125 PhD programmes in Portugal

The main characteristic of this doctoral programme in Energy Systems and Climate Change at Universidade de Aveiro aims to provide students with the necessary knowledge, techniques, and systemic vision essential for producing scientifically relevant contributions in the design, analysis, project development, control, and operation of systems that manage flows of energy.

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.

The Doctoral Program in Information Management at Universidade Nova de Lisboa aims to promote knowledge and innovation in Information Management, particularly in the research of its impact on wealth creation, improving the performance of organizations and the development of new methodologies and decision-making tools.

The Mathematics degree of Universidade de Aveiro stands as a strategic initiative within the framework of Sustainable Development Goal 4 – Quality Education. It promotes higher education and advanced training of highly qualified researchers. 

The recently created Doctoral Programme in Business and Economics of Universidade de Aveiro, with three branches of specialization - Economics, Management and Finance - responds to the requests of researchers and graduates to continue their doctoral studies in these areas of knowledge.

The Doctoral programme in Gerontology and Geriatrics offered at Universidade de Aveiro addresses the identified need for advanced training in the fields of gerontology and geriatrics. 

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.

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. 

Electrical and Computer Engineering from Universidade Nova de Lisboa aims at preparing researchers with the capacity to perform autonomous research activities and the ability to lead innovation processes in the scientific area of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in both academic and enterprise environments.    

At the University of Porto, we offer our graduate students a phd programme in Biomedical Engineering.

The Mechanical Engineering programme from University of Porto aims to train highly qualified researchers in the various areas of Engineering.

Engineering Physics from University of Porto deals with the application of advanced physics to modern engineering challenges. It differentiates from other engineering doctoral programmes in the more profound knowledge and use it makes of physics.

Science and Engineering of Polymers and Composites from University of Minho aims to provide the relevant educational and scientific knowledge.

Electronics and Computer Engineering from University of Minho conclusion implies a curricular component (doctoral course) and a dissertation. The course is comprised by transversal Curricular Units (CU), a dissertation planning CU and advanced training CUs, in a total of 60 ECTS.

Biomedical Engineering from University of Minho consists of a curricular component, with 60 ECTS, and in the elaboration of a Doctoral Thesis.  

The Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, in collaboration with the Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB) at IST, devised an interdisciplinary four-year’s Doctoral program (BIOTECnico) that provides PhD students with a world-class training in Biotechnology and Biosciences. 

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

The Plant Sciences - Plants for Life program from Universidade Nova de Lisboa teaches you about current climate changes combined with the reduction of per capita agricultural land area and other natural resources pose major limitations for securing food, feed, and energy demands of the escalating world population. 

The Doctoral Program in Advanced Materials and Processing (AdvaMTech) is a joint doctoral program of the Instituto Superior Técnico (Universidade de Lisboa),  FCT da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, FCT da Universidade de Coimbra, Universidade de Aveiro, FE da Universidade do Porto, Universidade da Beira Interior, and Universidade do Minho. 

The Sustainability Science (REASOn - Resources, Food and Society) course at Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon was designed for successful professionals and for the best students who seek to turn knowledge into innovation and tangible results