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Courses, Places and Opening Notices

Before applying to the course you want, you must check the admission requirements mentioned in the Opening Notice by sellecting the corresponding cycle of studies.

PHD COURSES | 3rd CYCLE OF STUDIES No. of PLACES NOTES

TOTAL

1st PHASE 2nd PHASE 3rd PHASE

EXTRAORDINARY PHASE

Doctorate in Education Sciences (2) 30

5*

8**

7*

10**

Does not open Does not open Minimum (1): 8
PhD Degree in Psychology 35 5 25 Does not open 5+remaining Minimum (1): 5

PhD Clinical Psychology - Family psychology and Family intervention (3)

14 6 8+remaining remaining 0 Minimum (1): 7

PhD in Psychology, Specialty in Psychology of Education (4)

12 6 5 1+remaining 0 Minimum (1): 4

Inter-University PhD Program in Social Work (5)

15 5 10 remaining 0 Minimum (1): 5

(1) This course will only start in the current academic year if this minimum number of registered students is reached.

(2) Places are distributed as follows:

* Specialisation in Education, Community Development and Adult Education - 12 places (1st phase: 5 places; 2nd phase: 7 places).

** Specialisation in Organisation of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Training" - 18 places (1st phase: 8 places; 2nd phase: 10 places).

(3) Course in cooperation with the University of Lisbon.

(4) Course in cooperation with the University of Lisbon.

(5) Course in cooperation with Catholic University

Important: Applicants who were not offered a place or who were offered a place and did not enrol nor register for the course can opt to carry over their application into a new phase, if there is one. The applications that are carried over remain unchanged and new documents cannot be added. If applicants having their application with the status “Invalidated” or “Not-Admitted” want to apply in a later phase, should apply again and pay the corresponding fee.