Started in 2008/2009: The minimum number of credits to obtain the grade is 180 (3 years).
Objectives
The objectives of the PhD Programme in History, Philosophy and Heritage of Science and Technology are:
- To foster a culture of science and technology, that aims to understand the historical importance and influence of science and technology in European society;
- To understand and contextualize the development of technological innovation in Portuguese society;
- To identify and contextualize the history of scientific and technological Portuguese heritage;
- To evaluate and disseminate knowledge that will ensure the conservation, of the scientific and technological heritage.
Students will join the Interuniversitary Centre for History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (CIUHCT), a recognized research unit at the national and international levels.
Curriculum
Career opportunities
- Research
- Qualification of primary and secondary teachers
- Qualification of top-level executives of local authorities, through the development of skills for the measurement of scientific technological and industrial heritage sites and its conservation possibilities.
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Schedule:
Daytime
This course could be taught on a e-learning platform, in order to welcome foreign candidates, who have difficulty in attending all the classes.
Tuition fee:
Portuguese students: 2.750€
Foreign students: 2.750€
Applications:
23rd april to 16th july (1st phase)
27th august to 28th setember (2nd phase)
Applications
Entrance requirements for the 2018/2019 academic year
Vacancies for 2018/2019:
15
Admission rules:
Holders of a 2nd cycle master's degree or equivalent, concluded in a legally recognized Portuguese or foreign higher education institution.
Bachelor's degree holders and holders of a particularly relevant academic or scientific curriculum recognized as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the Scientific Council;
Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum recognized as attesting the capacity to accomplish this cycle of studies by the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon.
Documents required for the application:
- a letter of motivation
- two recommendation letters
- a text with a maximum of 5 pages, indicating the subject of research that they are interested in developing.
Ranking:
- Academic and scientific curriculum;
Professional curriculum;
- Text with a maximum of 5 pages indicating the research topic the student is interested in deepening.
Course coordinator:
Professor Isabel Maria Amaral
pdhfpct.coordenador@fct.unl.pt
Registration and Accreditation
DGES
Registration number R/A-Ef 3079/2011 on 18/03/2011
A3ES
Accreditation on 22/11/2013,
for 6 years
About the Department of Applied Social Sciences
The Applied Social Sciences Department (DCSA) guarantees, at the Faculty 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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