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The doctoral degree programmes of UC, also called 3rd cycle degree programmes, are offered by ten education and research units: 8 Faculties, the College of Arts and the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research. These encompass nearly all study fields.

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Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FLUC)

Main study fields: Information Science, Communication and Journalism, Anglo-American Studies, Art Studies, Classical Studies, Germanic Studies, Romance Studies, Philosophy, Geography, History, Tourism and Heritage. There are several specialisations per study field. »» Find a programme within this Faculty Faculty of Law (FDUC)

Main study fields: Law. There more than ten specialisations within this study field. »» Find a programme within this Faculty Faculty of Medicine (FMUC)

Main study fields: Medicine and Dentistry. There are several specialisations per study field. »» Find a programme within this Faculty Faculty of Sciences and Technology (FCTUC)

Main study fields: Architecture, Biochemistry, Botany, Earth Sciences, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Informatics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical and Physics Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Zoology. There are several specialisations per study field. »» Find a programme within this Faculty Faculty of Pharmacy (FFUC)

Main study fields: Pharmaceutical Sciences. There are several specialisations per study field. »» Find a programme within this Faculty Faculty of Economics (FEUC)

Main study fields: Economics, Management, International Relations and Sociology. There are several specialisations per study field. »» Find a programme within this Faculty Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences (FPCEUC) Main study fields: Education Sciences, Psychology and Social Work. There are several specialisations per study field. »» Find a programme within this Faculty Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education (FCDEFUC)

Main study fields: Sport Sciences and Physical Education. There are several specialisations per study field. »» Find a programme within this Faculty College of Arts (CA)

Main study fields: Arts and Curatorial Studies. »» Find a programme within this College

Institute for Interdisciplinary Research

Main study fields: Experimental Biology and Biomedicine, Contemporary Studies, Portuguese Heritage Studies, Territory and Public Policies, History of Science and Scientific Education, Human Rights in Contemporary Societies.

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PhD Programmes

Within the national calls for submissions opened by FCT (Foundation for Sciences and Technology), the Faculty of Sciences, either as a promoter or participant, takes part in 15 PhD programmes selected for funding.

The selected PhD programmes cover the areas of Life and Healthcare Sciences, Exact and Engineering Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities, Natural and Environmental Sciences, some of them undertaken in the industry. A large number of scholarships will be available for highly motivated students who take part in these PhD programmes; students will be selected by the executive commissions of the different PhD programmes.

The Faculty of Sciences was the leading promoter of the application process in four programmes:

PCCSDP - Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies

PCCSDP - Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies

The PhD programme in Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies is a joint initiative of the University of Lisbon and Nova University of Lisbon, which was held for the first time in 2009-2010. It is an interdisciplinary programme focused on the fields of environmental sciences and social sciences and it runs in partnership with the University of East Anglia UK, an institution of international reference in this field. The programme's academic staff and researchers, from the two state Universities of Lisbon, have published recognised scientific work in the areas of climate change and sustainable development.

The PhD Programme has the duration of 3 years and it includes a course in advanced interdisciplinary training between physical, natural, social and human sciences in the 1st and 2nd semesters. It has a diverse target audience, including environment, planning and energy professionals, among others, as well as students willing to pursue an academic career. 

BioSys - Biological Systems, Functional and Integrative Genomics

BioSys - Biological Systems, Functional and Integrative Genomics

EarthSystems – Lisbon's Doctoral School of Earth Sciences

This programme is led by IDL - Instituto Dom Luiz (Associated Laboratory), and it includes researchers from the University of Lisbon Centres of Geology, Oceanography and Statistics, LARSYS (Associated Laboratory) and the Portuguese Marine and Atmosphere Institute (IPMA). The programme received funding for 32 PhD scholarships distributed along 4 annual editions, half of which involving international research projects.

FCTAS - International Doctoral Programme in Philosophy of Science, Technology, Art and Society

FCTAS - International Doctoral Programme in Philosophy of Science, Technology, Art and Society

Under the coordination of the Centre for Philosophy of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, the programme includes 40 researchers (30 national and 10 international) from different universities, schools and institutes of the University of Lisbon (Faculties of Sciences, Law, Medicine, Arts, Fine Arts, Institute of Social Sciences, Higher Technical Institute and Institute of Systems and Robotics), University of Aveiro, Lisbon Polytechnic Institute (School of Music) and University of Seville (Faculty of Philosophy, Research Group in Logic, Language and Information).

Assessed with the maximum ranking, the programme received funding for 5 annual scholarships (2 national and 3 mixed), in a total of 20 scholarships during the period of 2014-2017.

Lismath - Lisbon Mathematics PhD

The Department of Mathematics offers a doctoral program (3rd cycle) in Mathematics. The first year consists of doctoral courses (Curso de Formação Avançada), taken for credit. The remaining three years are dedicated to the elaboration of a doctoral thesis, with original research. The program is mainly directed to students with a Master course in Mathematics (2nd cycle), or similar area. It is prepared to receive students from all over the world and, in particular, from portuguese speaking countries. Prospective students can apply for financing in Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/concursos or to scholarships associated to research centers. The coordinators of the program is Professor Teresa Monteiro Fernandes.

This doctoral program is associated to the doctoral program of the Department of Mathematics of Instituto Superior Técnico by means of a scholarship program called LisMath ( lismath.ulisboa.pt ). This scholarship program is financed by FCT and brings together two of the main doctoral programs in Mathematics in Portugal, both offered by institutions of the Universidade de Lisboa: Faculdade de Ciências and Instituto Superior Técnico. It is planned that 9 PhD scholarships will be offered per year, during four years.

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NOVA offers doctoral programs (third cycle) in different subject areas targeted at students who wish to develop specific knowledge and competences, and also for those who intend to pursue an academic career either in teaching or research.

To know more about the programs available at NOVA download the annual brochure or visit the Courses Catalogue .

NOVA Doctoral School

ACreated with the objective of enhancing the development of academic best practices NOVA Doctoral School reinforces the personal and professional training of PhD students and supervisors through soft skills’ training programs.

Besides technical and scientific knowledge in the study areas of their choice, PhD students at NOVA have access to free cross-disciplinary and complementary training developed and offered by the Doctoral School.

To apply to a Doctoral program at NOVA students should contact directly their preferred school of NOVA and follow the specific application processes and deadlines for submission:

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PHD in Global Public Health

PhD in partnership with other three institutions: ENSP/UNL, IHMT/UNL and FM/UP

An international doctoral programme based on the teaching and research experience of four Portuguese schools. It is designed to meet the needs of students that aim to enhance their research skills in public health, develop their understanding of policy and practice, and wish to make an original contribution to knowledge development.

The Doctoral programme aims to provide students with skills that enable them to become qualified researchers in public health, able to conduct independent research as well as work as science driven professionals.

Students that undertake the programme will be able to connect their research with the public health practice. The programme will provide opportunities for students to develop their PhD research in close collaboration with organizations and networks related to public health practice, at the regional, national and international levels.

The PhD in Global Public Health aims to provide each student with a broad knowledge in the field of public health by promoting strong interaction with specialists at the four schools as well as other national and international experts. Moreover, it aims to promote in-depth expertise in each student’s research area and the provide unique opportunities for personal development and intellectual growth, in a stimulating and collaborative environment.

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Programa Erasmus+ para mobilidade de Doutorandos

The Erasmus+ Program promotes mobility for studies and internship for PhD students.

In the case of PhD students, in addition to the other options offered to all students and interns in the Erasmus+ programme, they can also, additionally, carry out periods of Short Term Mobility, adapting to their specific needs:

  • Short-term Mobility (specific for doctoral students (EQF level 8)): min. 5 days, max. 30 days (short term).
  • Scholarship: €70/day from the 1 st to the 14 th day and €50/day from the 15 th to the 30 th day.
  • Mobility for studies – takes place at a partner higher education institution in a Programme or Partner country (specifically the United Kingdom or Switzerland), requiring an Institutional Agreement.
  • Mobility for internship – takes place in a Higher Education Institution or organization active in the labor market of a Programme or Partner country (specifically United Kingdom or Switzerland);
  • Whenever possible, activities should be an integral part of the participant's study programme.  

Doctoral students can carry out short Mobility periods in research laboratories, short training courses and any other activities related to the participant's study programme.

For more information and applications: consult the School 's Mobility Office.

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PhD programmes at Técnico are provided in association with national and international universities and, in some cases, a dual degree is granted.

PhD programmes at Técnico are provided in association with national and international universities and, in some cases, a double degree is granted. Students actively participate in national and international research projects and are encouraged to patent their ideas and develop an entrepreneurial attitude. For further information please contact the Post-Graduation Office.

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  • International Neuroscience Doctoral Programme
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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)

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

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 .

  • ID card, which explicitly mentions the applicants nationality;
  • Qualifications certificate with the obtained grades, duly authenticated (*);
  • Other(s) document(s) that may be displayed in the site of the respective PhD course;

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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’).

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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.

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This call supports researchers, in any area of ​​knowledge, who wish to develop research activities leading to the academic degree of Doctor (PhD).

The PhD Research Grants are intended for candidates enrolled in a cycle of studies leading to the academic degree of doctor, or candidates who meet the necessary conditions to apply, and who intend to develop research activities leading to the achievement of this degree in all the areas of knowledge . Candidates must not have benefited from a research grant for a PhD or a PhD in companies directly financed by the FCT, regardless of its duration, and also not hold a doctor's degree (PhD). Candidates may be of any nationality.

In this call's edition, a specific application line is available for research plans which are totally or partially carried out in non-academic entities, namely in companies, Collaborative Laboratories, Technology and Innovation Centers, Technological Interface Centers, Public Administration entities, or third sector entities. 

The work plan may take place in full or in part in a national institution (in-country scholarship or mixed scholarship, respectively), or fully take place in a foreign institution (exchange scholarship). In the case of a mixed scholarship, the period of the work plan that takes place in a foreign institution cannot exceed 24 months.

Exchange scholarships are only open to candidates established in Portugal.

The duration of the scholarships is, as a rule, annual, renewable up to the maximum number of months requested in the application, and the scholarship cannot be awarded for a period of less than 3 consecutive months or more than 48 months.

Selected candidates will receive monthly maintenance allowances in accordance with the amounts set in the call's regulation and other scholarship supplements, such as tuition fees, support for complementary training activities or presentation of work at scientific meetings, personal accident insurance and, when applicable, allowances for installation and travel.

How to apply?

Applications are submitted electronically, using the form available, as of 8 March 2022, on the myFCT portal. Each candidate may submit only a single application to the competition, regardless of the line of application for which he applies.

Before submitting your application, it is recommended that you read all the documents in the call's website (available below).

More information here (in Portuguese)

Deadline: 7 April 2022 .

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    The doctoral degree programmes of UC, also called 3rd cycle degree programmes, are offered by ten education and research units: 8 Faculties, the College of Arts and the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research. These encompass nearly all study fields. Browse degree programmes by Faculty;

  7. PhD Programmes

    This scholarship program is financed by FCT and brings together two of the main doctoral programs in Mathematics in Portugal, both offered by institutions of the Universidade de Lisboa: Faculdade de Ciências and Instituto Superior Técnico. It is planned that 9 PhD scholarships will be offered per year, during four years.

  8. Doctorates

    Doctorates. NOVA offers doctoral programs (third cycle) in different subject areas targeted at students who wish to develop specific knowledge and competences, and also for those who intend to pursue an academic career either in teaching or research. To know more about the programs available at NOVA download the annual brochure or visit the ...

  9. PHD Global Public Health

    The PhD in Global Public Health aims to provide each student with a broad knowledge in the field of public health by promoting strong interaction with specialists at the four schools as well as other national and international experts. Moreover, it aims to promote in-depth expertise in each student's research area and the provide unique ...

  10. Doctorate

    Doctorate. The production of original knowledge and interdisciplinarity form the structural vectors of doctoral education at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. facilitates the professional development and integration of future graduates within the competitive market of knowledge by offering transversal courses of soft skills adjusted to ...

  11. List of PHD Programs in Portugal

    Find the list of all PHD Programs in Portugal with our interactive Program search tool. Use the filters to list programs by subject, location, program type or study level.

  12. List of Courses

    Demanding by nature and sustained by excellence of training only within the reach of one of the most innovative and cosmopolitan centres of national research for the production of knowledge, the doctorates at the University of Porto meet the needs of those who wish to pursue an academic career at the highest level, whether in teaching or research.

  13. Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Psychology

    Doctoral Students are supported by highly qualified internal supervisors, are offered occasions for conceptual and methodological development and consolidation through the contribution of invited researchers whose seminars allow them to learn from state-of-the-art research programs, and are provided with regular monitoring and systematic opportunities for discussing their on-going work.

  14. PhD students

    In the case of PhD students, in addition to the other options offered to all students and interns in the Erasmus+ programme, they can also, additionally, carry out periods of Short Term Mobility, adapting to their specific needs: Short-term Mobility (specific for doctoral students (EQF level 8)): min. 5 days, max. 30 days (short term ...

  15. Doctoral College

    The UAlg Doctoral College is part of the UAlg Postgraduate Research and Training Support Unit (UAIC) and has Regulation No. 1037/2020 published in Diário da República, 2nd series PART E (No. 227 20 November 2020) - see Supporting Documents tab. UAlg Doctoral College organizes an annual event with communications for non-scientific audiences by ...

  16. PHD

    Campus Lisboa. O Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa é uma Universidade Portuguesa situada no coração da cidade de Lisboa com a missão de desenvolver, com elevados padrões de qualidade, o ensino superior, a investigação científica e a transferência de conhecimento para a sociedade.

  17. PhD Programmes

    PhD programmes at Técnico are provided in association with national and international universities and, in some cases, a double degree is granted. Students actively participate in national and international research projects and are encouraged to patent their ideas and develop an entrepreneurial attitude. For further information please contact ...

  18. PhD Programmes

    Applications 2024/25 Deadlines and places available - 1st phase (public notice - document in Portuguese) Enrollment 2024/25 From August 1 to 2, 2024 APPLICATIONS ENROLLMENT FCT NOVA PhD Programmes Advanced Materials and Processing Agroindustrial Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics Biochemistry Bioenergy Biology Biomedical Engineering Biotechn

  19. Affiliated Ph.D. Programs

    The CMU Portugal Affiliated Ph.D. Programs Initiative, launched for the first time in the 2021/2022 Academic year, offers Ph.D. scholarships in selected cutting-edge areas of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), related to the scope of the CMU Portugal Program.. The Affiliated Ph.D. Program will be entirely hosted by a Portuguese University, with a research period at Carnegie ...

  20. Doctoral programmes

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  21. PDF Call for applications for up to 8 doctoral scholarships 2024/2025 under

    Portugal Dual Degree Ph.D. Programs initiative The CMU Portugal Program (CMU Portugal) and Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) opens a call to award up to eight (8) Ph.D. scholarships (Bolsas de Investigação para Doutoramento, BD). The Ph.D. will take place in Portugal and at Carnegie Mellon University, complying with the ...

  22. PhD scholarships in Portugal

    The PhD Research Grants are intended for candidates enrolled in a cycle of studies leading to the academic degree of doctor, or candidates who meet the necessary conditions to apply, and who intend to develop research activities leading to the achievement of this degree in all the areas of knowledge . Candidates must not have benefited from a ...

  23. TOP PhD Programs in Portugal

    PhD Programs in Writing (31) PhD Programs in Zoology (66) Others PhD programs (5103) Browse 25 TOP ranked PhD Programs in Portugal with University Directory worldwide - find online degrees and programmes, taught in English and other languages.

  24. Find Online Ph.D. Programs

    How Much Do Online Ph.D. Programs and Doctorates Cost? The cost of an online doctorate can add up, especially when you're typically spending at least three years in your doctoral program. On average, graduate tuition and fees cost around $20,510 in 2021-2022, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).