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PhD in History, Philosophy and Heritage of Science and Technology

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:

  1. To foster a culture of science and technology, that aims to understand the historical importance and influence of science and technology in European society;
  2. To understand and contextualize the development of  technological innovation in Portuguese society;
  3. To identify and contextualize the history of scientific and technological Portuguese heritage;
  4. 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 Euros/ year 

Foreign students:

2 750 Euros/ year 

Applications 2021/22

3rd phase: 15th December to 21st February 2022

Applications 2022/23

1st phase: 15th February to 15th July

2nd phase: 30th August to 31st October

Applications

Entrance requirements for the 2022/2023 academic year

Vacancies for 2022/2023:

15

Admission rules:

  1. Holders of a 2nd cycle master's degree or equivalent, concluded in a legally recognized Portuguese or foreign higher education institution.

  2. 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;

  3. 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:
 
In addition to those indicated on https://www.fct.unl.pt/en/education/phd-programmes
  • 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:

  1. Academic and scientific curriculum;

  2. Professional curriculum;

  3. Text with a maximum of 5 pages indicating the research topic the student is interested in deepening.

Course coordinator:

Professor Maria Paula Diogo

pdhfpct.coordenador@fct.unl.pt

Registration and Accreditation

DGES

Registration number R/A-Ef 3079/2011 on 18/03/2011

A3ES

Publication date of the accreditation decision: 22/11/2013

for 6 years

About the 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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