry (AG);

Operations Research (OR);

Statistics and Risk Management (SRM).

3) For each area of specialization, the curricular structure includes courses in Mathematics.

4) As the PhD work plan is completely individualized, the optional courses must be chosen within a possible list, if possible proposed the scientific supervisor.

5) The successful accomplishment of the courses in Mathematics as a part of the PhD program entitles the student to a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Mathematics from NOVA FCT, which explicitly states the area of specialization.

6) An overall description of the doctoral thesis, including a brief explanation of the research to be pursued, the expected results, and the main technical problems to be dealt with, are to be proposed by the candidate's supervisor until the end of the first year of studies.

Curriculum

Career opportunities

The professional employment opportunities are mainly found in academia, research labs, national and international companies with a high technological, analytical and/or logistical components, and in the financial industry.

 

Schedule

Lectures and reading courses. Tutorials.

Tuition fee

Portuguese students:

2 750 Euros/ year 

Foreign students:

2 750 Euros/ year 

Applications

1st phase: 14th march to 7th april 2025

2nd phase: 2nd june to 18th july 2025

3rd phase: to be announced

4th phase: to be announced

Applications

Entrance requirements for the 2025/2026 academic year

Vacancies for 2025/2026:

15

Admission rules:

Candidates for this program of study should satisfy at least one of the following conditions: 

a) hold a master’s degree, or legal equivalent, in a relevant field, with a minimal classification of 14 (out of 20), or equivalent;
b) hold a bachelor’s degree, or legal equivalent, and have relevant academic or scientific experience that is recognized by the Scientific Council of NOVA FCT as attesting to the capacity to accomplish this program of studies; 
c) have an academic, scientific or professional experience that is recognized by the Scientific Council of NOVA FCT as attesting to the capacity to accomplish this program of studies.

Required documentation

1. Passport / citizenship card. 
2. Degree certificates and transcripts including all grades. Any certificate that is not issued in Portuguese, Spanish, French or English should be accompanied by an official translation to Portuguese or English. Certificates issued by non-Portuguese entities should be either validated by the competent consular services or affixed with a ‘Hague Apostille’.
3. Curriculum vitae; 
4. Passport-sized photograph;
5. Motivation letter; 
6. Thesis project*;
7. Letter of acceptance for supervision*.

*For help regarding these documents, please contact the coordination of the PhD Programme in Mathematics.

Ranking of candidates 

a. classification of the master’s and / or bachelor’s degree;
b. academic and scientific experience; 
c. professional experience;
d. thesis project;
e. interview, if needed.

 

Course coordinator:

João Jorge Ribeiro Soares Gonçalves de Araújo

pdm.coordenador@fct.unl.pt

 

Scientific Committee:

António Malheiro

Fernanda Cipriano

Isabel Correia

Isabel Oitavem

Magda Rebelo

Paula Amaral

Regina Bispo

Rui Cardoso

Accreditation and Registration

A3ES - Publication date of the accreditation decision: 21/03/2022

Period of validity of the accreditation: 6 years from 31/07/2020

DGES - Registration number R/A-Cr 188/2015/AL01 on 18/10/2022

About the 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. 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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It became operational in 2009/2010. The minimum number of credits for the degree is 240 (4 years).

Objectives

The Doctoral program in Chemistry has as main objectives:

1. Provide doctoral competencies, skills and advanced research tools in the specialties of Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry;

2. Develop skills to conceive, design, adapt and carry out original research, respecting standards of quality, integrity and academic ethics and worthy of international dissemination evaluated in peer publications;

3. To enable doctoral students a multidisciplinary training to complete a synergistic and comprehensive knowledge gained in their respective specialties in a perspective of their integration into the labor market.

COURSE PLAN AND DOCTORAL PROGRAM OPERATION

The Doctoral Program in Chemical has a total duration of four years (240 ECTS) and includes a curricular component with 60 ECTS and a PhD thesis of 180 ECTS.

The organization of  the doctoral program intends to ensure the provision of a range of optional courses adapted to the range of basic training of doctoral candidates, their area of expertise and research, while also ensuring the scientific multidisciplinary.

The research work on the doctoral thesis begins in the 1st year of the doctoral course, within the course Thesis Project (30 ECTS). The research developed in this course will use and incorporate the obtained results in the thesis which will start in the 2nd academic year of the program. The Thesis Project is a mandatory course lasting one academic year and the results will be presented in public at the end of the school year.

The Doctoral Program also ensures a more comprehensive specialized training in three areas of great relevance for the business of chemistry: Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. This training will be mainly acquired through realization of two six-month compulsory courses designated Specialized Modules I and II (6 ECTS each). The Doctoral Program also includes the Entrepreneurship subjects (3 ECTS); Introduction to Teaching Practice I and II (3 ECTS each), which consists of teaching (with supervision) practices and Elective classes. The Free options include courses taught at the FCT NOVA and other higher education institutions. Working time and credits concerning the free options vary according to the chosen courses.

Curriculum

Career opportunities

Teaching in Higher Education Institutions, Scientific Research; Scientific Laboratories, Biotech Industries, Chemical, Pharmaceutical and alike.

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Schedule

Daytime

Tuition fee

Portuguese students:

2 750 Euros/ year 

Foreign students:

2 750 Euros/ year 

Applications

1st phase: 14th march to 7th april 2025

2nd phase: 2nd june to 18th july 2025

3rd phase: to be announced

4th phase: to be announced

Applications

International Applications

Entrance requirements for the 2025/2026 academic year

Vacancies for 2025/2026:

10

Admission rules:

Applicants must meet at least one of the conditions:

  1. Hold, in the scientific or similar area, a master's degree, or equivalent, awarded by a Portuguese or foreign higher education institutions, legally recognized.
  2. Hold an undergraduate degree and to a particularly relevant academic or scientific curriculum that is recognized by the NOVA FCT Scientific Council as attesting the capacity to accomplish this cycle of studies);
  3. Hold an undergraduate degree and to a particularly relevant academic or scientific curriculum that is recognized by the NOVA FCT Scientific Council as attesting the capacity to accomplish this cycle of studies.
 

Ranking:

Candidates selection is responsibility of the Scientific Committee by examining the submitted documentation.

Candidates who meet the previously expressed conditions regarding academic and curricular aspects, will be selected and ordered taking into account the respective academic, scientific and professional curriculum. Potentially eligible applicants may be called for an interview.

Course coordinator:

Professor Marco Gomes da Silva

pdq.coordenador@fct.unl.pt

Accreditation and Registration

A3ES - Publication date of the accreditation decision: 27/04/2022

Period of validity of the accreditation: 6 years from 30/07/2020

DGES - Registration number R/A-Ef 3084/2011/AL01 on 16/02/2016

About the 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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