Doutoramento em Química

Education

» Home » Education » PhD Programmes

PhD in Chemistry

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.

UCIBIO

LAQV

Schedule

Daytime

Tuition fee

Portuguese students:

2 750 Euros/ year 

Foreign students:

2 750 Euros/ year 

Applications

1st phase: 7th march to 22nd march

2nd phase: 1st to 30th of june

Applications

International Applications

Entrance requirements for the 2023/2024 academic year

Vacancies for 2023/2024:

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. Be a relevant Bachelor's degree holder correspondent to a pre-Bologna graduate with a number of courses that can be considered equivalent to at least 240 credits.
  3. Holds an academic, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognized by the Board of the Department of Chemistry Department, as attesting the capacity to carry out this study cycle.

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

Registration and Accreditation

DGES

Registration number R/A-Ef 3082/2011/AL01 on 28/09/2022

A3ES

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

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

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.

More info