The PhD Program in Mechanical Engineering at NOVA FCT, running since 2009/2010, is aligned with the principles of the European Higher Education Area, ensuring high standards of quality and academic rigor. With a minimum duration of three years and a total of 180 credits, this program aims to train highly qualified PhD graduates, prepared to tackle the challenges of research and technological innovation.
Applications 2025/26
1st Phase: 14 Mar. to 7 Apr.
2nd Phase: 2 Jun. to 18 Jul.
Vacancies: 10
Duration: 3 years (180 ECTS)
Format: On-site
Language: Portuguese
Course Coordinator: Telmo Santos, pdem.coordenador@fct.unl.pt
Academic divison: div.aea.helpdesk@fct.unl.pt
The program follows the principles of the European Higher Education Area, promoting academic excellence and high standards of quality.
Research and Higher Education:
Industry and Technology:
Management and Consulting:
Sustainability and Renewable Energy:
Entrepreneurship and Startups:
The application has a non-refundable fee of 51 euros.
Applicants must submit their application through the Clip platform, including the following documents:
To be admitted to the doctoral program, the candidate must satisfy the conditions established by national legislation, the regulations of NOVA University Lisbon (UNL) and NOVA FCT, and meet at least one of the following requirements:
a) Hold a Master’s degree, or legally equivalent qualification, obtained from a national or foreign institution, in Engineering or in a field recognized as appropriate by the Scientific Committee of the program. The candidate must have a minimum final grade of fourteen (out of twenty) or the equivalent on the ECTS scale in these study cycles;
b) Hold a Bachelor’s degree and possess an academic or scientific curriculum especially relevant, which is recognized by the NOVA FCT Scientific Council as attesting the capability to undertake this study cycle;
c) Possess an academic, scientific, or professional curriculum recognized by the NOVA FCT Scientific Council as attesting the capability to undertake this study cycle.
The recognition referred to in points b) and c) of paragraph 1 of this article:
a) Will be based on opinions issued by two PhD professors or researchers, considered specialists in the relevant scientific field and appointed by the Scientific Committee of the Doctoral Program;
b) Does not confer equivalence to a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, nor its recognition.
Admission to this Doctoral Program is conditioned upon approval by the NOVA FCT Scientific Council of the acceptance proposal for the application submitted by the Scientific Committee of the Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering.
Tuition fee - Portuguese students: 2.750€/year
Tuition fee - Foreign students: 2.750€/year
The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (DEMI) is a permanent organic unit of NOVA FCT, dedicated to teaching, fundamental and applied scientific research, and the provision of services in the fields of Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
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