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125 PhD programmes in Portugal

Doctorate in Sustainability
Developed for professionals working to create a more sustainable future, Doctorate in Sustainability students at School for International Training will investigate the social, ecological, technical, and political dimensions of sustainable transformations, the relationship of science and society in advancing more sustainable futures.

Development Studies
The Development Studies programme from ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management aims to provide high quality training and produce original research in the area of Development Studies, a field of interdisciplinary research of the process of economic, social and political changes in modern societies.

Territory, Risk and Public Policies
The Territory, Risk and Public Policies doctorate degree course is taught at Universidade de Aveiro.

Physics
The Physics programme taught at Universidade de Aveiro is the primary postgraduate degree awarded by the University of Aveiro in this scientific area.

Law
The Law programme at Universidade Nova de Lisboa is a four-year programme leading to a PhD degree in law. The Programme comprises a taught component (over three semesters) where advanced legal studies are carried out with an interdisciplinary focus.

Materials Science and Engineering
The Doctoral Program in Materials Science and Engineering degree of Universidade de Aveiro aims to respond to the present and future demands of the industry, promoting the circular economy, resource efficiency, sustainable economic and industrial growth

Management
As a Nova School of Business and Economics Ph.D. graduate from the Management programme, you will systematically be suited for positions in competitive international academia and research institutions. You will also be prepared to fill top positions in business companies, financial institutions, and governmental organizations.

Psychology
The PhD Program in Psychology offered by Universidade de Aveiro aims to promote scientific research practices in psychology based on high rigor, transparency, and contribution to the construction of knowledge.

Political Science
This innovative Political Science degree of Universidade de Aveiro aims, generally, to provide high quality advanced training in Political Science, and generate valuable contributions to research in this area.

Economics
PhD holders in Economics from University of Porto are qualified to work in various institutions, public or private, academic or non-academic, national or international, namely: Teaching and research in Higher Education Institutions; Banks, Insurance Companies and Audit and Consulting Companies; Regulatory authorities; and Public or private companies from various sectors of activity.

Industrial Engineering and Management
The Industrial Engineering and Management programmes offered by Universidade de Aveiro is designed to equip students with the knowledge, methodologies, and critical thinking skills necessary to make meaningful scientific contributions to Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM).

Biomedicine
This Ph.D. programme conductive to a Doctoral degree in Biomedicine from Universidade de Aveiro will enable students to develop the conceptual tools and methodologies and apply them to biomedicine.

Physical Engineering
The program in Physical Engineering (PhD) degree of Universidade de Aveiro corresponds to the formation of researchers in the area of Physical Engineering, of high qualification and autonomy degree.

Food Science and Technology and Nutrition
The Food Science and Technology and Nutrition degree of Universidade de Aveiro aims to produce a new generation of highly qualified professionals well prepared to intervene in industrial, academic, regulatory and other relevant roles.

Biotechnology
The Doctoral Programme in Biotechnology results from a cooperation of three departments of the Universidade de Aveiro: Chemistry, Biology and Medical Sciences, through their Research Units: CICECO, CESAM and iBiMED.

Biochemistry
The Biochemistry degree of offered by Universidade de Aveiro.

Tourism
The Doctoral Programme in Tourism degree of Universidade de Aveiro, seeks to create a new research programme, under the umbrella of the Bologna Treaty,

Electrical Engineering
The Universidade de Aveiro is proud to present its Electrical Engineering Doctoral Programme is designed to develop advanced competencies in areas critical to sustainable technology and digital transformation.

Applied Mathematics
Universidade de Aveiro has a PhD degree of Applied Mathematics that pools the considerable human and material resources of the participating institutions, to provide a research based degree, internationally competitive, in such areas as Analysis and Optimization, Statistics and Probability, Dynamics and Geometry and Algebra, Logic and Computation.

Multimedia in Education
The Doctoral Program in Multimedia in Education degree of Universidade de Aveiro is organised as a curricular-based doctoral course (1st year) and 2 years focused on developing and writing the thesis.