53 PhD programmes in Engineering & Technology in Portugal

Civil Engineering from University of Minho aims to boost Civil Engineering-related research and technological development, promoting their consolidation as an important element of the industrial sector. 

The main objective of this program is to provide the holders of a Doctoral Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico with high quality education and research standards, enabling them to develop independent research work at both academic and enterprise level.

The Doctoral Program in Engineering and Management from Instituto Superior Técnico embodies a strategic option of IST. Students should be able to master knowledge in a variety of methods within the field of Management Science across a broad range of themes. 

The objective of the Chemical Engineering programme from Instituto Superior Técnico is to give the students a solid, transdisciplinary and advanced education in Chemical Engineering, which will prepare them for leadership in a carrier in engineering, and providing them with the capability of developing independent research and development projects.

Instituto Superior Técnico, Department of Bioengineering, in collaboration with the Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB) offer an international PhD Program on Bioengineering. 

The doctoral degree is the highest degree achieved at IST. The Materials Engineering program from Instituto Superior Técnico is not only providing experience and expertise to follow an academic and/or research career in industry, but also promotes leadership skills, breadth of knowledge and mental flexibility.

The Department of Physics of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) offers a PhD Program in Technological Physics Engineering (PDEFT) covering some areas of expertise of its professors and researchers, in close connection with the research units associated with the Department of Physics.

The PhD in Refining, Petrochemical and Chemical Engineering (EngIQ) involves an unprecedented partnership in Portugal composed of five Portuguese Universities (University of Aveiro, Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra, Faculty of Science and Technology of the New University of Lisbon, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto and Instituto Superior Técnico).

Civil Engineering from University of Porto awards students with a doctoral degree in civil engineering and encompasses: writing an original thesis which has to be specially written for this purpose and be adequate for students’ field of knowledge and specialized area.

Advanced Engineering Systems for Industry from University of Minho introduces you to advanced manufacturing systems and logistics; advanced information and software systems.

Informatics Engineering from University of Porto is seen as a broad Body of Knowledge encompassing several aspects of Computing Engineering, Information Systems and Computer Science contributing to the Conceptualization, Specification, Implementation, Validation, Maintenance and Integration of Computer-based Systems.

Students in the Electrical and Computer Engineering programme from Instituto Superior Técnico are introduced to an intensive research of the fundamentals of electrical or computer engineering. Students will create and disseminate knowledge of electrical and computer systems during the course of obtaining the Doctoral degree. 

This distinctive model of integrating engineering and economics education, offered by Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) and Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), a joint venture of leading Engineering and Economics TULisbon schools, empowers students as leaders who can design innovative strategies and execute them in real world situations to promote Sustainable Energy Systems. 

The start of the 5-year degree of Aerospace Engineering in Instituto Superior Técnico in 1992, was supported by the creation of the Aerospace Mechanics Section (SMA) within the department of Mechanical Engineering (DEM), whose core activities are teaching and research in aeronautical and space science and technology.

The main objective of the Environment Engineering programme at Instituto Superior Técnicois to provide the students with advanced and high quality education in the Environmental Sciences and Technologies, enabling them with the capacity to develop research work at academic or enterprise levels.

The PhD Program in Biomedical Engineering is a multidisciplinary program resulting from the institutional collaboration between Instituto Superior Técnico and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon. 

Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Porto is covering the major areas of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

The Telecommunications degree from University of Porto is a joint venture of Universidade do Minho, Universidade de Aveiro and Universidade do Porto (MAP), three Portuguese Universities with a strong tradition in the area of Telecommunications Engineering.

Chemical and Biological Engineering from University of Porto prepares highly qualified human resources in Chemical Engineering and related areas. 

Environmental Engineering from University of Porto emphasizes a multidisciplinary advanced and comprehensive approach to the diagnosis, prevention and resolution of environmental problems of any kind.