PhD Programmes

FCT NOVA PhD Programmes

• Advanced Materials and Processing
• Agroindustrial Technologies
• Atomic and Molecular Physics
• Biochemistry
• Bioenergy
• Biology
• Biomedical Engineering
• Biotechnology
• Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies
• Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage
• Computer Science
• Digital Media
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Environment and Sustainability
• Education
• E-Planning
• Food Sciences
• Geological Engineering
• Geology
• History, Philosophy and Heritage of Science and Technology
• Industrial Engineering
• Mathematics 
• Mechanical Engineering
• Molecular Biosciences
• Nanotechnologies and Nanosciences
• Physics Engineering
• Radiation Biology and Biophysics (RABBIT)
• Science and Materials Engineering
• Sustainable Chemistry

FCT funded PhD Programmes

• Digital Media
• International Neuroscience Doctoral Programme
• Materials and Advanced Processing
• Radiation Biology and Biophysics (RABBIT)

PhD Programmes in partnership with American Universities

• Computer Science (Carnegie Mellon University | CMU)
• Digital Media (University of Texas at Austin | UTA)
• Mathematics (Carnegie Mellon University | CMU and University of Texas at Austin | UTA)

Applications

Enrollment

Portuguese students or students coming from EU Member States

1. ID Card/Passport;
2. Qualifications certificate with the obtained grades, duly authenticated (*) ;
3. Curriculum vitae and professional career;
4. Photo;
5. Other(s) document(s) that may be displayed in the site of the respective PhD course. 

International Students

An International Student is a student without Portuguese nationality, that is not national from one of the EU Member States or others not legally living in Portugal uninterruptedly for more than two years.

For more details please consult following legislation: Decreto-Lei nº 36/2014 de 10 de Março.

Detailed information available at www.studyinportugal.edu.pt.

1. ID card, which explicitly mentions the applicants nationality;
2. Qualifications certificate with the obtained grades, duly authenticated (*);
3. Curriculum vitae and professional career;
4. Photo;
5. Other(s) document(s) that may be displayed in the site of the respective PhD course;

(*) Required documents:

Degree certificates and transcripts including all grades. (Any certificate that is not issued in Portuguese, Spanish, French or English should be accompanied by an official translation to Portuguese or English. Certificates issued by non-Portuguese entities should be either validated by the competent consular services or affixed with a ‘Hague Apostille’).

Payment of application fee (non-refundable)

Value: 51 Euros/each application submitted.

Payment with MB Way, ATM reference and Bank card (Visa or MasterCard).

The ATM reference period for the payment of an application fee is 7 days from the day the candidate submitted his application and the ATM reference request can only be made up to the day before the payment deadline. Unpaid applications will be automatically excluded. See here how to pay application fees. The application process will only be evaluated if applicants have paid the application fee.

Results disclosure

By email, directly sent to the candidates. As the 3rd cycle coordinators conclude the placement of the selected candidates, they will receive an automatic message with all the necessary information. The non-selected candidates will also be notified electronically by the Coordinators.

Registration and enrollment of students placed in the 1st Phase

1st to 4th August
Link for the enrollment: https://clip.fct.unl.pt/matricula

Knowledge Accreditation

The knowledge and academic or professional competences accreditation can be requested by the interested parties at the registration act.

FCT costs of knowledge accreditation (according to NOVA fees table)

FCT knowledge accreditation regulation

General regulation of FCT NOVA study cycles leading to a NOVA PhD degree

Fees 2022-2023

a) Fees are due at registration or enrollment act and can be paid in installments in accordance with the approved regulations.

b) The fact that students do not attend the course or drop out does not give them the right to the repayment of the paid amounts nor to debt cancellation.

Payment: MB Way, ATM reference and Bank card (Visa or MasterCard).

Registration fee

35 €

School insurance

1,40 €

General doubts

div.afa.doutoramentos@fct.unl.pt

Specific doubts

Please see the link of each course.