The application has a non-refundable fee of 51 euros.
Applicants must submit their application through the Clip platform, including the following documents:
- Identity Card/Passport or Citizen Card
- Academic transcript with detailed grades, duly certified
- Curriculum vitae and professional background
- Photograph
- Motivation letter
Admission Requirements
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.
